Thread: Can you get pedal operated reloading presses?

Can you get pedal/foot operated reloading presses? I think it'd be great having both hands free and a lot quicker and easier.

I like your thinking savage. On a single stage press it would speed up I would say

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@Savage1

Make one.

It wouldn't take much.

An old singer sewing machine motor and foot pedal, a couple of linkages and a cam and your in business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-gkhGWyWdA


Cheers
Pete

I think I'll have a crack at making one in a couple of years when I have time, can't be that hard, push up and springs to return.

They'd be great on a progressive press where you need to put projectiles and/or shells in by hand

Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

As long as your brain, hands and feet all work in unison. Could loose bits of fingers otherwise.

True.

But you'd only do it once ................. Hopefully.

Cheers
Pete

Originally Posted by P38

True.

But you'd only do it once ................. Hopefully.

Cheers
Pete

I have met Savage1 Pete and he has plenty of fingers so one or two mishaps shouldn't hold him back too much.

Anything is possible, make one. I like the idea

@Savage1 I'd suggest mounting the reloading press in an old hydraulic shop press frame that has a rooted ram or something. Use an old trampoline spring as a return spring, or even gut an old pedal box from pickapart. A bit of flat benchtop (perhaps offcuts from the kitchen people doing your new house?) on either side and you're in business.

Cracker of an idea