Ian
Notorious member
Now that I have a lathe....
Years ago I converted a Lee Classic Turret press to a Pro-1000 progressive by grinding the ram adapter down to fit inside the Pro-1000 shellplate carrier. It worked great except the stub was about 3/16" too short and had the primer arm slot cut through it. Eventually the stub collapsed from repeated tightening of the pinch bolt on the shellplate carrier. I decided it was high time to fix it now that I had a lathe and some 4140 steel round bar.
The old modified part on the left (with epoxy filling the slot to direct spent primers through the ram), the new and improved ram top installed on the right:
Years ago I converted a Lee Classic Turret press to a Pro-1000 progressive by grinding the ram adapter down to fit inside the Pro-1000 shellplate carrier. It worked great except the stub was about 3/16" too short and had the primer arm slot cut through it. Eventually the stub collapsed from repeated tightening of the pinch bolt on the shellplate carrier. I decided it was high time to fix it now that I had a lathe and some 4140 steel round bar.
The old modified part on the left (with epoxy filling the slot to direct spent primers through the ram), the new and improved ram top installed on the right:
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