Snakeoil
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I know our local ranges frown on that.
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Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Absolutely!
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Burnt hair? Probably that combined with the other lube and powder. Some things combine to become truly putrid!
Snakeoil
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Well this thread has lanquishe for a while. Thought I'd revive it with a trick I came up with out of necessity.
Lyman 450 lubrisizer.
When I started to size those tiny little 37 grain bullets for the .218 Bee, I ran out of stop adjustment. I had the bottom stop up as far as it would go and the spring fully compressed, yet the bullets were still going too deep into the sizing die. The stop is a simple thing to make if you have a lathe or maybe even just a drill press. The thread is a standard 3/8-24 coarse thread. All you need to do is make a slightly longer stop, assuming there is room for it when the bottom yoke comes up to push the die punch and bullet back out of the die.
Here is how it looks with it all the way up. Little .22 bullets still go too deep with this setting.
I was in a rush and did not want to be making things on the lathe so I thought about a quick and dirty fix. It worked. And it requires nothing more than a hack saw and a couple of 3/8" nuts.
I sliced a section out of the nuts so they would slip over the ram that pushes the die punch back up into the die on the return stroke. Made two nuts so I could tighten them against each other to lock the setting.
Here's the nuts.
It was then just a matter of slipping over the ram shank and treaded them onto the stop body. Adjusted the top nut where I wanted it and then snugged the bottom nut up to hold it in place. Works perfectly.
No special tools required. Hack and maybe a file to clean up the burrs. So simple, even a caveman could do it.
Lyman 450 lubrisizer.
When I started to size those tiny little 37 grain bullets for the .218 Bee, I ran out of stop adjustment. I had the bottom stop up as far as it would go and the spring fully compressed, yet the bullets were still going too deep into the sizing die. The stop is a simple thing to make if you have a lathe or maybe even just a drill press. The thread is a standard 3/8-24 coarse thread. All you need to do is make a slightly longer stop, assuming there is room for it when the bottom yoke comes up to push the die punch and bullet back out of the die.
Here is how it looks with it all the way up. Little .22 bullets still go too deep with this setting.
I was in a rush and did not want to be making things on the lathe so I thought about a quick and dirty fix. It worked. And it requires nothing more than a hack saw and a couple of 3/8" nuts.
I sliced a section out of the nuts so they would slip over the ram that pushes the die punch back up into the die on the return stroke. Made two nuts so I could tighten them against each other to lock the setting.
Here's the nuts.
It was then just a matter of slipping over the ram shank and treaded them onto the stop body. Adjusted the top nut where I wanted it and then snugged the bottom nut up to hold it in place. Works perfectly.
No special tools required. Hack and maybe a file to clean up the burrs. So simple, even a caveman could do it.
Snakeoil
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You know, I may have added that spring because the setting would not hold. Bought it new back in the '90's.
Replacing the spring with an O-ring should solve both problems.
I'm chuckling as I type this. I created a problem and then came up with a fix for my own problem. Geesh.
Homer Simpson, eat your heart out.
Replacing the spring with an O-ring should solve both problems.
I'm chuckling as I type this. I created a problem and then came up with a fix for my own problem. Geesh.
Homer Simpson, eat your heart out.
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Removing my 4500's lock screw has not caused any setting problems, but allows the adjusting screw a greater range of adjustment.
I'm gladly ignorant about Homer Simpson, other than it was a television cartoon.
Ian
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I was gonna say something but none of my sizers were acquired new so I couldn't say for sure that spring wasn't original, just never ever seen one installed like that.
Edit to add, your shit's too clean. If the depth stop screw is properly globbered up with years of old bullet lube, it holds the setting.
Edit to add, your shit's too clean. If the depth stop screw is properly globbered up with years of old bullet lube, it holds the setting.
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Missionary
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"Globbered up"... now that is the truth.
Snakeoil
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Snakeoil
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I understand. The Simpsons started out as a short on the Tracy Ulman show, which was a comedy variety show back in the 80's. Homer is a classic numbskull. Harmless, but dumber than a post. He's notorious for doing dumb stuff and somehow coming out smelling like a rose. His evil boss is always trying to stick it to him, and poor clueless Homer always wins the day, in spite of having no idea how he did it.
I may have watched the show a few times when it became a TV show on its own. It was funny. Another one is King of the Hill. The storyline is a family living in Arlen, TX. He sells propane and is damn proud of his job. The story line can be weak, but the characters are pretty good. It's one of those shows you put on for noise when you are doing something, and you find yourself starting to watch it and laugh. I worked in the South for a bit and the characters remind me of people I'd met back then.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Don't get it, but I never watched a Simpson in my life. All l know it is a crossword puzzle clue.
Tom
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Barbara Streisand tickets weren't selling.