old_haidouk
04-27-2010, 09:20 PM
Just got a Ballisti cast lubri-sizer. It's the old generation, driven by air. It has 4 air pumps including the lube cylinder. It's an intresting machine but it was missused by a previous owner. There isn't a lot of room to make the die change so people before just hammered the dies in and out. There are blows on the heavy base plate and ram support. I am a little worried that the ram may not be perpendicular on the plate anymore. The sizing die bushing was also damaged, it has a crease so the Star dies won't go in anymore. I know at some point this sizer belonged to a machinist fellow that used it foir a little bit and I am sure he knew better than to hammer it all over the place, what amazes me is how ignorant people before him were. A C clamp would've worked much better than a hammer... Any ideas on how to get the bushing true again?
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/old_haidouk/Star%2038%20Special/sizer019.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/old_haidouk/Star%2038%20Special/sizer006.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/old_haidouk/Star%2038%20Special/sizer009.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/old_haidouk/Star%2038%20Special/sizer019.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/old_haidouk/Star%2038%20Special/sizer006.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n89/old_haidouk/Star%2038%20Special/sizer009.jpg