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Old January 30, 2007, 05:01 PM   #1
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What is this tool used for?

I have had this "thing" sitting on my reloading bench for about a year that my Dad gave me mixed in with a bunch of stuff he did`nt want. I could never figure out what it was for until I opened this month`s Midway flyer, and there it was. It is a Lee Chamfer Tool. Can anyone tell me how this tool is used? I don`t own anything made by Lee.
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Old January 30, 2007, 05:27 PM   #2
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You'll find out over .... here. It takes burrs off the mouth of the case after trimming-to-length.
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Old January 30, 2007, 05:33 PM   #3
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Ohhhh, so that`s what it is. Well, that one is going to be a freebie for someone. I have one way better than this Lee chamfer. I like my RCBS burring tool made by L.E. Wilson.
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Old January 30, 2007, 05:38 PM   #4
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Deburring tool cleans up the outside throat on brass shells while the Chamfer tool is used to clean up the inside throat of brass. Chamfering also puts a angle into the brass of the throat so that when you press in a new bullet the side of the case won't shave off some of the lead or copper from the bullet.

Most times you'll see a combo Chamfer/Deburring tool like this:



Chamfer the inside, deburr the outside. Often times people just call both processes "deburring" though (kinda' like above... ).
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Old January 30, 2007, 06:18 PM   #5
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The Lee tool performs both operations.
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Old January 30, 2007, 07:42 PM   #6
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Here`s the one I have had for about twenty years. The Lee Chamfer Tool looks like a cap off of something. Ppphhhtt.


http://rcbs.com/default.asp?menu=1&s1=4&s2=3&s3=17
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Old January 31, 2007, 01:02 PM   #7
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The Lee chamfering tool also has another use. There is an adapter for a Dremel tool used for sanding drums - its a rubber cylinder that would fit inside the sanding drum. Anyway, you put the Lee chamfering tool on that dremel adapter and chuck it into a drill or dremel tool and makes a great tool to remove the primer pocket crimps from military and other brass that has crimped primers.
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Old January 31, 2007, 02:36 PM   #8
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How would you attach the Lee tool to the sanding tool drum? The drum has a screw that has to be tightened to expand the rubber to grab the sanding medium.
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Old January 31, 2007, 04:03 PM   #9
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I have a Lee. It will not deburr .270WSM. It's too short and hits the shoulder before contacting the neck mouth.
So...I got an RCBS ...that works excellent on all brass that I reload
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