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Hornady concentricity tool probblem
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1570642" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>I threw mine out.</p></blockquote><p></p><p>Presently I have a couple of solutions. The first is that I called the factory and the factory (Hornady) is sending out a new jack screw. Customer service with Hornady was fantastic. I think that the same thing is going to happen because I believe there's an engineering flaw in the tool, but will give it a try. The tool is a good concept, just needs tweeking. I'm thinking of super gluing a piece of polystyrene plastic in place of the nylon, or over the nylon on the new jacking screw before I even use the tool. I rebuild kayaks and have some old hull material (polystyrene) kicking around. In looking at the tool itself, I may just drill out the existing jack screw and retap it to 1/4-28 thread and "then" glue a piece of polystyrene/nylon to the tip of the 1/4-28 screw. There will be more surface area that contacts the bullet when you jack a bullet over. As I stated I believe the concept is good, it just needs tweeking.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1570642, member: 69192"] I threw mine out.[/QUOTE] Presently I have a couple of solutions. The first is that I called the factory and the factory (Hornady) is sending out a new jack screw. Customer service with Hornady was fantastic. I think that the same thing is going to happen because I believe there's an engineering flaw in the tool, but will give it a try. The tool is a good concept, just needs tweeking. I'm thinking of super gluing a piece of polystyrene plastic in place of the nylon, or over the nylon on the new jacking screw before I even use the tool. I rebuild kayaks and have some old hull material (polystyrene) kicking around. In looking at the tool itself, I may just drill out the existing jack screw and retap it to 1/4-28 thread and "then" glue a piece of polystyrene/nylon to the tip of the 1/4-28 screw. There will be more surface area that contacts the bullet when you jack a bullet over. As I stated I believe the concept is good, it just needs tweeking. [/QUOTE]
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