Making that Bullet Collator
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jmorris
Not about cost really it has already been pointed out that it would be more expensive and among the bullet collators I have built in the past I actually do have a factory MBF collator. I was looking at it from a time and more importantly, strength perspective.
There are epoxies out there that are much stronger than the base material we are using not to mention not being “layers” when cured.
Kind of like the one Hatch was messing with that fell apart, had that just been a hollow mold but filled with any number of epoxies, it wouldn’t have done that.
We discussed that several times. If it would have been printed as advised with the correct infill, there are no issues. I put 2 pounds of jacketed lead bulltes in my collator with 80% infill. No issues. If you want to test, print a square with 3 mm height and 80% infill and try to break it.
Making that Bullet Collator
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Originally Posted by
jmorris
Thanks, I think I have this one about done.
The drop tube I printed off didn’t fit the switch I had and wasn’t sure how I was going to attach it to the feed die I am using for these bullets.
So I just took a couple more pieces of plastic and milled a slot for the switch arm, a pocket for the body and a groove for a zip tie tohold it there. Then some clear tube to attach it to the part that is a press fit onto the Hornady feed die.
Nice work, Joe! There are different drop tubes for these kind of switches. They are marked as „switch big“ they fit. I made them for Mark 2 or 3 weeks ago.
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