Bullet making?

[Lee Martin]

What were you all using for cutting cores?

I'm using a home built core cutter. It's ugly, but works. The two halves are tensioned with a Chevy SBC valve spring. I have separate inserts for 6mm and 30.

Commercial cutters are available. I believe Corbin still sells them:

http://www.corbins.com/corbin.htm

-Lee
www.singleactions.com

 

[Al Nyhus]

I'm using a home built core cutter. It's ugly, but works. The two halves are tensioned with a Chevy SBC valve spring. I have separate inserts for 6mm and 30.

Lee, your home made cutter is remakably close to the one that Larry Blackmon sells. I cut a boat load of cores with it!

Love the SBC valve spring....got some vintage Vasco Jet & K-Motion springs here I could send you!

For a really slick cutter, you guys should see the one Randy Robinett uses!

Good shootin', cuttin' and squirtin'. -Al

 

[BillBrawand]

ya ya ya bill not everyone has there own oil well !!!

was all done with bullet money before ihad money

 

[BillBrawand]

ya ya ya bill not everyone has there own oil well !!!

armond at that i worked for my dad 100 dollars everyfriday and raise 5 girls

 

[BillBrawand]

what were you all using for cutting cores?

hand core cutter held in vicehooked to buffer shaft run with v belt by slow speed washingmachine motor

 

[BillBrawand]

hand core cutter held in vicehooked to buffer shaft run with v belt by slow speed washingmachine motor

with 12 inch puttey for slow speed

 

[John VM]

Bill, I would really like to see a picture of this thing with the washing machine motor. Is there someone who could help you post a picture of this?
John VM

 

[BillBrawand]

bill, i would really like to see a picture of this thing with the washing machine motor. Is there someone who could help you post a picture of this?
John vm

i may have some pictures i will see if my daughter will post when she gets time cladly,.

 

[BillBrawand]

i may have some pictures i will see if my daughter will post when she gets time cladly,.

do you have fax if so give number.

 

[TrxR]

I'm using a home built core cutter. It's ugly, but works. The two halves are tensioned with a Chevy SBC valve spring. I have separate inserts for 6mm and 30.

Commercial cutters are available. I believe Corbin still sells them:

http://www.corbins.com/corbin.htm

-Lee
www.singleactions.com

Do the cutters need to be sharp? This simply looks like two pieces of flat bar used to sheer off the lead. Either that or im missing something.

 

[John VM]

do you have fax if so give number.

Sorry Bill, I do not at this time have a fax available.
John

 

[John VM]

Lee, would it be possible on your cutter design to make it feed 2 wires separately and be able to cut on both the forward and reverse stroke?
John VM

 

[Lee Martin]

Do the cutters need to be sharp? This simply looks like two pieces of flat bar used to sheer off the lead. Either that or im missing something.

The steel bars have inserts which have been decked on a surface grinder. That gives each hole a fairly sharp edge. Plus we're only sheering lead wire. It's soft and the halves are tensioned under good force. They cut very clean.

-Lee
www.singleactions.com

 

[Lee Martin]

Lee, would it be possible on your cutter design to make it feed 2 wires separately and be able to cut on both the forward and reverse stroke?
John VM

John - no, ours couldn't be set-up to do that. The wire has to drop thru both the upper and lower inserts. Those do the cutting. The steel bars only house the cutting inserts. They in no way sheer the lead.

-Lee
www.singleactions.com

 

[BillBrawand]

do the cutters need to be sharp? This simply looks like two pieces of flat bar used to sheer off the lead. Either that or im missing something.

cutoff needs to be sharpenand harden. Worrks better

 

[TrxR]

John - no, ours couldn't be set-up to do that. The wire has to drop thru both the upper and lower inserts. Those do the cutting. The steel bars only house the cutting inserts. They in no way sheer the lead.

-Lee
www.singleactions.com

What are our inserts made of? and are any of them sharpened?

Any Pictures of the Inserts themselves?

Im assuming the length of the core is measured from the top of the stop to the bottom of the top plate/insert?

Thanks

 

[Lee Martin]

What are our inserts made of? and are any of them sharpened?

Any Pictures of the Inserts themselves?

Im assuming the length of the core is measured from the top of the stop to the bottom of the top plate/insert?

Thanks

The inserts are machined from tool steel and hardened. Then the tops and bottoms are surface ground. Core length is determined from the top of the bottom insert to the bolt stop.

I've cut over 50,000 cores on it so far. Sheers as cleanly as it did when I started. If I get a chance, I'll snap some photos.

-Lee
www.singleactions.com

 

[R.G. Robinett]

The inserts are machined from tool steel and hardened. Then the tops and bottoms are surface ground. Core length is determined from the top of the bottom insert to the bolt stop.

I've cut over 50,000 cores on it so far. Sheers as cleanly as it did when I started. If I get a chance, I'll snap some photos.

-Lee
www.singleactions.com

This!! ^^^^^!! I have made and used lathe turned/faced aluminum-bronze alloy(I think that's what it's called) on my OLD C&H Model M30 Wire Cutter, similar construction to Lee's, and cut hundreds of thousands of square ended cores!RG

 

[TrxR]

This!! ^^^^^!! I have made and used lathe turned/faced aluminum-bronze alloy(I think that's what it's called) on my OLD C&H Model M30 Wire Cutter, similar construction to Lee's, and cut hundreds of thousands of square ended cores!RG

Do you have a preferred ogive for 30br using your original reamer specs ? I see you offer both 7 and 10 ogive 118gr.

 

[BillBrawand]

bill, i would really like to see a picture of this thing with the washing machine motor. Is there someone who could help you post a picture of this?
John vm

will do cuts 140 strokes a minute using 12 inch pulley my hote fits 250 and 188 dia. Finejust made it a little biger