Boredom struck a while back, so here's a tool I built to remove military crimp. Twas fun!
I don't run the bit down in the vid, cuz I had already run this batch.
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...0_19_44_31.jpg
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Boredom struck a while back, so here's a tool I built to remove military crimp. Twas fun!
I don't run the bit down in the vid, cuz I had already run this batch.
http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/p...0_19_44_31.jpg
Did someone build a brass trimmer out of an old sewing machine? I'd love to see pictures
Thanks
Tom.
Pretty lame, but this is a little press I made out of an old nutcracker, I use it for the freechex.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/imag...a8e62c97be.jpg
My homemade core cutter able to process the lead wire up to 12mm.
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/3...ag0351m.th.jpg
Yes, I did this for doing it with a Lee hand trimmer.
It is variable speed and foot operated which frees up both hands.
I screwed up the free motor I had so I had to find another machine which I found for $10 at a goodwill type store.
The base is a piece of scrap from another project. No real reason for the odd shape,,, it is so I can clamp the set-up to my bench.
Prety good stuff in here. I'll have to hang onto the old golf balls I come across for handles on deburring tools. The small wood balls just dont do it plus I bet the dimples help with grip.
Awesome thread.
The only thing that I've had to create so far is a primer level indicator for my Dillon primer tube. I just took a 1/8" bronze brazing rod and put it in my primer tube when it was completely empty... I cut the rod about 1.25" longer than the top of the primer tube shield and then bent the top 3/4" at a 90 degree angle... This serves two purposes... It gives me an indication of when I'm running low on primers and it adds a bit of weight to the stack of primers so that they feed better.
grumman581,
I did the same thing for the star universal primer feed. almost the same measurements too.
Obviously, great minds think alike...
I'm just estimating the measurements though... It was more of a "stick it in, that looks about right, cut it and bend it" type of thing... :)
Don't remember if I put it in a vice to ensure that I had a nice sharp 90 degree angle and heated the bend area or not, but I suspect that it could also be done cold... I also used a piece of the bronze brazing rod as a punch for when I was building an AR-15... It was the only "tool" that I didn't have at the time... :)
Made this out of a broken microwave.
Cut out the bottom inside of the oven.
Made a stand out of scrap wood.
Wired the motor to the plug.
Put a cake pan on top of the glass turn table.
Fill with water up to the level I want the anneal to stop.
Plug it in, heat shell with a propane torch, tip it over when I get the right color.
Works like a charm.
I thought that if you were dropping the heated metal into water, it would be classified as "tempering" instead of "annealing"...
A quick web search brought up:
Interesting... I didn't know that copper, silver, and brass acted differently than steel in this matter...Quote:
Originally Posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annealing_(metallurgy)
Apparently lead acts more like steel since water quenching makes for a harder alloy...
Check this out.
It is not my ad.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RCBS-POWDER-...item4ab39ddee0
I have burned stocks I now wish I had.
you think you guys are sad in the talent dept. I'm lucky I can make ear wax. great stuff you all. keep up the great work. GD
One of these days, I'm hoping to get around to building another AR-15 with a set of walnut furniture... Everyone has black plastic furniture on their AR, but you just don't see any with nice walnut furniture... It will be different...
Something like this:
http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/woody_4.jpg
Or this:
http://www.spambob.net/collinleon/ar-15-walnut-640.jpg
Not that I'm exactly a fan of a red colored upper and lower, but the wood does look nice...
Very, very nice grumman581. I doft my cap to you sir.:goodpost:
I take it that you are talking about the walnut furniture AR... Well, when I originally came up with the idea of doing it, no one made sold any type of wood furniture for ARs, much less walnut... So, I put the project on hold and figured I would get to it "one of these days"... The image that I posted is not my project, it's something that I found on the web today when I did yet another search for "walnut AR-15 furniture"... Turns out that there are a couple of companies selling it these days... I've got a few other things on my "to do" list before I get around to this unfortunately, but at least now I know that it is at least something where the parts are commercially available...