Too much free time?
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Todd M
Craftsman of metals...always learning.
Does that .002” make a big difference do you think? I wonder how much the base of bullet would be deformed by starting 1-2 thousandths off center.
I make my dies with a large leader in taper so the bullet can slide over and self center.
I need the clearance because not all alloys cast the same size! I also PC many bullets and that adds another variable.
I want the sleeve to hold the bullet on the pusher, it is not designed to keep the bullet centered.
I need the clearance because not all alloys cast the same size! I also PC many bullets and that adds another variable.
I want the sleeve to hold the bullet on the pusher, it is not designed to keep the bullet centered.
Ian
Notorious member
Rats. In some ways that's going to happen to all of us. I missed the boat on violin playing and many other things. There is another option: befriend someone with a lathe.
Joshua
Taco Aficionado/Salish Sea Pirate/Part-Time Dragon
Before I dropped out of college the final time because of my wife’s illness, my oceanography professor had asked me if I was a science major. My answer was “Nope I’m an art and literature major”. His response was “Well I think you should consider changing your major, you would do well in science.”
I’m dyslexic. I have a pretty good understanding of the spatial world. I’m wired a bit different. In school I loved geometry because it made sense to me, yet the way they taught algebra and trig back then wasn’t tuned to my way of learning, I succeeded at math, but only by sheer will.
Because of these math experiences I had assumed that a career in science wasn’t for me.
Now, all these years later I design, draft, and build prototypes. I have a solid layman’s understanding of industrial materials. I wonder what might have been had I listened to that professor.
Ian
Notorious member
I chose mechanical engineering as a major, but liked physics and math better so I changed my major the last year, then git disgusted and quit halfway through my senior year. I went to work for a major aerospace company for several years to immerse myself in the field, hated it, quit, and put myself through and automotive service program at a junior college while apprenticing at a dealership. Still plying my trade after several slight detours to heavy trucks, parts, and even worked in a custom cabinet shop for a while, no regrets about quitting my undergrad program and never for a minute considered going back to college.
358156 hp
At large, whereabouts unknown.
I agree, you have the mind for it.
RBHarter
West Central AR
I have an A&P license . Spent 22 yr humping ammo with a Skil saw and a nail gun because I like straight line problem solving , I guess . I probably would have done well in a college environment of cover the information , do the lab , test , score , next . Writing and presenting papers , theses (?) etc. not so much . I lost interest in aviation when my hands started to lose flexibility and everything was a 16 hr sheet metal repair . There are 947 rivets in the outboard top center wing skin of 33/35 series Beech shared with the Twin Bonanza and most of the Barron's . Only 960 in the inboard panel .
Now I'm just happy to have water come out the far end of the hose when I turn on the valve and have it stop when I turn it off .
I get interested in projects then decide I just want the challenge of figuring it out and not necessarily seeing it through but seeing the results ........which tends make me more engineer than mechanic .
Now I'm just happy to have water come out the far end of the hose when I turn on the valve and have it stop when I turn it off .
I get interested in projects then decide I just want the challenge of figuring it out and not necessarily seeing it through but seeing the results ........which tends make me more engineer than mechanic .