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Reloading
TIGHTEN PRIMER POCKETS, here's how.
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1511472" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I had serious doubts about that acorn nut. But didn't want to be the spoiler... There's enough of them already.</p><p></p><p>My 3/4" ball bearing welded to the 3/8" steel plate easily enough. I pinched them tight between the jaws of my bench vice. Welded the exposed top, and then rotated it 3 times to complete the weld. The lower part of the ball bearing discolored due to the heat so I might have boogered up the hardening on the lower 1/2, but the top 1/2 of the bearing remained shiny. Might be a good idea to let it cool a little between rotations so as to not mess with the temper of the upper 1/2 of the bearing.</p><p></p><p>I had previously created a mating depression for the 3/4" ball bearing in the surface of the steel plate using a carbide burr on my Dremel tool. Hoped that would keep the bearing from departing my bench top without welding it. But the blasted ball kept lifting off and getting away from me. Welding is the way to go - no more Mexican jumping bean...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1511472, member: 4191"] :) I had serious doubts about that acorn nut. But didn't want to be the spoiler... There's enough of them already. My 3/4" ball bearing welded to the 3/8" steel plate easily enough. I pinched them tight between the jaws of my bench vice. Welded the exposed top, and then rotated it 3 times to complete the weld. The lower part of the ball bearing discolored due to the heat so I might have boogered up the hardening on the lower 1/2, but the top 1/2 of the bearing remained shiny. Might be a good idea to let it cool a little between rotations so as to not mess with the temper of the upper 1/2 of the bearing. I had previously created a mating depression for the 3/4" ball bearing in the surface of the steel plate using a carbide burr on my Dremel tool. Hoped that would keep the bearing from departing my bench top without welding it. But the blasted ball kept lifting off and getting away from me. Welding is the way to go - no more Mexican jumping bean... [/QUOTE]
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