I have to either press my pucks out of the die, as well. Or, use a dead blow hammer on the piston, which seems to be quicker. I don't have blow-by, but as Ham said, the side pressure is just very high and makes for tight fit.
I have to either press my pucks out of the die, as well. Or, use a dead blow hammer on the piston, which seems to be quicker. I don't have blow-by, but as Ham said, the side pressure is just very high and makes for tight fit.
What sort of protection is everyone using during the tumbling process? None of my neighbors are close, but to protect my house and theirs, I plan to tumble inside a U shaped sandbag wall, open end facing the woods, and tall enough to have no line of sight to any building.
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That sounds to me like you should be good to go. If you make sure your media is non sparking and your powder has no contaminates that can cause sparking and if you mill small quantities, it should not be a problem. Your 'bunker' should work fine. Good luck!
been using divider since the get go - five or
six x 75 - 100gram pucks at the time - thin plastic dividers - milk jug but have made a few out of ice creame can (40thou plastic) which was why I responded to Lags? comment about the plastic maybe compressing - thin aluminium sheet would proly be ideal
heavy metal dividers that dont deform under pressure would then need really strict attention to packing the layers in the die - and would negate the substantial gain in time pressing pucks and also tempt us back to making thicker pucks - the whole aim of this excercise for me is to make the process of granulating from pucks to powder easier and simpler - I only do it once or twice a year but its work when its on and dont need it to be harder than necessary.
I enjoy shooting homemade powder, but making it for the sake of fun? nope! its work to be done so we can go shoot some more.
same here pretty much
have a fibre board spacer (masonite the stuff they use under floor tiles) that goes on top of the puck stack (one underneath also) cut neat to the die body then my plunger proper is a chunk of Aluminium round thats about a 1/4 inch smaller than the die
when the pressing is done I set the whole thing up on a pvc (like Lags') collar and push the column on through
DB, I tried something just for giggles, took my dry fines and pressed with a slip fit lexan plug. Now the puck didn't bind but no water made it fall apart, this test was to see if lexan 1/8” plate was strong enough to survive the 20 ton jack…it did. No stick could be result of no water to squeeze by and hardening on the wall of the die to bind the piston. Next test will be to wet the fines and press with the lexan plate in position hydraulic pressure will try to move damp powder around the piston but maybe the plastic shim will help me
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |