Well, I finally upgrade to the LNL. (Not the EZJect).
I found out that half of my shellplates will not work, despite the fact that they came in a box marked LNL/Projector. The good news is I talked to Hornady and they are going to fix them for free.
The bad news is that after I had packed them up and shipped them, I figured out I had left the #10 on the Projector, so it missed the boat.
I wanted to use my Redding 10X measure so I had to fix it to work automatically on the new press. After a bit of head scratching I came up with a scheme.
I decided to use the basic design from the original Projector, except I wanted to put it on the side instead of the middle of the press to get it out of the way.
All the parts I used I found in my "shop" (12 X 20 shed). I made the push rod from a bolt, the upper rod from a hinge pin, and the guide for the push rod from the hinge.
I cut the arm for the measure from a piece of flat steel, and the connector to hold it to the upper rod from a piece of steel rod I had scrounged from a commercial copier.
I used a jig saw, two grinders, files, and sandpaper to finish the arm for the measure.
I made the two rods and the connector on my little EMCO 5 hobby lathe, with a good bit of hand finishing. I hand tapped the holes for both screws in the set up.
All I lack is making a piece to bolt onto the sub plate to bring the push rod up, operating the measure. I am going to have to dismantle the press to get to where I need to drill and tap. That will be another day. I spent Friday evening, half of Saturday, and half of today doing the rest. Time for a rest I think.
I found out that half of my shellplates will not work, despite the fact that they came in a box marked LNL/Projector. The good news is I talked to Hornady and they are going to fix them for free.
The bad news is that after I had packed them up and shipped them, I figured out I had left the #10 on the Projector, so it missed the boat.
I wanted to use my Redding 10X measure so I had to fix it to work automatically on the new press. After a bit of head scratching I came up with a scheme.
I decided to use the basic design from the original Projector, except I wanted to put it on the side instead of the middle of the press to get it out of the way.
All the parts I used I found in my "shop" (12 X 20 shed). I made the push rod from a bolt, the upper rod from a hinge pin, and the guide for the push rod from the hinge.
I cut the arm for the measure from a piece of flat steel, and the connector to hold it to the upper rod from a piece of steel rod I had scrounged from a commercial copier.
I used a jig saw, two grinders, files, and sandpaper to finish the arm for the measure.
I made the two rods and the connector on my little EMCO 5 hobby lathe, with a good bit of hand finishing. I hand tapped the holes for both screws in the set up.
All I lack is making a piece to bolt onto the sub plate to bring the push rod up, operating the measure. I am going to have to dismantle the press to get to where I need to drill and tap. That will be another day. I spent Friday evening, half of Saturday, and half of today doing the rest. Time for a rest I think.
