Orange Dust
Well-Known Member
Kinda off the subject but if you put two springs on the charge bar shuttle on a .410 9000G it will quit dribbling shot and really cut down on the stoppages.
You just might be on to something. Especially if you had a hose with a static wire that grounded your tips to the machine full of water. HMMMMI blow off small amounts with my air compressor hose with a fine needle attachment, and when I am finished loading, I vacuum the floor with a small shop-vac that has about 1/2 gallon of water in it. Never any issues - so far.
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If you're sucking live primers up with a vacuum in today's world, you have way to many primers and it's time for an intervention! There's probably several of us on here would be happy to help you out with that! LOLSuck up a few live primers in a vacuum cleaner and see what happens. Sounds like an M80.
Who would write liability insurance for it. Nobody.There is a need. Dillon or somebody could make some money!!
The problem is it gets caught in the vacume impeller as it gets sucked up. Any friction causes boom.... boom....While I commend you on keeping your equipment and gear clean and tidy around your work area, more of us should do that, I'm not sure a vacuum cleaner is a bad idea. Gunpowder is flammable yes, but under pressure it definitely is extremely dangerous! With the size of the suction tube or hose and it being dumped into a large space I wouldn't think it would not explode or burn, but don't take my word for it!!!!! I'm just speculating and trying to think this through. There are lots of folks on this board who are more experienced and smarter than I. Hopefully they'll chime in and educate us.
Great anti-static practices. I learned this procedure in the AF ammo tech school.I vacuum spilled power around balance and press and also stuff on the floor which probably has an occasional live primers in it. No problems. Old powder (lots of orange smoke in container) gets sprinkled on the lawn. The white mat under the shell holders is a anti static mat that has a wire that goes to a ground. I think they were used for computers? I am particularly careful in the winter when humidity in the house is low.
There are a few vacumes out there that are rated as "explosion proof". But they are real $$$$$. As a foremost member has already found out.I load a lot of both centerfire and shotshells on progressive loaders. Yesterday I was watching a Youtube video on changing a collet on a MEC 9000. Afterward another one came on. It supposedly explained how to clear a missed primer. The guy used a hand vac to suck the powder out of the machine. Excellent way to get killed. The only proper way I know of is to dig out with a paint brush, and blow the rest with canned air. If that doesn't get it, disassemble the machine. I've been doing that on MEC's and Dillions forever. Progressives are by nature dirty. They spill small amounts of everything and over time they do create hazards if both the machines and the area around them are not kept clean. My tools are canned air, paint brushes, and 409 cleaner. All this got me thinking. Am I too old school and missing out? I would pay good money for an explosion proof Vacuum. Does anyone know if such a thing exists? Have one? Who has a better way to deal with this problem than I do? This does create stoppages that are both time consuming and frustrating. I'm sure one of you guys have invented a safe way to deal with all this. You have sent way too many pictures of spotless reloading rooms.