My Old Lyman Orange Crusher

[fiver]

I don't know what the threads are but I know RCBS sells a short handle for their big patriot press.
you might get someone that has swapped out their handle for the short one to sell/give you theirs, or maybe the short one would work?

 

[Brad]

HEY anyone know where to get a handle for a Lyman junior or T Press?Snapped mine off at the end of the threads. Didn't see that comming!

Got a photo?

A straight rod handle is simple to make, just need to know length, thread size, and how long the threaded portion needs to be.

 

[JustJim]

You mean like a Tru-line Jr? I had one with no handle. I took the press into a decent hardware store, found a l-o-n-g carriage bolt with the correct threads, and turned a new ball to replace the bolt head.

 

[Reloader762]

Pretty much any machine shop if you don't have the tools can make you a handle for that press with no problem. They have thread gauges to measure and match the threads.

 

[Charles Graff]

HEY anyone know where to get a handle for a Lyman junior or T Press?Snapped mine off at the end of the threads. Didn't see that comming!

Folks would need to know the handle diameter and thread pitch to answer that question. Quite a few presses use 1/2 X 20 (National Fine) threads and the handles of some will interchange.

I have made two press handles, both for old Pacific C presses. The pre-war press took a two diameter press fit (unthreaded) handle, I made from tool steel stock. The post-war Pacific Super C took 1/2 X 20 handle which I made from a length from a shot out WWI Model 1917 barrel. Kind of cool to look through the handle and see rifling. I made these handles a bit longer than the factory handles for a smidge more leverage. A decent lathe is the ultimate reloading shop tool. At any rate, these gizmos are a fairly easy shop project.

 

[Brad]

I am willing to make a handle for cost of material plus shipping.

 

[Winelover]

 

[Ian]

Dan needs to extract the threaded bit that broke off first. Sometimes the stub will jam up in the hole because the top thread deforms at the break.

 

[Mowgli Terry]

One my buys included an old Orange Crusher Identical to OP,s less the neat paint job. I wan on the way to eBay with the press. I noticed the window was much larger than my old RC. Not better but bigger, The press is to stay. I load some long BP rounds. The old OC should do just fine.

 

[StrawHat]

HEY anyone know where to get a handle for a Lyman junior or T Press?Snapped mine off at the end of the threads. Didn't see that comming!

Do you know a machinist? Probably the easiest way. Or maybe eBay. You can most anything there.

Kevin