Making that Bullet Collator

[SoggyCashew]

Tyler, I was having trouble keeping the mount stationary without cranking down on the bolt and when I bumped it, it sometimes slid down. I remixed your mount to remedy this and now you only have to finger tighten the nut OR just use a wing nut. I remixed in Tinkercad but would love a better copy in DesignSpark Or 360 but my knowledge is limited to creating boxes like in tinkercad. Love the what your doing and thank you so much!

[TylerR]

Tyler, I was having trouble keeping the mount stationary without cranking down on the bolt and when I bumped it, it sometimes slid down. I remixed your mount to remedy this and now you only have to finger tighten the nut OR just use a wing nut. I remixed in Tinkercad but would love a better copy in DesignSpark Or 360 but my knowledge is limited to creating boxes like in tinkercad. Love the what your doing and thank you so much!

Thanks man. I like your remix. I actually recently implemented my own solution to the issue you mentioned. Its just a thumb screw to adjust the angle.
Personally I like just keeping it friction fit, because I can adjust the angle so quickly.

[TylerR]

New version has been posted. v1.4.6

- New manual v3.0 to account for recent changes.
- New parts generator.
- All feed die threads have been reduced just slightly.
- #11 plate have been moved inwards to reduce amount of ridge to work better on flat nose boolits.
- Some changes here and there to the collator plates.
- Inclusion of all Mongo collator parts.

[Anuccite]

New version has been posted. v1.4.6

- New manual v3.0 to account for recent changes.
- New parts generator.
- All feed die threads have been reduced just slightly.
- #11 plate have been moved inwards to reduce amount of ridge to work better on flat nose boolits.
- Some changes here and there to the collator plates.
- Inclusion of all Mongo collator parts.

Printing new #11 now! keep you posted

[TylerR]

Printing new #11 now! keep you posted

Excellent. I didn't move it a ton, but it should make a difference. Also make sure there is no crows foot on the bottom back of the plate so it slides in all the way.

[LAreloader]

I need some help connecting my bullet/case collator plates to my ETZGMP38 motor shaft. Does anyone have an STL or advice on how to do that? I have printed out the feeder and plates from bf_v1 and there isn't much room in the hole on the collator plates to put a connector. What is the solution?

Thanks in advance!

LAreloader

[TylerR]

I need some help connecting my bullet/case collator plates to my ETZGMP38 motor shaft. Does anyone have an STL or advice on how to do that? I have printed out the feeder and plates from bf_v1 and there isn't much room in the hole on the collator plates to put a connector. What is the solution?

Thanks in advance!

LAreloader

Those plates are for a pinned motor shaft, and are pre-clutch. You can either pin your motor shaft. Or reprint the plates with the new clutch system and go with the hex adapter.

Edited to add: You probably want to download the latest files. A lot has changed since v1.

[r4ndy]

I need some help connecting my bullet/case collator plates to my ETZGMP38 motor shaft. Does anyone have an STL or advice on how to do that? I have printed out the feeder and plates from bf_v1 and there isn't much room in the hole on the collator plates to put a connector. What is the solution?

Thanks in advance!

LAreloader

I couldn’t get a hole drilled through my motor for the original AmmoMike feeder, so I drilled out the holes on my plates to fit a round brass coupler and put a roll pin in the top of the coupler. Not my idea, it is much earlier on in the thread. If you need the coupler info PM me and I will check my purchases.

[TylerR]

I couldn’t get a hole drilled through my motor for the original AmmoMike feeder, so I drilled out the holes on my plates to fit a round brass coupler and put a roll pin in the top of the coupler. Not my idea, it is much earlier on in the thread. If you need the coupler info PM me and I will check my purchases.

The motor shaft is in theory heat treated. Assuming its a decent quality motor. I have had issues drilling the hole myself. I got around it by heating it up and letting it cool slowly to remove some of the metal hardness. Of course in order to do that, I took the motor apart and removed the shaft so the heat didn't transfer to the motor parts. But if you apply just the right amount of heat to make it a little softer disassembly is probably not necessary.

[noacess]

I finally got my Prusa printer fixed (motherboard died) and now I'm off to printing new collator plates with clutches. Thanks TylerR as always for the hard work and also a huge shoutout to o416 for making such an awesome manual with all the latest changes!

[o416]

I finally got my Prusa printer fixed (motherboard died) and now I'm off to printing new collator plates with clutches. Thanks TylerR as always for the hard work and also a huge shoutout to o416 for making such an awesome manual with all the latest changes!

My pleasure brother!

[TylerR]

I finally got my Prusa printer fixed (motherboard died) and now I'm off to printing new collator plates with clutches. Thanks TylerR as always for the hard work and also a huge shoutout to o416 for making such an awesome manual with all the latest changes!

Good to hear you are back up and running. Be sure to download the latest, as I made a few minor tweaks just tonight.

[CS223]

I started the project by printing the bullet drop die as a debug for the printer & slicer settings. They came out fine with the exception of the ball bearing pockets which are just a tiny bit misshapen, what is the best way to clean them up? I have a BNEM that size and I’ve also thought about using a ball and soldering iron to heat it & ‘iron’ out the hole.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[TylerR]

I started the project by printing the bullet drop die as a debug for the printer & slicer settings. They came out fine with the exception of the ball bearing pockets which are just a tiny bit misshapen, what is the best way to clean them up? I have a BNEM that size and I’ve also thought about using a ball and soldering iron to heat it & ‘iron’ out the hole.

Do the bearings not fit in the hole then? They are pretty exact tolerances on those holes so the bearing fits in, but does not slide all the way through.

[CS223]

Do the bearings not fit in the hole then? They are pretty exact tolerances on those holes so the bearing fits in, but does not slide all the way through.

I understand how it works & that the holes are hemispherical, the printed holes have a little bit of error where the filament bridges the top of the hemisphere even at a .12 layer hgt spec’d in the instructions. It’s probably my fault for checking fit with 5/32 balls that I had on hand instead the of 3.5mm specified.

[CS223]

A couple of pics might help.

[TylerR]

A couple of pics might help.

Those look a little rough. What nozzle size are you using.

[CS223]

Those look a little rough. What nozzle size are you using.

0.4mm E3D nozzle, 0.12 layer height, 0.44 extrusion width, 15% infill, 3 perimeters maybe I should slow the print speed down and give it more time to cool. Overall it looks pretty good and the parts fit.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[McCrower]

Which bullet nose down slide plate for this .44 Lee bullet?

[TylerR]

Which bullet nose down slide plate for this .44 Lee bullet?

Can't say for sure, but #7 might me a good place to start.