Centering Dillon 600 swage

Clark · May 5, 2016, 07:15 PM

If I do not put my finger in there and center the case, the de swager will take a nasty bite out of the case head.

I thought about what I would do, and realized someone else MUST have had this problem. I googled it and found this spacer:

http://inlinefabrication.com/product...n-superswage-1

But that U channel spacer sitting in the channel is NOT what I would have done.
I would:
1) drill and tap in from both sides
2) or made two upside down U channel clips, one on each side

I biked too hard. I am just staring and can't think which to do.
I have thousand or two pieces LC 30-06 brass that has been waiting a couple years. They can wait until I can think or someone knows what is best.

Pic above same as link below

oley55 · May 5, 2016, 08:23 PM

Like yourself, I kept thinking about what I needed to make and wasn't able to easily come up material of the right thickness, and then I found the inlinefabrication thing.

when I bought it, the web site didn't quite show the same detail it does now and when delivered I was a bit disappointed that I had just spent $20 bucks for a couple pieces of molded plastic. But in truth the product works very well for me and I would buy again. A perfect example of KISS (keep it simple stupid) engineering.

That said, the best solution remains, "why doesn't Dillon provide the fix?"

Clark · May 8, 2016, 02:18 PM

I measured the opening, subtracted the case width and divided the difference by 2. I need 0.052" spacers on either side of the case.

I measured masking tape as 0.005".

If folded masking tape over 9 times and got a flat pad ~ 0.045" thick.

I cut two thin strips from the pad.

I taped a vertical thin strip on either side of the channel wall.

I de crimped ~ 500 rounds and that seems to work.

May 5, 2016, 08:23 PM	#2
oley55 Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2013 Location: JAX, FL Posts: 377	Like yourself, I kept thinking about what I needed to make and wasn't able to easily come up material of the right thickness, and then I found the inlinefabrication thing. when I bought it, the web site didn't quite show the same detail it does now and when delivered I was a bit disappointed that I had just spent $20 bucks for a couple pieces of molded plastic. But in truth the product works very well for me and I would buy again. A perfect example of KISS (keep it simple stupid) engineering. That said, the best solution remains, "why doesn't Dillon provide the fix?" __________________ “Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.” ― Ronald Reagan

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Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	I measured the opening, subtracted the case width and divided the difference by 2. I need 0.052" spacers on either side of the case. I measured masking tape as 0.005". If folded masking tape over 9 times and got a flat pad ~ 0.045" thick. I cut two thin strips from the pad. I taped a vertical thin strip on either side of the channel wall. I de crimped ~ 500 rounds and that seems to work. __________________ The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books." "Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist. Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?