Reloading press build

[Zyox]

Beautiful work my man ....but another point...its sure not gonna be a "short stroke" to operate LOL.

Hahaha no sir! The handle is 30" long so she will be a workout.

 

[woodchopper]

Hahaha no sir! The handle is 30" long so she will be a workout.

any updates ??

 

[tigrr]

Ask DMAY about indexing brass. That way the brass is in the same index each time it is reloaded.
Nice press!!

 

[Zyox]

any updates ??

Sadly no more work has been done on it, the shop got very busy though that has since ended.
I have been thinking about it and Id love to finish it, i just need some more inspiration for designing the base plate and ram attachment for the shell holders, i have some ideas for those.
Most of the hard work was done designing and manufacturing the linkage so honestly i feel its over halfway.

After the last election i am unsure if i will ever get to use it for its intended purposes.

 

[Zyox]

Well, After tinkering with designs I have some guidelines for the ram adapter to the shell-holders, and the base plate for the main body

The ram adapter allows positioning in any degree of rotation, it will lock to the ram with 2 setscrews pushing on a taper.
In the top of the adapter it will have 7/16-14 threads for various large shell holders and ram prime systems already available

This press has been bugging me, I would like to get it finished.
As always id love to hear your criticism.

 

[Zyox]

The saga continues, took about 4 hours to set everything up and get the profile machined out.
I still need to add the holes and modify the press body so it fits together correctly,..

The press body itself still needs many hours of machining to bevel each side/back, plus drill and tap holes in the bottom to attach the base.
boy oh boy do i ever love over-complicating things.