tjlis2004
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Hello all,
I’ll start off by stating please excuse the long post. I have two issues that I’m hoping one post can solve. I use a Lee Loadmaster and have the press running smoothly. One major thing I hate about the press is how the unused new primers fall into the spent primer tube. It's a very bad design. The second thing I hate is how the spent primers fill up the ram vs falling through it into a collection bucket. This is caused by the carrier being open with support braces throughout it. This got me to looking on the internet on how to fix these issues. There are a couple of good ideas out there but all of them require some form of modification to the press or require some form of hack to somewhat resolve the two issues above.
This leads me to an idea how to fix the two issues stated above. I’ll start with the new primers being fall into the spent primer tube.
There is a whole that allows the new primers to fall into the spent primer tube. My idea is two have a 3D printed cup that was the shape of the hole, that follows the taper of the hole, that could slide down into the hole, and be held in place by friction. This cup being a little shorter then the actual height of the hole would allow free movement of the shell plate yet catch new primers that were ejected off the primer pin.
The second issue is how the collection of the spent primers in the ram. If you have every emptied this, you know how dirty and inefficient this is.
My idea to fix this issue is much like above. Have 3D printed cup that was the shape of the hole, that follows the taper of the hole, that could slide down into the hole, and be held in place by friction. Unlike above this cup would have a hose barb on the bottom. The hose barb would allow a host to be attached and ran through the bottom of the ram and down into a spent collection bin. Just like before the cup being a little shorter than the actual height of the hole would allow free movement of the shell plate.
While I believe my ideas are sound I do not have the required skill in 3D schematic creation or own a 3D printer for testing. I have seen many useful free 3D objects placed out there on the internet for reloaders to download, create, and use. I’m wondering if someone out there would be interested in taking on my above idea and posting it out there for all to use? Of course, if anyone is willing to create these for me I’d be willing to pay for the objects as well since I don’t have a way to make them in the first place.
I’ll start off by stating please excuse the long post. I have two issues that I’m hoping one post can solve. I use a Lee Loadmaster and have the press running smoothly. One major thing I hate about the press is how the unused new primers fall into the spent primer tube. It's a very bad design. The second thing I hate is how the spent primers fill up the ram vs falling through it into a collection bucket. This is caused by the carrier being open with support braces throughout it. This got me to looking on the internet on how to fix these issues. There are a couple of good ideas out there but all of them require some form of modification to the press or require some form of hack to somewhat resolve the two issues above.
This leads me to an idea how to fix the two issues stated above. I’ll start with the new primers being fall into the spent primer tube.
There is a whole that allows the new primers to fall into the spent primer tube. My idea is two have a 3D printed cup that was the shape of the hole, that follows the taper of the hole, that could slide down into the hole, and be held in place by friction. This cup being a little shorter then the actual height of the hole would allow free movement of the shell plate yet catch new primers that were ejected off the primer pin.
The second issue is how the collection of the spent primers in the ram. If you have every emptied this, you know how dirty and inefficient this is.
My idea to fix this issue is much like above. Have 3D printed cup that was the shape of the hole, that follows the taper of the hole, that could slide down into the hole, and be held in place by friction. Unlike above this cup would have a hose barb on the bottom. The hose barb would allow a host to be attached and ran through the bottom of the ram and down into a spent collection bin. Just like before the cup being a little shorter than the actual height of the hole would allow free movement of the shell plate.
While I believe my ideas are sound I do not have the required skill in 3D schematic creation or own a 3D printer for testing. I have seen many useful free 3D objects placed out there on the internet for reloaders to download, create, and use. I’m wondering if someone out there would be interested in taking on my above idea and posting it out there for all to use? Of course, if anyone is willing to create these for me I’d be willing to pay for the objects as well since I don’t have a way to make them in the first place.
