Making that Bullet Collator

[ChrisMChristian]

Was just going to point that out (not the stupidity, the skirt

Ok, My stupidity has no end to it. I had a skirt around the collator. Problem solved

[Grootjoseph]

Thanks, I am sure I will stumble many more times

[Grootjoseph]

Well TylerR......I like my RCBS Tube Rifle bullet feeder dies, except for the fact that I sometimes forget there's ball bearings in there, and all it takes is tipping the tool head on it's side to lose them. And the in-tubes are just sitting there....can be bumped out too easy, and then I'm picking up bullets off the floor.

I like your 3D printed ones even better since they have springs to hold them together. No bearings or bullets on the floor to search for and pick up.

So I borrowed the spring idea from you.

From this:



To this:



just using this:

I tried different shapes on each one.....the window on the .223 looks better.....the top on the .308 looks better.....worth reprinting? No....not that vain I guess.....they work! No more bearings and bullets on the floor from this forgetful klutz. Now they are just as efficient as yours. No sense wasting perfectly good tools.

Are the files for these available somewhere?

[MSUICEMAN]

Are the files for these available somewhere?

They are on the GitHub, along with the collator

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[Grootjoseph]

They are on the GitHub, along with the collator

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Thank You

[jimisola]

I ordered a batch (30 or so) of @lewis1914's PCB from JLCPCB. If any in Scandinavia wants please let me know.

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[jimisola]

A plastic part on my Lee App just broke and I'm unable to deprime

Does anyone know if this and other useful parts are available for 3D printing?

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Update: I found a few on Yeggi. Will try them out and update here.

[rogerandre]

Using the collator with my Dillon’s and Lee APP.
Anyone here that have done a (reproducible) autodrive for the Lee APP ? The collator and autodrive for Lee APP would be an awesome combo.

[Grootjoseph]

I'm just about out of things 3D printing-wise to share here, but I thought somebody might find these little bin closures useful. There are aluminum ones for sale around...some reasonable priced some not so. These PLA ones are cheap yet they work fine.....and they're a little different in design, simpler, quick to print.



Download the .stl below or you can ignore.

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Also for those Lee fans still using Lee's shaker case collators for pistol, you might like this printed add-on to make it collate rifle too. Does .223 and .308 fast and perfect. (faster than anything short of one of TylerR's electric collators in this thread that is....)

Again, download is strictly optional for those who might need it. Video demo below the download.

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For the big center bolt to work you must drill the center hole, existing in Lees Shaker bowl, on through with a #7 wire drill bit....then use a 1/4"X20 tap and tap threads into the same hole. The smaller bolts will just screw in, no tapping necessary.

BTW, the center printed part is tapered on the bottom to fit Lee's funnel taper to their 4 holes. So you print it flat side down. The large part is dead flat. It does not need to be tapered....so the center screws to it flat side to the bottom flat.

I would love to print the bin closures but the link seems to be broken. Can somebody (maybe GWS) please please point me to the STL files.
Thank you

[MSUICEMAN]

You can find some on thingiverse. Search for akro bin. Everything from printing actual bins to dividers to expanders and mounts(which I printed and use for my lee app). I have them on all my bins. Including the big one for the 1050, which I designed one for since I couldn't find a solution.

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[Grootjoseph]

Thank you

[Grootjoseph]

Help needed.
I have been up and down this thread but for the life of me I cannot find the correct adapter to fit to the top of a Lee bullet die (13.5mm top diameter)
Will somebody be so kind as to point me to the part.
Thank you

[TylerR]

https://github.com/BF556/Feeder/blob...be_Adapter.stl

[Grootjoseph]

Thank you very much. I was stuck on stupid there.
I want to thank you once again for all that you do and especially your patience with a Noob like me

[ddeck22]

I got mine up and running. One of the slip clutches I made slipped way too much, but I just printed another one and it works much better.

I built it mainly for bullet feeding, but I have had the chance to use it on brass and it works pretty well. I don't get a lot of stoppages and it can handle quite a bit of brass.