I’ve recently watched a video on case kicker. Basically a little retrofitted part that kicks the case out of the reloading press.
There are two alternative designs. One on the upstroke of the handle (https://youtu.be/vjzy7yw15S4) and the other when the ram bottoms out (more on that below).
I love this stuff, so immediately built one in my head and having the tools and know-how, I am like yep, will make both and see what I like.
My question, not being metallurgy enthusiast, the metal is some sort of “springy” steel/alloy. Otherwise it wouldn’t spring back. I don’t know what it is and where to get a piece like that.
I can see the desire on several levels one the Automation of it. That click, click producing ammo buzz the other side just the practicality of ease of mass producing ammo. all of that great for pistol rounds.
Funny yesterday though I was sitting at the press futzing around with a kernal here a kernal there measuring each round they were compressed to several times through the press to try and get the bullet to the correct length. During all of this I thought who wants to get a Dillion and hurry this job. Making the perfect bullet is an Art form and should not be rushed but savored. The shooting is all over too fast. Perhaps there was a little justifying happening.
@sungazer correct thinking, incorrect assumption. I often resize in batches and this will speed things up a lot. Brass prep is boring, so faster the better.
@juststarting not really assuming anything of your thoughts they were mine.
The second one doesnt look that hard to make other than finding the right bit of spring steel it is working on the length that at the highest point of the ram it doesn’t touch the case and the lower it pushes it out looks like it has the three bends in it to spread the spring out a little on the two main bends. I am sure you worked that bit out though. Where to re purpose a bit of spring steel from is the real issue a steel ruler may work as may the flat spring steel in mower and other engine rope returns. There is also some on good ole ebay.
That first one may be eaiser to make it just needs a sping to pull it across the top of the ram perhaps a slope on the bottom would allow it to be pushed clear of the ram when rising it up
1 for a cheap steal ruler, it should give enough material for a couple. An experimental bit and some for a final product once you get it how you want.
But really just do it on the pro1000!
I can see the benefit if you are doing pistol rounds but for me I wouldn’t use it on rifle rounds only because it is a sort of therapeutic process and I find it quiet relaxing. I guess it would be different if you were loading a few hundred rounds at a time.
But then again if I was going to do one I think I would pick the first one as it seems less likely to break.
Thanks, @Wombat. I will probably get to it in a week or two. Will try a few things first before I start scrounging for materials.
Excuse my baby-soft IT hands and… But, what’s a “strap”? If it’s what I think it is, metal strip used to tie things like bricks and large industrial stuff together… Then I suspect that it may not be ridged enough. Maybe?
In raw metal there are many forms in which you can source it, some are-
Round bar ( a solid circular sectioned bar)
Hollow round bar ( a circular section with a hole in the middle)
Square bar…
Rectangular Bar ( generally thicker sections)
Flat bar ( a thinner section of rectangular otherwise known as strap)
Hex ( a Hexagonal solid section)
Tube ( a round tube or pipe- with a thin wall section in relation to the outside diameter)
Square Tube ( a square tube or pipe- with a thin wall section in relation to the outside diameter)
Rectangular Tube (take a guess)
Sheet…
Those are the Common forms, different industries have other standards and sections.
There are a series of sections for coolrooms, Glazing, transport etc
It even has some specific ones for racks and DIN rails etc
Its even possible to commission your own extruded section for a specific application.
