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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1415821" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p><u>From Redding's website</u>:</p><p>Another question that comes up is, "Can I do any internal polishing?" Again, the answer is, "Yes, with care!" The best arrangement is to chuck the die in a lathe, after stripping it down and removing the internal parts. Use #400 or #600 wet/dry auto body paper wrapped around a small wooden dowel. Keep the paper wet with a thin petroleum product with the consistency of WD-40 or kerosene. Using this method, you will easily be able to remove any foreign material or brass build-up from the inside of the die.</p><p></p><p>Since our dies are heat-treated to approximately <strong>62 Rockwell C</strong>, you can polish for a long time without changing the internal dimensions.</p><p></p><p><u>From a tool manufacturers website</u>:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]93025[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Not sure of the implications. Redding's sizing dies are hardened to near the same Rockwell C hardness as High Speed Steels. I don't want to dull expensive HSS trying to change the dimensions after the fact. I've never known a common gunsmith interested in machining hardened full length resizing dies. I know there are some that specialize in conversions or customizing cartridge resizing dies. I always presumed they were using carbide tools to cut the hardened dies.</p><p></p><p>If Joefrazzel opens up the neck on his resizing die in his homeowner equipped garage/shop, I'd like to know how it goes. I might have the desire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1415821, member: 4191"] [U]From Redding's website[/U]: Another question that comes up is, "Can I do any internal polishing?" Again, the answer is, "Yes, with care!" The best arrangement is to chuck the die in a lathe, after stripping it down and removing the internal parts. Use #400 or #600 wet/dry auto body paper wrapped around a small wooden dowel. Keep the paper wet with a thin petroleum product with the consistency of WD-40 or kerosene. Using this method, you will easily be able to remove any foreign material or brass build-up from the inside of the die. Since our dies are heat-treated to approximately [B]62 Rockwell C[/B], you can polish for a long time without changing the internal dimensions. [U]From a tool manufacturers website[/U]: [ATTACH=full]93025[/ATTACH] Not sure of the implications. Redding's sizing dies are hardened to near the same Rockwell C hardness as High Speed Steels. I don't want to dull expensive HSS trying to change the dimensions after the fact. I've never known a common gunsmith interested in machining hardened full length resizing dies. I know there are some that specialize in conversions or customizing cartridge resizing dies. I always presumed they were using carbide tools to cut the hardened dies. If Joefrazzel opens up the neck on his resizing die in his homeowner equipped garage/shop, I'd like to know how it goes. I might have the desire. [/QUOTE]
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