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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 857819" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p><em>I did make my own jaw housing out of 4150 pretreat steel once (actually made about six of them). Gave them to several buddies and kept two for myself. I have no idea what happened to them, and have not seen them in fifteen years! At the same time I designed a set of jaws that were made of A2. About .03" thicker, and used a coiled spring system that was completely captured (similar to a Viler screw)</em></p><p><em>They were fairly complicated to machine, and had to have a lot of grind work. I still like the old Bananza priming concept, and still use it a lot. But getting real Bananza shell holders is hard. There's some on the internet, but they are nothing to write home about. I rework RCBS shell holders, but have used Lee's as well. Lee's are a lot harder than the RCBS. I have a grand scheme in the back of my head to make an adjustable seater to get the correct primer depth. </em></p><p> </p><p><em>I actually built a similar press to the Co-Ax, but also much different. Mine didn't have the priming device, but used three guide rods. The rods rode in six roller bushings. The stroke ended up being about 3.5", but was extremely smooth. The handle and all link points rode on cam follower bearings as well as roller bearings The links were made of 4150, and were almost twice as wide). The actual body was made from some scrap metal I found in the trash. The material was a magnesium / titanium alloy, and was very rigid. But a pain to machine. Getting the rods aligned was a lot harder than I thought it would have been, and ended up floating the rod in the rear till it was under extreme pressure, but with the ram locked solid on a one, two, three block. I then injected Moglice into the top bore to make everything strait. I could full length size a 30-06 case effortlessly. The case sat on a removable wear plate that was made of nitride 4150, and ground to be a couple thousandths under the bolster plate. The jaws were factory Forster bolted to the wear plate. Never was happy with the slot design for the lock rings, and was redesigning that to use a hardened and ground steel block that was dowl pinned and bolted to the ram. My boss loved it, and wanted me to build him one just like it. I was lazy and gave it to Chuck rather than build a second one! The press weighed a fraction of what the Co-Ax weighed and was straiter. I made my handle much differently than Forster or the one in your drawings. It was made of 8620 steel that was carburized and hardend. Could have been better, but it got the job done.</em></p><p><em>gary</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 857819, member: 25383"] [I]I did make my own jaw housing out of 4150 pretreat steel once (actually made about six of them). Gave them to several buddies and kept two for myself. I have no idea what happened to them, and have not seen them in fifteen years! At the same time I designed a set of jaws that were made of A2. About .03" thicker, and used a coiled spring system that was completely captured (similar to a Viler screw)[/I] [I]They were fairly complicated to machine, and had to have a lot of grind work. I still like the old Bananza priming concept, and still use it a lot. But getting real Bananza shell holders is hard. There's some on the internet, but they are nothing to write home about. I rework RCBS shell holders, but have used Lee's as well. Lee's are a lot harder than the RCBS. I have a grand scheme in the back of my head to make an adjustable seater to get the correct primer depth. [/I] [I]I actually built a similar press to the Co-Ax, but also much different. Mine didn't have the priming device, but used three guide rods. The rods rode in six roller bushings. The stroke ended up being about 3.5", but was extremely smooth. The handle and all link points rode on cam follower bearings as well as roller bearings The links were made of 4150, and were almost twice as wide). The actual body was made from some scrap metal I found in the trash. The material was a magnesium / titanium alloy, and was very rigid. But a pain to machine. Getting the rods aligned was a lot harder than I thought it would have been, and ended up floating the rod in the rear till it was under extreme pressure, but with the ram locked solid on a one, two, three block. I then injected Moglice into the top bore to make everything strait. I could full length size a 30-06 case effortlessly. The case sat on a removable wear plate that was made of nitride 4150, and ground to be a couple thousandths under the bolster plate. The jaws were factory Forster bolted to the wear plate. Never was happy with the slot design for the lock rings, and was redesigning that to use a hardened and ground steel block that was dowl pinned and bolted to the ram. My boss loved it, and wanted me to build him one just like it. I was lazy and gave it to Chuck rather than build a second one! The press weighed a fraction of what the Co-Ax weighed and was straiter. I made my handle much differently than Forster or the one in your drawings. It was made of 8620 steel that was carburized and hardend. Could have been better, but it got the job done.[/I] [I]gary[/I] [/QUOTE]
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