February 17, 2018, 12:44 AM | #1 |
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Auto decap machine
I didn’t get to do anything neat this winter and another thread on another forum had me thinking about an auto decap machine that could cull SPP 45 ACP from LPP 45.
I have the decap and feed part working. Maybe next week I’ll have some time to add the cull part right before the exit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzPBLrtajCc |
February 17, 2018, 12:57 AM | #2 |
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My immediate thought:
Use a tapered cone that enters the primer pocket. Full depth achieved = accept. Stop short = reject. (Or, it could even push the case up to another "level" of the guide rail, which leads to the 'reject' zone...)
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February 17, 2018, 01:04 AM | #3 |
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I will probe it at the end of the device similar to the way I have my 45 ACP 1050 set up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V7vSEAqkZw Except it won’t “eject” them, rather just trigger a solenoid that diverts them to a different bucket. |
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Winter is a long way from being over.
The best machine that could cull SPP 45 ACP from LPP 45 is the Mk I Eyeball. Works way faster than any machine(a computer included) can measure the difference between an LP and SP primer. There 's a 1.5 thou tolerance between minimum and maximum diameter. And 2 thou for the depth. https://ballistictools.com/articles/...d-diameter.php Any cone(all cones are tapered. snicker.) would require having a wee, tiny, very expensive, sensor on it or attached to it. "...a solenoid that diverts..." Solenoids are just switches.
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nice, I checked out your video page. you do some very impressive work
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That's pretty much the point. ...And what jmorris does. And they're not that expensive. Such a device could operated based on as few as two micro switches. I happen to have a bag full of suitable switches sitting on the floor of my '70 Nova, because I haven't gotten around to fabricating a throttle linkage bracket to use one of the switches for transmission kick-down. Said switches cost me a WHOPPING $0.17 apiece. Or... $1.70 for 10 pieces. ...And I overpaid, because I wasn't buying in bulk.
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I missed the “solenoids are just switches” part. Solenoids are coils of wire that act as magnets when carrying electrical current, switches are what we use to make or break the electrical current.
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Are these mechanically timed or electronics involved? Very cool machines!
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I love seeing the devices you come up with. They are really elegant solutions to the problem presented.
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