KEITH MYERS
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Why more than one pass when turning necks? If I take my time,go slow as not to build up any heat,and use alot of lube,My results measured with a tubing micrometer are spot on.
To Pass Or Not to Pass
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SGJennings
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The reason that I have read is consistency.
Greg J.
Greg J.
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tenring
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Without changing your cutter setting, a second pass will clean up the neck very nicely; thus make it even more consistent.
Boyd Allen
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If your cutter has a little radius where it makes the cut, and you come back from the shoulder slowly, relative to the case's rotation, one pass should be fine. Give it a spin in a wad of 0000 and you are done.
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Ernie
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Harmonics?
KEITH MYERS
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Thats how I have been doing it except for the steel wool part. I turn slow and even stop midway thru if I feel the mandrel and or case getting warm.
One time I turned a bunch of 22 Waldog cases w/o watching the temperature and they all measured different! Man being in a hurry cost me that time.
I was just curious if what I was doing was correct or if there was a new and improved way. I guess reading about how some guys are not removing all the brass in one pass kinda got my brain thinking Hmmmmmmmmmmm?
P1ZombieKiller
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Imo
For me it depends on the amount needed to take off. Currently I'm only turning for my .330 neck Ronnie Long 30BR. I turn those in one pass (using a drill and a case holder).
For me, I take 1 turner, set the mandrel and cutter where they need to be, and tighten them down nice and snug, and then never touch it. If I get another gun with a different neck diameter or different neck thickness, I buy a 2nd turner. It just gives me a good feeling that I did not "change the setting" and it makes me more confident in my turning process.
MY DEFINITION OF ONE PASS: I set the turner at the desired thickness, and I turn the neck nice and slow as you described. After wipe down, and relubing the case neck again (without moving the setting on the cutter) I turn it again with a faster brass spinning speed, and a slower movement of the cutter down the neck almost to give it that polished or smoother feel. I find my necks all turn within +/- .0002 in thickness.
For me it depends on the amount needed to take off. Currently I'm only turning for my .330 neck Ronnie Long 30BR. I turn those in one pass (using a drill and a case holder).
For me, I take 1 turner, set the mandrel and cutter where they need to be, and tighten them down nice and snug, and then never touch it. If I get another gun with a different neck diameter or different neck thickness, I buy a 2nd turner. It just gives me a good feeling that I did not "change the setting" and it makes me more confident in my turning process.
MY DEFINITION OF ONE PASS: I set the turner at the desired thickness, and I turn the neck nice and slow as you described. After wipe down, and relubing the case neck again (without moving the setting on the cutter) I turn it again with a faster brass spinning speed, and a slower movement of the cutter down the neck almost to give it that polished or smoother feel. I find my necks all turn within +/- .0002 in thickness.
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abintx
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Keith ...
Ken Markle the former owner of K&M Services [now K&M Precision Shooting Products] told me to turn each case TWICE, AT THE SAME SETTING, to ensure that you get the desired dimension. I guess if you can get that in one pass that's OK too.
Ken Markle the former owner of K&M Services [now K&M Precision Shooting Products] told me to turn each case TWICE, AT THE SAME SETTING, to ensure that you get the desired dimension. I guess if you can get that in one pass that's OK too.
Apollo
Jason Stanley
Lots of information on this forum about neck turning. In terms of how many passes - depends on how much is taken off. I try not to take off more than .0015 (or as close as I can measure and set up my turner to that) at a time. I feel the 2nd cut gives me a much nicer cut when I don't have to take off very much. With all that being typed, if your measurements are "spot on" then don't change what you are doing.
Stanley
Stanley