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Posted: 4/26/2010 2:37:41 PM EDT
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This has been bugging me for a pretty long while.
The Inline machines move cases in a straight line as the press works. Sounds simple, but for the life of me, I can't figure out how the bar "goes around" the advanced cases to move back to point 0 so it can move cases again. Anybody have any ideas, pictures, diagrams, etc, to figure this out so it can quit bugging me? TR |
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The commercial units use a dog and pony square teeth on the loading block.
Picture a loading block full of cases going through each operation. The edge of the block has crenulations, i.e., square notches. The dog swings out and into an notch, pushing the block along to bring the next row of cases up for the operation. The Lapua small arms plant in Phoenix has a machine with wooden blocks for one of the cartridges they will be loading down there. This machine was imported by the parent company for the plant. It's a monster, probably 10 or 12 feet long, and has no more capacity than the Camdex sitting near by, but takes up less room than a large desk top. |
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It was an RCBS Green Machine. I still have mine and use it for .45.
There are two fixed plates on either side with notches for each station. The bottom has teeth that engage the cases as it reciprocates, moving them along to the next station. The C& H Auto Champ was similar. Once adjusted as mentioned by the previous poster they work well. Jim |
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