I have been cleaning the reloading room up a little.
I decided it was about time to get the Star Lube/Sizer up and running.
I picked up a 1/2" thick aluminum plate a while back to set the Iron on for a heater for the Star. Today I rounded up all the screws to get the Star and Heater Plate mounted to the bench.
I again started my search for a small Air Tank. I again checked out the 20# Oxygen bottle at Sharp Shooters for $55. By the time I got done making it useable, I was going to get close to $100 in it. Next thought was using a Green Coleman propane cylinder. It looked like a Torch Head would adapt it from the bottle to 1/8" pipe thread. Well that did not work out, as the new torch heads available at my local hardware store have a toy sized pipe between the valve housing, and the nozzle, and not the 1/8" pipe on the older models. I was about to round up a Helium tank for blowing up balloons, when the guy who works with my brother at the hardware store mentioned that he had a small portable air compressor that the compressor had quit on. I made a run to his house and retrieved it from the back of his pickup truck. In about 30 minutes I had it disassembled down to just the air tank. I am not sure about the size, but a good guess would be 2-3 gallon. It looks to be about the same size as an air-nailer pancake air compressor tank,only with a cylinder shaped tank. At this point I went to rounding up the parts needed. A hose barb to attach the section of 1/4" air hose to the tank, another hose barb to connect the other end of the hose to the quick connect hose end. A new air pressure gage, one 1/8" Pipe Plug, and a 1/8" close nipple, 1/8" to 1/4" pipe adapter and a 1/4" pipe thread valve stem to air the tank up.
I should be able to get it all put together tomorrow during the snow.
I still need an iron, but a trip to Wal Mart will take care of that.
I now have Star Dies for the 44 Magnum, and 480 Ruger made by Lathsmith. I will need to do some shopping, or put Lathsmith back to work, and get .357, .401, and .452 sizers rounded up in the near future.
I will see about a picture when I get the tank up and running.
Bob R