Home made Lyman Lubesizer dies
- Thread starter hickstick_10
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I certainly admire your machining skill but when all the time and effort is taken into account is it really worth it over just buying one? I guess maybe for an oddball bullet diameter but other than that it seems like a diminished return for the effort involved.
fingers284
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I have made several sizers and, while it might be easier to purchase, the timelag between ordering & delivery sometimes from across the border is much outweighed by the immediacy of home construction.....but it sure aint cheaper purchasing the machine tooling required than "store bought" LOL
Been close to making my own sizers. I have the tools to do it but luckily I have found the dies needed. I can understand the time thing as I have done it with other stuff I have made. Possibly weeks to order and receive it or a few minutes on the lathe and your one step closer to shooting.
Takes maybe a half hour to make one start to finish.
New sizer with taxes and shipping makes it worth my time. Running close to 80$ all in for one from lyman
A half hour to do all that machining? Man, you must have it down to a science. Good for you.
And that doesn’t take into account setup time. 1/2 hr project usually takes that long to find materials and tools.
Look, they guy could be pissing away his time getting drunk or surfing the net.
I like making stuff too. It keeps my skills sharp and is something I like doing. I also take pride in the end result. Hard to put a $ value on that.
Keep up the good work.
I like making stuff too. It keeps my skills sharp and is something I like doing. I also take pride in the end result. Hard to put a $ value on that.
Keep up the good work.
Couple of union men here it seems.
Myford super 7B with power cross feed, 3 quick change tool holders with a rear mounted part off blade, 3 jaw chuck
3/4" round bar, skimmed to 0.700....2 cuts, 5 minutes-tool holder 1
drill, ream and chamfer (I will admit this is where I save time, I purchased a big tool chest full of chambering and chucking reamers) 10 minutes
O ring groove 1 minute (if that) tool holder 2
Radius groove 1 minute tool holder 3
Part off (stop part way through to grab a lathe file and make the bevel at the bottom of the die) 1 minute
Plunger, from 1/2" round stock, 10 minutes
Gimme a winded breath to make it to the drill press and pop 4 holes through the thing. Fully admit I dont count cleanup time or sawing material, I just fish them out of the scrap bin as needed.
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Myford super 7B with power cross feed, 3 quick change tool holders with a rear mounted part off blade, 3 jaw chuck
3/4" round bar, skimmed to 0.700....2 cuts, 5 minutes-tool holder 1
drill, ream and chamfer (I will admit this is where I save time, I purchased a big tool chest full of chambering and chucking reamers) 10 minutes
O ring groove 1 minute (if that) tool holder 2
Radius groove 1 minute tool holder 3
Part off (stop part way through to grab a lathe file and make the bevel at the bottom of the die) 1 minute
Plunger, from 1/2" round stock, 10 minutes
Gimme a winded breath to make it to the drill press and pop 4 holes through the thing. Fully admit I dont count cleanup time or sawing material, I just fish them out of the scrap bin as needed.
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That's what I thought. I've seen restaurants with dirtier tables.Your lathe is too clean, not working hard enough
What sizer do those fit? A Saeco?
BlackPowderBurner
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Thank you for posting the blueprint. Would you consider making these in oddball diameters?
No I'm not interested in doing hobbie stuff for money, the hobby inevitably stops being fun after that.
You are most welcome to take those prints where you please and get them to make you what you like. I see there's also a couple custom die makers already on the net.
https://www.ssfirearms.com/proddetail.asp?prod=SA450
Maybe not MAKING money, but being able to fund his own odds and ends perhaps?
...that's making money in my language.
Breaking even
