What clever little things have you "invented or discovered" that you can share?

mooseman1 said:
it's catching on the bolt that goes in the powder trow unit so i would have no way of tighting a round headed bolt ,it's even grabing the throw units side the odd time, if there was some way of keeping the throw unit from twisting from the pull of the linkage it would fix it.
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Can you post a pic? I've only ever played with the basic RCBS and the Lyman 55. Maybe I can get my head wrapped around the challenge better.:)
 
can't wrap my head around posting the pic's thing yet, i took the whole thing apart to see if i could find anything bent or out of alinment but it all looked good so i'll have to try it again ,if i can't fix it i'll give rcbs a call. the nut grab's the steel drum of the dispendser so if i file the drum abit more it might fix it or it would just allow the linkage to come closer and the nut to grab even harder. .the drum being where the dial meter screws in too.
 
The Little Orange Tub was $2.00 (I have 3 mounted, pic only shoed 1) but it is a Japanese Bathroom water bucket to splash one self with to clean off the soap BEFORE jumoing into the bath tub of hot water to soak :)

DAISO in Richmond, BC... Its a Japanese $2.00 Store :)
 
mooseman1 said:
can't wrap my head around posting the pic's thing yet, i took the whole thing apart to see if i could find anything bent or out of alinment but it all looked good so i'll have to try it again ,if i can't fix it i'll give rcbs a call. the nut grab's the steel drum of the dispendser so if i file the drum abit more it might fix it or it would just allow the linkage to come closer and the nut to grab even harder. .the drum being where the dial meter screws in too.
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Would a pop rivet work in there?
 
I am too cheap to buy a protective box for my trail cam, so after finding some ninety degree metal pieces at work I built this to help protect my cam. Only wish I had access to a welding machine. I did not paint this one, because not long after making it I found more metal, so the next one will have a full metal frame.

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I watched a youtube video of a guy trimming his brass to length on an RCBS case prep center so I went down to the local machinist and got him to make this threaded holder for the Lee cutter. It works well.

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Lubrication of a 550B




a) lube shaft (#13775) w/ 30 wt motor oil

b) lube all pivot pins (#13700, #13830, #13834, #13881) with grease

c) lightly grease short end of op-rod (#13869) , where it enters bracket (#13887 )

e) clean primer retaining pin hole, lightly grease head end of pin (#14051)

f) lightly grease underside of shellplate bolt (#13794) , where it recesses into index sprocket

g) lightly grease rails on connector body collar

h) lightly grease roller (#13765) on connector body collar
 
For those who use the RCBS collet bullet pulled be careful not to thread it in so far the threaded section does not protrude below the press. This will leave the tapered sleeve unsupported and it may crack. Mine did, so instead of doing warranty it went in the lathe and got a good 3/8" trimmed off to get the cracked section removed and a 15 degree shoulder was put back in.
The cracked section left the thread engagement with an interference fit so you can imagine how fun it was to put in or take out. Now it is just like new.

One other frustration with this tool was the useless little handle. The pin was driven out and the hole D&T'd for 3/8NC. Turned the head is a 4 1/2" gr 8 bolt into a knob, spun a jam nut on the threaded section and snugged it into the top stud. No longer is pulling a bullet a chore, this mod improves the use of this tool 100%.
 
The Lee Perfect Powder Measure is, alas, not perfect. However, after reading this post, you can make yours perfect.

Start with this:

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Use my fingers and your imagination, as well as your knowledge of the dimensions of your average ppm for sizing, cause I cant remember off the top of my head what the numbers are. I found this piece at work, but you could probably make something similar with a tupperware tub or something. when you see the finished product possibilities will leap to the imagination. I am sure.

Anyhoo, take your piece of plastic and drill a 3/16 hole FROM THE INSIDE. It should look like this:
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Next, take the appropriate size hole saw, stick the pilot bit into the hole previously drilled, from the outside this time, and drill out something that looks like this when you done.
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Make sure you got a really good grip on the plastic or have it clamped down. the hole saw WILL grab and will try to wack you in the nuts. I know this for a fact.

Now you want to trim off the two rounded edges a bit so that the powder hopper doesnt get completely blocked off by our now nearly finished baffle. It should look like this when you done and polished off all the burs and stuff.
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Now put a piece of scotch tape over the hole in the center and we are ready for installation. Now drop it into your Lee PPM pointy side up. You are done. You now have a truely perfect Lee Perfect Powder Measure. Now it will not only throw perfect charges, it will throw perfect charges no matter how much powder is in the hopper.
You are welcome.

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i anneal my 8mm Mauser cases so the big holes you see on the plate is for 8mm mauser and the 2 torch heads heat up the neck and shoulder of the case while its turning at 3 RPM/ motor is from a microwave/ the frame used to be a microwave/ the plate is a display break disk/ underneath the plate is a microwave glass that turns with the plate and holds the cases in place/ the torches blue flames hit each other right above every hole so thats where the cases pass and gets annealed/ this project is still ongoing some malfunctions that im still working on
 
deagle2008 said:
i anneal my 8mm Mauser cases so the big holes you see on the plate is for 8mm mauser and the 2 torch heads heat up the neck and shoulder of the case while its turning at 3 RPM/ motor is from a microwave/ the frame used to be a microwave/ the plate is a display break disk/ underneath the plate is a microwave glass that turns with the plate and holds the cases in place/ the torches blue flames hit each other right above every hole so thats where the cases pass and gets annealed/ this project is still ongoing some malfunctions that im still working on
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Great idea with the micro wave motor.
 
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