I am working on a design change to the collator wheel that will prevent it from allowing it to lift and allow a bullet to get underneath, as I am also experiencing this as well, hope to have it printed and tested sometime this week.
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I am working on a design change to the collator wheel that will prevent it from allowing it to lift and allow a bullet to get underneath, as I am also experiencing this as well, hope to have it printed and tested sometime this week.
There is a newer design that has a tighter shaft area.
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It was released the past couple weeks.
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Charles,
Your absolutely correct. The product is needed and is a viable one and a product that is within reach of just about anyone. I'm tight with my money since I am counting days before I retire and money becomes tighter than it has been before. I believe 100% in this DIY project as its one just about every loader can use especially if they have a press capable of using it or if they happen to own a Star or Magma or multiple units for sizing operation. I happen to have a turret bullet feeder that was machined special before MBF started to market a product like it. Having a collator to run base up nose down to feed the bullet tube on Star or magma would be out of this world and to be blunt a heck of a lot cheaper than shelling out around $1300-1500- for a collator that was designed specifically for the star/magma.
I am printing something for my son that will take until this afternoon.
After that I will print a 9mm plate. Joe if you don't get a updated one, just let me know and i will send you it.
CHARLES
Mike, Joe has the earlier plate with the 10mm center section. Not the latest with the smaller 8mm center section.
Plus the newer ones are also 13mm thick
Darn... The things that one could make and to think my mind was fixed only on collators and bullet stackers. :shock:
I got a piece of glass this morning, finally I can properly level the bed. I can also print without a raft. Before this the initial layer would always get screwed up, now it prints perfectly right away. I'm going to retry the bullet plate before starting on the base.
I did an update on the base plate and collators. Haha... just kidding ... :D blood pressure ok, tony? ;)
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I am one step closer today after receiving what I believe to be the latest of the adjustable plates. Like Charles said its a work in progress and its still a heck of a lot cheaper than buying an expensive collator. Thanks Tony.
I am sorry to disappoint you :)
Here is the new ATP split v3:
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Download: https://www.thingiverse.com/download:4687047
Maybe Tony will send out the latest version with the new bullet collator plates:bigsmyl2:
Split plates to allow more precise adjustment?
I like the new update with the adjustable plates. This thread keeps me wanting to get a 3d printer, wonder how i'd go with being able to get one without the wife seeing it?
The small kits i have seen on fleabay are about $230 aud
Tony has mentioned to me that the new plates will have to be drilled out to obtain the correct hole size for the motor shaft. Care must be exercised so that the hole isn't drilled larger than it needs to be and thus another junk plate as a result of the over sized hole. I believe 21/64's was mentioned by Charles as the correct size of the drilled center motor shaft hole.