I was going to post a picture of a universal decapping die I made in shop class long ago, but it pales to insignificance compared to all of the above goodies.
That die is still in use.
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I was going to post a picture of a universal decapping die I made in shop class long ago, but it pales to insignificance compared to all of the above goodies.
That die is still in use.
Y'all're amazing!
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Congratulations to all the Craftsmen and Inventors, truly a dying breed. The world needs more Visionaries.:drinks:
MOONMAN a retired machinist.
One of my least favorite things is brass trimming, primer pocket uniforming/cleaning, flash hole uniforming, neck turning or inside neck reaming, deburing/chamfering.
I built this machine to run the Forster Trimmer about 25 years ago, still running strong. It has several other attachments such as a tool holder for the various Sinclair primer pocket uniformer and others. It has two motors, five output shafts that run at four different speeds depending on the function being performed.
Rick
That's a fine looking piece of machinery, it looks very "professional". I like it.
Peter (Stampede)
Y'all're amazing!
yep really are
Some "home made" fun.....
Picture 1 – The 3 “tumblers” (coffee cans) in the sound reduction box (kitchen cabinet w/ceiling tiles and foam).
Picture 2 – The bearing for the spinning rods (garage door)
Picture 3 – Closed and in operation.
Powdered by a Sears Drill from Good Will ($5.00).
I have ran 1800 9mm in six hours and resulted in a mirror brass finish.
The sound now generated during operation is similar to an AC unit in a hotel room (a white noise level).
I have a push button timer, only one button, 1 hr, 2hr, 4 hr, 8 hr, off, works well on my tumbler. (DoIt Countdown Digital Timer SKU# 520462 purchased online.
WOW! And I thought that my sawn off big plastic funnel for returning unused powder to the canister was pretty flash!
Homemade powder check alarm on powder Cop die, fully adjustable, works great.:)
all parts from Radio Shack.
Wow, that's cool. Waiting for my Powder Cop die at the moment. Radio Shack have always been known as Tandy in Australia ( I think there was a Radio Shack that sold ham radios, etc before they arrived). I am a complete klutz with electronics but Tandy have been absorbed and that sort of stuff not as available as it was at the local Tandy shop.
Bucket from a Coworker
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Treadmill (FREE on Kijiji)
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Variable speed TOO!
http://youtu.be/vW5tMi4wP_g
Too cool, There's always a way.
I used a coffee can and rice with brass in it, in the trunk of my car for a tumbler. lol hey it worked !!!
An earlier post I made about my lube stick molds:
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=83552
Randy
As every Loadmaster owner knows the priming system of this ,normally nice, machine sucks. I am reloading range picked cartridges and they caused me a lot of troubles.
The biggest one was priming unprimed cases apparent that the resistance of the lever is caused by concaved cartridge in the first stage.
Do not ask me why they weren't unprimed ask Mr. Lee.
Three or four initialized due the pressure and I was scared to death :-x
The real look is much more realistic and it depends on the angle of the light.
Another mod is, well known, rod mod and additional lightning as you can see.
Consists of USB hub + 4 USB led lights.
Everything is located in my tiny cellar :-P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=a46yPEIT5SM
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A copy of some others idea but did not require a machine shop to pull it off.
With no lathe I needed to find premade solution to holding the Lee case trimmer.
A 3/4" pipe plug was slightly smaller inside than the 1/2" shaft so with a drill, emery cloth, couple of bits and a tap die set I'm in business.
Not the fastest set up but easy on the hands and wallet.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/IMAG0120.jpg
I made a custom Lee Loader:
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_0507.jpg
various boolit molds:
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_0479.jpg
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A custom sight for my homemade rifle:
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_0965.jpg
a special patch trimming tool so that I can control the length of my paper patches to the thousandth of an inch:
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_1163.jpg
http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_1166.jpg
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http://i1120.photobucket.com/albums/...l/IMG_1173.jpg
Lots of other things, but thats what I have pictures of, handy.