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Zundel257

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OK, I bought a hand held neck turner from sinclair and it is not very easy to use. I don't feel like I am making an even shave around the neck. Is there a good electric one that people use?
 
yep.
Buy the Lee shell holder or Sinclair. For an electric/battery screwdriver.
Screwdriver in 1 hand Sinclair neck turner in the other. You can do about 50 cases/hr.
http://www.amazon.com/Hitachi-DB3DL-3-6-Volt-Lithium-Ion-Screwdriver/dp/B000H2P05Q

http://www.sinclairintl.com/.aspx/sid=63075/pid=33885/Product/SINCLAIR_CASEHOLDER_DRIVER

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct/?productnumber=352653
Read carefully. There are other parts. Case size etc.

Or you could buy your brass from Ron Hoehn or Bruno's
 
IF you can't get an even cut with the hand turner I don't know for sure if you can do it any better with the brass chucked in an electric drill.
Ted
 
Zundel257 said:
OK, I bought a hand held neck turner from Sinclair and it is not very easy to use. I don't feel like I am making an even shave around the neck. Is there a good electric one that people use?
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My favorite, I own Four: http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...d-4f4c-8246-c973097fa50f-_-x&locStoreNum=6542 They run at 180 rpm as recommended by Ken Markle.

I chuck this in the end of the power screwdriver: http://www.kmshooting.com/catalog/neck-turner-tools/power-adapter-with-shell-holder.html

And, then turn the brass on this: http://www.kmshooting.com/catalog/n...k-turner_body-only_carbide-cutting-pilot.html

After expanding the necks with this: http://www.kmshooting.com/catalog/case-neck-expanding-tools/expand-iron_complete.html sans the screw jutting out on the end.

The turner is held in this: http://riflemansjournal.blogspot.com/2010/07/good-stuff-pendergraft-holder-for-k.html

I tried the Sinclair turner and shell holder, but wasn't very pleased with them, so I sent them back.
 
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abintx said:
My favorite, I own Four: http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...d-4f4c-8246-c973097fa50f-_-x&locStoreNum=6542 They run at 200 rpms as recommended by Ken Markle.

I chuck this in the end of the power screwdriver: http://www.kmshooting.com/catalog/neck-turner-tools/power-adapter-with-shell-holder.html

And, then turn the brass on this: http://www.kmshooting.com/catalog/n...k-turner_body-only_carbide-cutting-pilot.html

After expanding the necks with this: http://www.kmshooting.com/catalog/case-neck-expanding-tools/expand-iron_complete.html sans the screw jutting out on the end.

The turner is held in this: http://riflemansjournal.blogspot.com/2010/07/good-stuff-pendergraft-holder-for-k.html

I tried the Sinclair turner and shell holder, but wasn't very pleased with them, so I sent them back.
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The reason you weren't pleased is probably the same thing I here everytime someone that has had one of those case turning motor units and wants one of mine tells me about.... The damn Lee Shell holders don't hold the cartridge on center very well.... We get around that problem by holding the case with a Forster collet.

Paul
 
pbike said:
The reason you weren't pleased is probably the same thing I here everytime someone that has had one of those case turning motor units and wants one of mine tells me about.... The damn Lee Shell holders don't hold the cartridge on center very well.... We get around that problem by holding the case with a Forster collet. Paul
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The Sinclair case holder was CONVEX [rounded] where the center exerted force on the bottom of the brass, at the primer pocket, which means there was very little friction over a small surface area.

The K&M is flat and therefore exerts more force, with increased friction, which is spread out over a much larger area.
 
Zundel257 said:
OK, I bought a hand held neck turner from sinclair and it is not very easy to use. I don't feel like I am making an even shave around the neck. Is there a good electric one that people use?
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What makes you "feel" that it's not even?

I can see from your posts that you're just getting started so you may be doing it right but just aren't sure of yourself.

Is it because you're seeing more brass cut from one side of the neck than the other or because some cases are loose on the turning mandrel and some are tight or is there some other reason?

Perhaps buying or borrowing a neck thickness micrometer which will tell you if it is even or not.
 
abintx said:
The Sinclair case holder was CONVEX [rounded] where the center exerted force on the bottom of the brass, at the primer pocket, which means there was very little friction over a small surface area.

The K&M is flat and therefore exerts more force, with increased friction, which is spread out over a much larger area.
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It's not the domed or flat anvil. It's the sloppiness of the way the LEE shell holder fits in the housing that gives you the runnout that I don't have with Forster collet type holders.
 
I turn mine using a Lee 'iris style' caseholder and a 40.00 chinese drillpress, tabletop model. I set the whole apparatus in a cookie sheet.

no mess

al
 
Hi Francis,
Yep. 50 per hour. One pass.
100 in 4 hrs. 2 passes......
Last time, I turned brass. I chucked the brass in a mill and the cutter in the vise.
One pass. 100 per hour. .0081" +/-.0001. .220 Russian.
 
P1.
I switched to the Lee Iris style from the Sinclair holder. The center of the Sinclair holder was counter sinking the primer pockets.
Nice web site. Cool picture viewer thingy.
 
Paul.
Nice set up. Watched youtube......
That is a great price you got there.
A lot of people don't know about prices and electrical equipment.
 
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