HITCH KING

[QUOTE=Sticks;951907]Ouch, that's harsh. I did. With a stick welder outside in the 20* temps. It's not perfect, it's not terrible, and it will not break either. I am not a welder or fabricator by trade. I am a diesel mechanic asked to perform miracles in the field with a cutting torch, grinder, 10y/o stick welder, and any scrap steel I can find to keep the heavy equipment running.

J/K I know the feeling to well to put a miracle out of your hat. As the name says. I install trailer hitches and it is easy when you have the right hitch for the right vehicle. PITA, when the customer has to get going as you have to make a hitch fit.

Nice idea using the 2 x 2 steel to fit into the trailer hitch. I would have drilled and tapped the steel instead of welding the nuts to them. But that me. Good job all around

Sticks

[QUOTE=HITCH KING;951914]I did. The nuts are to make sure that I don't strip them out. I have a tendency to over do the torque occasionally. My elbow was calibrated at 22ft lbs, but now that I work on heavy equipment instead of pickups and medium duty equipment, all my low end torque calibrations are waaaay off. My shoulder still pops at 145ft lbs and my lower back is pretty consistent at 260.

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retsupt99

I know nothing about reloading and have never had a desire to try...but what you have is IMPRESSIVE to say the least.

Are you one of the 'suppliers' for the soldiers in Iraq?

Quite a nice looking setup.

What's the approximate cost of an initial setup to do .45 and 9mm?

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alfack

Not at all. It's been my experience that the more solid the mount the less things flex, the more accurate your rounds will turn out.

I have mine mounted to a wood bench, which flexes a little, when you crank on the handle. This makes things like your seating depth vary a couple of thousandths, sometimes.

ImaShepardRU

Neat set up for removing when in the way to use the bench for other things!
Here is my set up; I use a Lee 1000 progressive. I mount it to a very sturdy bench top with bolts & wingnuts which lets me change between the two presses I have set up for 9mm & .45acp (or .38 spl & .44spl for SASS) You'll notice in the one photo the nifty primer 'drain' to get the trapped primers from inside the base of the Lee press to tumble down the tube into a can for collection & disposal. I didn't have a better place to go so it is built into a corner of my garage. Seeing as how my son got married and moved out I am now in his old bedroom.
Same set up, but I don't have new pictures.
Sorry for the hijack, thought I would 'show you mine'.

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Sticks

ImaShepardRU - Nice looking setup. I long to have a man cave that can stay uncluttered and organized. I have to stack stuff upon stuff for storage.

Good idea for the primer catcher. Mine drops down the ram so I can either remove the trap door, and place a large can underneath or periodically open the door and scoop them out.

alfack - Now I get it. If I were doing match loads I could see the need for a rigid mount. A few thou on a target round is acceptable (I hope).

retsupt99 - Everything the body needs with a LoadMaster with the frills (case colator, bullet feeder - don't need it, extra turret, universal deprimer x2, factory crimp die, tumbler, scale, media separator) comes in at $800ish including bullets (TMJ or FMJ - cast lead is significantly cheaper), powder, primers to do 2 calibers, 1k rounds each. Get your range brass local along with powder and primers to avoid haz mat shipping fee.

If you want, I can compile a shopping list w/cost - online shopping. PM me.

There after figure $150 (again, TMJ or FMJ bullets) per 1k rounds if you keep track of your brass.

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Darkwater

Sticks - I had one thought when I saw the setup. I would always have on knee pads and shin guards!

Very impressive.

Sticks

Thank you. It is finally going to get field tested tomorrow. Finally got some nice weather and I have nothing better to do while on layoff, so I am packing it up and heading out to the private range.

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Jeff F

Pretty slick Sticks, nice set up. One thing I can see that I would bet your going to change right off is the lack of some kind of edging on the top. I'm thinking as you operate the press in short order stuff will be falling off the edges. Thought the welds looked pretty good, only thing I ever was able to do with a stick welder was burn nice holes in things

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Sticks

I thought about edging, but the only thing that sits up there when I am running it is the box of bullets, , scale, calipers, and the round catcher tray. Anything else that I need is on the workbench.

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