Hornady LL AP , shell plate interchangeable???

[45C]

Hello
I just got my Hornady L&L ezject progressive press and I'm looking for a few shellplate.

My buddy has a bunch of shellplate for his older Hornady press, wire feed??.
Just wondering if his shellplate will fit my press?
If not,can they be modified to fit?

Thanks

Brian

 

[diopter]

No.
Tried to get a machine shop to machine out the groove for the EZject and they said they did not want to risk their endmills.
Said metal too hard, believe or not! I think they just did not want to do the CNC setup and programming for such a small job.
I know when I'm not wanted. Just buy the new shell plates.
Unless you have a real friend with the equipment.

This is what's involved.

45ACP

 

[diopter]

Old wire version 38spl vs newer Ez-ject 38spl.

As you can see, the groove dimensions can change depending on case base dimensions.

 

[45C]

Thanks.
All we have access to is a lathe.
I'll order new plates.

 

[45C]

A lathe will do the trick.

 

[diopter]

With a large enough chuck or a 0.50" bolt and a nut to keep it centered, flat and fixed in the chuck.

 

[fingers284]

No.
Tried to get a machine shop to machine out the groove for the EZject and they said they did not want to risk their endmills.
Said metal too hard, believe or not! I think they just did not want to do the CNC setup and programming for such a small job.
I know when I'm not wanted. Just buy the new shell plates.
Unless you have a real friend with the equipment.

This is what's involved.

45ACP

Actually that machine shop was being very prudent with their assessment of a relative easy piece to purchase instead of machining. Those shell plates are very hard & a carbide endmill at double the price of a shell holder is the only cutter that would touch a shell plate ( and one might not even complete the job). I have both a mill machine & a lathe and when I tried to mod a couple of Dillon 650 shell plates for a couple of obsolete cartridges, I had to use a Dremmel grinder to even come close to removing some metal...just ordinary High speed steel endmills would only polish the shell plate edges a bit