Author Topic: Swaging Lesson  (Read 1826 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline talon

  • GBO Supporter
  • Trade Count: (4)
  • A Real Regular
  • *****
  • Posts: 553
  • Gender: Male
Swaging Lesson
« on: April 25, 2006, 04:46:06 AM »
Thought I'd add a tidbit on this dorment board. It has to do with the Corbin Series II press, and probably  others like it. It has to do with those little lead squirts that pop out of the CWW die while core making. If any of them fall down that hollow ram, it won't take long until you start breaking stop pins or PF ejector punch bases. What happens is that the lead build up at the bottom of the ram's well jams the movement of the ejector travel, and the extream pressure that these presses are know for becomes death to the stop punch. So... each time you install a PF die and ejector punch, cycle the press handle completely thru it's cycle slow and easy. Any resistance at all means you are going to have to clean out the squirts at the bottom of the well. At this point, they aren't squirts anymore, but jam packed lead. What I do at this point is remove the ram-handle bearing, drop the ram out of the press, and using a length of coat hanger wire with a 'chisel' point, rotate it, jam it, worry it on the well bottom until chunks and flakes of lead stop falling out. Then reinstall, and check the handle travel again with the die/ejector installed. This procedure certainly beat buying those $7.50 pins or $50 ejectors. 8)

Offline denny b

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 5
Re: Swaging Lesson
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2009, 04:35:15 PM »
Ihave solved this problem on my series II press, Take a bottle cap from a lieter bottle of pop and cut or drill a hole in the center of the cap just the size of the ram, and the the lead squirts will not fall into the ram..