FINAL MODS to FEEDING the UPSIDE DOWN SIZING PRESS...

[OS OK]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bhSQvM4xtQ

OK...unless one of you other Einsteins out there find something wrong here that I've overlooked...well...it's a done deal.

All I have to do now is learn how to use it...it's not so easy to feed the feed tube when the press is in the down position. Sounds like a simple thing to reverse the operation but this old Greyback has already sized too many the other way where you drop the cast into the die and then push the press handle.

I would imagine that a couple 6-packs and 20 pounds of cast oughta retrain the muscle memory!

[Jr.]

I like it, might make the mount for the tray a little different but this looks like a pretty good plan

[TNsailorman]

Very nicely done. I like it although I probably will never rig one up for myself. I am at a age that casting is more work (heat and sweat as I have to cast outside) than I care for and I also have a lifetime supply of nearly every bullet I load except for one or two calibers which I will soon have those also. Then I will probably sell out and stop casting altogether. james

[OS OK]

So far the tray mount hasn't had to be moved up or down to accommodate pistol casts from the 9mm through the .45...but...I still have to experiment with the longer rifle cast and I think they may require a longer feed tube at a steeper angle which means the feed table has to clamp higher on the side of the press mount.

We'll see. It would be nice to have an angle bracket underneath to replace the wood clamp though. Good call.

[Grmps]

That's my story and I'm sticking with it. .
Looks good Charlie, sure beats standing them on the post or dropping them into the hole.

[JBinMN]

I watched & think it is a nice setup.


I just have mine set up so it is flippable like I have mentioned before & thus can use it both ways. So I won't likely be putting a rig on like you have, dedicated to sizing & all. But, one never knows...

I see ya have some foam or cardboard as a drop stop in your bin. Not a bad idea. I use a short piece of garden hose slit & taped to fit the outside of my Lee sizer dies & it falls with a slight curve into the bottom of a gallon bucket so the boolits don't smack into each other on the ride thru the tube & at the bottom of the bucket. They just slowly push their way out by the weight of the ones on top as I size them. When I get thru, I just take the hose off & the ones in the hose make their way into the pile in the bucket with no harm.

Always fun to see someone elses tinkering to make things easier for themselves on some mundane task. Even if it is a Rube Goldberg-esque setup like mine might appear to some.
LOL


[ Now I am gonna wonder how many remember who Rube Goldberg is? ]

[woodbutcher]

Hi Charlie.Looking good.Just watch the fingers.Thanks for posting.I hope that I won`t do a nono here,but if you want to see something really neat,check out the Fly Board video after you watch Charlies.That is just what is needed for the morning commute.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

[dikman]

Nicely done. Same basic idea as mine, other than my handle is a bit more complex . I like the tray idea, I'm just picking them up one at a time at the moment but your idea would be much faster. I'll have to see if I can figure out how to modify mine to use a tray .

[6bg6ga]

Now you need to make collator to automatically feed your sizer

[jdfoxinc]

The link took me to a review of a VW.

[blikseme300]

Link worked for me.

Nice work Charlie. Watched some of your other videos as well. Good info there, thanks for sharing.

[flashhole]

I know who Rube Goldberg was and the meaning of any reference to him.

This does not pass the RG sniff test. Very clean. Nicely done, thanks for sharing.

[JBinMN]

I know who Rube Goldberg was and the meaning of any reference to him.

This does not pass the RG sniff test. Very clean. Nicely done, thanks for sharing.

LOL I was talking about MY own rig... See below in Bold

Always fun to see someone elses tinkering to make things easier for themselves on some mundane task. Even if it is a Rube Goldberg-esque setup like mine might appear to some.
LOL


[ Now I am gonna wonder how many remember who Rube Goldberg is? ]

But, you may have missed that.... Can happen to anyone...

[Rcmaveric]

Looks like a good idea. I was thinking of getting a cheap old C press for sizing. I have the lee hand press at the moment I use while watching Tv to size bullets. it gets monotonous though.

[monmouth]

that's awesome.

[nitroviking]

Looks like it works great, awesome idea !!

[flashhole]

Well done. What press mount is that?

[OS OK]

Well done. What press mount is that?

It's made from a piece of square tube steel and cut out in that shape...no welding required.

Here's the post about building it...

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...ng-Press/page2

[MT Chambers]

Why not buy a Star?

[OS OK]

Oh...I dunnoh...maybe I ain't got the money or, I just like to make stuff for myself.
I'm a moderate user of ammo...should I need the quantity for competition and lots of practice...well, I'd have to change a couple more things besides my sizer.