Productive arvo

WARDY91 · Post by **WARDY91** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:00 pm

So i've finished the dies for the dasher here's some pics. This is a bushing neck die runs the standard wilson or redding bushings.

trevort · Post by **trevort** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:25 am

fantastic job, looks like a bought one

Camel · Post by **Camel** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 9:59 am

bloody hell Wardy, that looks good enough to be a brought one.

Nicely done mate

stinkitup · Post by **stinkitup** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:33 am

Camel wrote:Thanks mate, I reckon it would be a reasonably simple job, they are hardened but a quick anneal, drill them out and then heat and quench in some oil would probably do the job, its not as if I was going to do it to any of my Redding or RCBS dies. Will give it a go today. Might even get adventurous and try making a couple of correct sized seating stems.

I had my redding 6.5x55 bushing and seater die reamed out with my AI die as they wouldn't fit. Had them done by the new owner of cast bullet engineering cheap and quick. Was lucky my lee seater works for AI cases too so I could still do some testing. I have a separate vustome AI FLS die.

So yes they usually can be done.

stinkitup · Post by **stinkitup** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 11:34 am

Would it be possible to see how a diagram or cross section of them inside. I have seen lots of home made bushing type forming dies online just not sure exactly the best design.

WARDY91 · Post by **WARDY91** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 2:15 pm

There's a few little things that need to be changed before I make another set.

trevort · Post by **trevort** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 3:17 pm

My dasher is about 12 months away so you have time to work out the bugs!!!!!

WARDY91 · Post by **WARDY91** » Tue Oct 07, 2014 10:05 pm

so this little job got pushed back down the list for a while but here is the completed die mk2. All the problems from the first attempt have been rectified.

trevort · Post by **trevort** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:28 am

what went wrong in the first attempt?

And have you made it all from scratch? like even the stem and the knurled nuts on the top or do you buy a blank and convert it?

WARDY91 · Post by **WARDY91** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:25 am

I just wasn't happy with the finish on the first one and the bushing pocket was too deep so if I wasn't careful I could crush the cases. The stem I bought in from sinclair time vs cost far cheaper to buy them. I had made the body's from scratch and bought blanks to use I'll probably go down the blank path as it saves me a lot more time and keeps the costs down on them.

Camel · Post by **Camel** » Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:45 am

Very nice Wardy.

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