Recent content by Tinman883

While I agree that the old South Bends are great hobby machines, They have become as precious as gold. A "good used South Bend 9" swing" will now cost about $3,000. Look at the selling prices on ebay. I love mine, but I was lucky enough to inherit it. Getting back to original poster's...

The 7x14 mini lathes can do a lot of the work that a reloader might want to do. Keep in mind that the harbor freight machine is shorter than it's competitors. The net is filled with support for these machines. Littlemachineshop.com has a lot of info and top quality products.

I whittled down a piece of hardwood to fit into the slot. It's been there for years.

This appears in the Lee Support Portal and Knowledge Base. Seems to be your answer. https://support.leeprecision.net/en/knowledgebase/article/powder-through-expander-die-sometimes-leaves-a-cutout-dimple-on-case-mouth

Whoa... Now I need to go look at my TCP, and look at the manual, too.

Your original post questions the accuracy of your caliper. You are wise to consider that. I'm a retired machinist, and I can tell you that in the industry we would not depend on a dial caliper to read accurately to that 4th decimal place. Reading .3565 on the caliper could very well mean the...

Steel can, indeed be case hardened. I first did it in high school shop class.