[Afy]

What is it? How is it any different from a rock chuker and what advantages if any would someone get from using one?

Thank you in advance for the education...

[rcmodel]

An arbor press just "presses".. It has no reverse capability to pull a sized case out of a die for instance. Because the die isn't screwed into it.
It just sets there.

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Benchrest shooters use them with special dies for neck sizing.
They feel a precision made arbor press is "straighter" then a regular reloading press.
The arbor press shoves the case in the die, and they beat them back out with a hammer!

You probably don't want one for normal reloading.

rcmodel

[Afy]

Nope dont want one...

Do they really get any real advantage? or its just feeling...

[presspuller]

Do they really get any real advantage? or its just feeling...

Other than them being portable(they just sit on a table, don't require being bolted down or anything like that) I don't see any advantage.

[NCsmitty]

An arbor press is a basic machine shop tool. I bought one from Harbor Freight a few years ago. I don't use it often but it came in handy lately when I removed the bayonet bracket from a M44 Mosin.

NCsmitty

[ReloaderFred]

An arbor press is capable of much more force than a toggle link press, since it's gear driven. I have a Magma Case Master Jr. that is basically an arbor press modified to feed rimless pistol cases and push them straight through a carbide sizing die, which sizes the entire case, including the web and rim. This kind of force isn't possible with a toggle link press.

Also as noted, all the force is directed one way, which is down. I suppose one could be adapted to exert force in the opposite direction, but I don't believe it could equal the down pressure, since you'd be lifting the handle.

Also, because arbor presses are gear driven, the arc of the handle is very long. In the case of my press, it's well over 260 degrees.

Hope this helps.

Fred

[NVMM]

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