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totalloser · March 23, 2008, 11:35 PM

Thanks guys. I am going to make another one for .308, so I will take some pictures of the process. Basically it's just facing, boring and tapping each of the aluminum adapters, and the tricky part is laying out the bolt holes (3 hole on bottom 2 hole on top adapter) Oh, and lathe drilling the boring bar for the cutter, and the bolt on the top. The threads on the Dillon die are some oddball, I ordered the tap from MSC along with the aluminum rod. I really couldn't believe how well it works- after I worked out the kinks, anyhow. It's really a pleasure to use. I hope Dillon or someone copies it so we can just BUY one.

I'll tack it all onto this post in the next week or so. Including a bill of materials and sources.

PS, The FIRST one costs about $100 to make, the following ones only cost $25 because you have the tap, and enough aluminum stock to make about a total of 8 or 9. And you only need one power supply. This doesn't include the cost of the dillon dies (about $50 ea)

March 23, 2008, 11:35 PM	#12
totalloser Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2007 Location: Fort Bragg, CA Posts: 679	Thanks guys. I am going to make another one for .308, so I will take some pictures of the process. Basically it's just facing, boring and tapping each of the aluminum adapters, and the tricky part is laying out the bolt holes (3 hole on bottom 2 hole on top adapter) Oh, and lathe drilling the boring bar for the cutter, and the bolt on the top. The threads on the Dillon die are some oddball, I ordered the tap from MSC along with the aluminum rod. I really couldn't believe how well it works- after I worked out the kinks, anyhow. It's really a pleasure to use. I hope Dillon or someone copies it so we can just BUY one. I'll tack it all onto this post in the next week or so. Including a bill of materials and sources. PS, The FIRST one costs about $100 to make, the following ones only cost $25 because you have the tap, and enough aluminum stock to make about a total of 8 or 9. And you only need one power supply. This doesn't include the cost of the dillon dies (about $50 ea) Last edited by totalloser; March 24, 2008 at 11:17 PM.