My Fellow GunNutz,
Today I thought you would let you in on a new contraption I just made in the spur of the moment: A Roll Crimper.
For those of you who don't know what a roll crimper is, it is a thing that puts roll crimps onto shotgun shells for reloading. If you find yourself asking "Hansol, what does that mean?", go look at a factory-loaded shotgun slug round. That's what a roll crimp is.
Now obviously this is written with the reloader in mind. If you're anything like me, you hate paying lots of money for something that is worth about $3.00. And after checking out all the crimping tools available online, I found that they were all $30 or more AMERICAN, plus shipping, plus tax, etc. That's like a billion dollars Canadian currency, and that is just a bit too much for Hansol. So that got me thinking about a way to make my own.
Long story short, after a day and a night of thinking, I came up with this project. It is very simple, and very easy.
You'll need:
1x 1/2" pex crimp nipple to 3/4" male threaded nipple converter.
1x 1/2 pex crimp plug.
1x long screw with nut and washer
1x small pin of some sort.
Step 1. Cut off the shaft of the 1/2" pex crimp plug. You only need the solid brass "end" bit, not the hollow shaft bit.
Step 2. Drill a hole in the center of the plug.
Step 3. Insert and thread the long screw through the plug, and then feed that whole contraption inside the 3/4" adapter, with the long end of the screw feeding up through the 1/2" pex shaft of the adapter.
Step 4. Thread nut and washer onto the end of the long screw. Tighten the whole thing, observing that the center of the plug (now inside the 3/4" adapter) is centered inbetween the walls. Tighten the crap out of the thing.
Step 5. Drill a small hole through the side of the 3/4" adapter, right at the edge of one of the flat bits on the outside of the 3/4" adapter. (End of the dental pick showing where to drill)
Step 6. Tap whatever you use for a pin into the hole you just drilled so that it is flush against the plug bit. I used a needle bearing from an old u-joint I had kicking around.
And now you're finished. Total cost is I think $2.34 CANADIAN.
(Left to right: Factory Remington star-crimp, roll crimp made by my crimp tool, uncrimped, once-fired shotgun hull)
Happy hunting, and keep your stick on the ice. -Hansol
Today I thought you would let you in on a new contraption I just made in the spur of the moment: A Roll Crimper.
For those of you who don't know what a roll crimper is, it is a thing that puts roll crimps onto shotgun shells for reloading. If you find yourself asking "Hansol, what does that mean?", go look at a factory-loaded shotgun slug round. That's what a roll crimp is.
Now obviously this is written with the reloader in mind. If you're anything like me, you hate paying lots of money for something that is worth about $3.00. And after checking out all the crimping tools available online, I found that they were all $30 or more AMERICAN, plus shipping, plus tax, etc. That's like a billion dollars Canadian currency, and that is just a bit too much for Hansol. So that got me thinking about a way to make my own.
Long story short, after a day and a night of thinking, I came up with this project. It is very simple, and very easy.
You'll need:
1x 1/2" pex crimp nipple to 3/4" male threaded nipple converter.
1x 1/2 pex crimp plug.
1x long screw with nut and washer
1x small pin of some sort.
Step 1. Cut off the shaft of the 1/2" pex crimp plug. You only need the solid brass "end" bit, not the hollow shaft bit.
Step 2. Drill a hole in the center of the plug.
Step 3. Insert and thread the long screw through the plug, and then feed that whole contraption inside the 3/4" adapter, with the long end of the screw feeding up through the 1/2" pex shaft of the adapter.
Step 4. Thread nut and washer onto the end of the long screw. Tighten the whole thing, observing that the center of the plug (now inside the 3/4" adapter) is centered inbetween the walls. Tighten the crap out of the thing.
Step 5. Drill a small hole through the side of the 3/4" adapter, right at the edge of one of the flat bits on the outside of the 3/4" adapter. (End of the dental pick showing where to drill)
Step 6. Tap whatever you use for a pin into the hole you just drilled so that it is flush against the plug bit. I used a needle bearing from an old u-joint I had kicking around.
And now you're finished. Total cost is I think $2.34 CANADIAN.
(Left to right: Factory Remington star-crimp, roll crimp made by my crimp tool, uncrimped, once-fired shotgun hull)
Happy hunting, and keep your stick on the ice. -Hansol
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