Home made LNL powder check alarm

Doesn't do me any good, but I like it.

I sure wish you had some schematics.

Justin

Floyd You say you've always wanted to be a test pilot?

I guess if I have to ask what it is and what it does I wont understand the answer anyway but it looks neat as heck!

Floyd,

As amazing as that device is.....I'm admiring how neat and orderly your reloading bench is!

I figured it out, all on my own.

The case is placed on the spring, butt down. The spring serves a dual purpose, holding the case in position and acts as a grounding jumper. Power is applied through a contact in the point of the white rod.

When the electrical charge is applied, the force of the blast is measured in the sensor with two wires connected. If the proper charge is in the case, the case continues to the next position.

You're alright Floydster! I dont care what anyone else says lol.

I was trying to see if you used the LNL powder cop?
Can you check low and over charges?
How many grains +/- ?

I worked up plan using a led beam break circuit mated to a powder cop die.
Added the RCBS bullet feeder and filled all five LNL stages instead

Thanks for sharing

Does that thing perc your coffee during an early morning load session?

Leave it up to us "Central Minnesotans" to dream up the cool stuff.

charge weight

how can a hornady ap over charge a case? if the case advances with every pull of the handle. only so much powder will fit in the powder drop

BigBoss,

Powder has been known to bridge and hangup in the drop tube, resulting in an undercharge followed by an overcharge.

Floydster, What's the yellowish tube taped to the press used for?

Hey Floyd,

I have no clue how your device works, but it sure looks impressive. I know you have the EZ-Ject on your press, but it does not look like you use a case feeder. Looking at your pictures, I can see your primer feeder is somewhat different than mine also, and your powder dispenser has a different volume adjustment than mine. My powder dispenser has but one big rotor, but it came with two different sized rotor inserts for large and small volumes of powder. The inserts also have micrometer like scales on the adjustment parts. Your powder adjustment insert looks different to me.

It looks like your powder is droppeed in Station 3, your moniter is in Station 4, and you seat and crimp in Station 5. Is that correct? I am still in the dark ages where I only use the first four stations since I use no powder cop, and I seat and crimp in Station 4.

I have found when the shellplate rotates a charged straight walled case over to Station 4, I can easily see the powder level. However, when reloading bottleneck cases, I am unable to see the powder level as I can with straightwall cases. Because of this, I use only ball and flake powders in my loads. Oveer the years, I have found ball and flake powders to make very consistent drops in my powder dispenser.

Congratulations and

Best wishes,
Dave Wile

Looks good to me. Powder cop goes up on a dbl. charge and triggers the alarm. SWEET!

Hey Floydster, why are you spending all that time on that press? You must have lost my address? Lookin good!

Thank you.

floydster said:

ofb, hey if I ever get to Kansas , u old buck, I'm going to look U up!!!

Hope all is going well with u.

Keep your powder dry!!!

Floydster

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You'd better bring that loader cause you gonna need it on these p-dogs. My door is open for ya.