brucelytle
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Read a bunch of these, did a search on the thread and couldn't find this one for Lee Load Master presses.
I just got mine last week, I went through all the tips I've seen, put a dab of grease here and there... and I found a couple of other "rough" spots. One was the slider on the case feeder. Lee say's it's nickle plated, Well, yeah, but it's rough plated! A little polishing with #000 steel wool, followed with a dab of LP oil makes it slide easy and still push Mag Rifle or .223 cases just fine. After taking care of that little drag, it showed me another spot of roughness in the cycle. The indexer is pushed in by the press lever, the lever is made of cast aluminum, rough, unfinished cast aluminum. Take some 220 grit sandpaper and polish up the spot on the lever where it contacts the indexing pin. For an even finer surface, make it shiny with some 400 or 600 grit. A little (very little) dab of grease at that spot doesn't hurt either.
I saw a video on You Tube the other day, a fellow had placed what looked like either a VERY bright LED, or laser underneath his powder feed station. The narration was in Dutch (I think) so I didn't understand, until he put a case that was missing a primer, LED shined up through the empty primer hole to let you know you missed one.
I just got mine last week, I went through all the tips I've seen, put a dab of grease here and there... and I found a couple of other "rough" spots. One was the slider on the case feeder. Lee say's it's nickle plated, Well, yeah, but it's rough plated! A little polishing with #000 steel wool, followed with a dab of LP oil makes it slide easy and still push Mag Rifle or .223 cases just fine. After taking care of that little drag, it showed me another spot of roughness in the cycle. The indexer is pushed in by the press lever, the lever is made of cast aluminum, rough, unfinished cast aluminum. Take some 220 grit sandpaper and polish up the spot on the lever where it contacts the indexing pin. For an even finer surface, make it shiny with some 400 or 600 grit. A little (very little) dab of grease at that spot doesn't hurt either.
I saw a video on You Tube the other day, a fellow had placed what looked like either a VERY bright LED, or laser underneath his powder feed station. The narration was in Dutch (I think) so I didn't understand, until he put a case that was missing a primer, LED shined up through the empty primer hole to let you know you missed one.