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Homemade tumbler.
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Wow!!!
Never saw a double barrel tumbler before. Nice job........
HaHa! I thought that I was pretty clever sawing the spout short off a big funnel for returning powder to the can!
Only thing missing is an automated back scratcher.[smilie=w:
I have 2 of those, called cats...
In the pic below are some things I've made /or modified to suit my needs.
I live in a remote area and one cant always get the things one would like so I have to make
what I can't get readily .I'm not shy about buying stuff and adapting to suit my needs ,especially the Lee bits and pieces because they are fairly cheap.The internet is a God send to me.
From the left ,
1> 3 piece die to bump 220gn 308" bullets up to 316" for my 303 Enfield.
also made a sizer(not shown) to size them back to 314"
2> Universal decapper , does cases from 243 up to 577Nitro
3>pan lube cake cutter cuts 10 bullets from the lube cake and you can push them out with the plunger .
4>Modified Lee 270WIN Neck sizer die to size 303-270 (Aussie wildcat)
5>Modified Lee 270Win factory crimp die to neck crimp 303-270. Also modified a Lee 257 Roberts factory crimp for my 303-25(not shown )
6>.301" bullet sizer die and two push rods for 300 Sherwood cast bullets
Next project , I'm going to attempt a bullet mould for my 500 Express .
You guy are just totally amazing, the true essence of American Ingenuity at work here. I am like one fellow said in this post, I am lucky if I can make earwax. Does anyone make upgraded locking rings for standard dies, I noticed that one fellow did, but he has been banned. I would be interested in buying some if anyone makes them.
DeputyDog,
You may want to take a look at McMaster Carr, they are my hardware bible. 7/8" - 14 Jam Nuts
If these are too thick to suit your needs, trim them down to fit....
[QUOTE=Johnny_V;2853909]DeputyDog,
You may want to take a look at McMaster Carr, they are my hardware bible. 7/8" - 14 Jam Nuts
Thank you for that, what I would like are some just like what you have the link for, but made from aluminum with a way to tighten them with a set screw, I know Forster makes them but they are very expensive and I didn't know if someone here makes them, as I would much rather give my business to someone here on this fine forum.
DeputyDog,
Personally, I like the Hornady lock rings that come with the dies, but since I have a machine shop, I usually fab my own.....
my friend always used a concrete mixer to polish brass one night he got tanked up and forgot to shut the mixer up it must have ran all night it polished so bright
from then on he didn't get so tanked up
how well does this work better than a master caster?
Probably about the same, but at a fraction of the cost.
I was cruising Sally Ann's this morning, looking for pewter. Scored a bowl marked Steiff pewter for a buck. Then I had a brainstorm. Why wouldn't that electric ice cream freezer make a tumbler. 6 quart capacity. All for the great sum of $5.99 plus tax. I removed the guts and it still rotates. The trick will be keeping it assembled while it works on its side.
If you were referring to my homemade version, this is a video of it running.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2U1ujg_nzo
I am not sure if it works any better than a "real" one, as I have never used or seen one in person but it was cheap. The most expensive part was the first mold I bought from Magma, $65.
Except for some set collars, the 3500 watt oven element and oil lite bushings, the rest was what my wife calls "junk" I had.
Electric hotplate mould warmer with an oven top. Inexpensive, and easily made.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/atta...4&d=1409027142
Works great when a mild breeze or wind is blowing while you're casting.
Acknowledgements go out to Gearnasher for the original idea, and to JohnB_in_Glencoe for the super convenient top handle idea which I shamelessly borrowed.
- Bullwolf