GW Staar
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Or for that matter, any other press with enough stations for a powder cop.
This little $21 bore scope from China finally arrived. I already have a 5" video monitor from a similar project for my Pro 2000. This works with it perfectly. Besides the monitor you also need a 12v power box. Monitor plugs into the yellow.....12V power box plugs into the red. The other thing wrapped around the coil is a dimmer ...... full bright is what I used in the first try.
http://www.cctvgold.com/12-volt-1000-milliamp-Power-Adapter-for-InfraRed-Camera_p_387.html (one $10 power adapter source)
The following shows how it was done and the result:
Putty molded and threaded case started.
Pushed Flush....extra putty will be peeled off
When dry it is screwed into the top of the die.
Next two pictures show the finished product......
and screwed into the press after the powder die and before the bullet feeder. Obviously the die is not screwed in enough to resize anything.....
I poured a little test powder into a primed .308 case below....
Inserted it into the press.......
Connected the power and the video monitor......
And this is what you see when you raise the ram! In my face like this, I doubt I'll forget to look and check each and every round. Works! (the mirror system also worked, but not in your face like this does!
......mirror loses.....least until the power goes off.
Besides a bench grinder to smooth the cuts, these are the tools I used......
See?.........a project any dummy like me can do. Real skill not needed. It took a couple of days to think about the hows, then an hour to build it.
http://www.cctvgold.com/12-volt-1000-milliamp-Power-Adapter-for-InfraRed-Camera_p_387.html (one $10 power adapter source)
The following shows how it was done and the result:
- I used an old RCBS .45ACP sizer with the guts out.....blackened the inside dead matt black.
- Next I used a WCC 308 case using a 1/2"x20 die to thread it.....took two tries to get it straight.....don't have a lathe so it was free hand. I cut off the neck and the base leaving what you see to the right of the first attempt......I had to ream the inside with a 13/32" drill bit slightly to allow the borescope to slide inside. This will screw into the top of the sizer.
- Notice the borescope is recessed behind the lense....I will mold expoxy putty around this and then push the threaded case remnant over it flush with the lense.
- The borescope did have the yellow shrink tube as in the first picture, didn't like its looks so I added another black shrink tube over it.
Putty molded and threaded case started.
Pushed Flush....extra putty will be peeled off
When dry it is screwed into the top of the die.
Next two pictures show the finished product......
and screwed into the press after the powder die and before the bullet feeder. Obviously the die is not screwed in enough to resize anything.....
I poured a little test powder into a primed .308 case below....
Inserted it into the press.......
Connected the power and the video monitor......
And this is what you see when you raise the ram! In my face like this, I doubt I'll forget to look and check each and every round. Works! (the mirror system also worked, but not in your face like this does!
......mirror loses.....least until the power goes off.
Besides a bench grinder to smooth the cuts, these are the tools I used......
See?.........a project any dummy like me can do. Real skill not needed. It took a couple of days to think about the hows, then an hour to build it.
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