Thread: Home made reloading tools

Originally Posted by Joe_90

A good mate has the skills of a slightly retarded duck when it comes to woodwork. He asked for a few loading blocks for different cartridges. This is the end result. Well, pre a clear coat.

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I would expect the "Live Laugh Love" one to sell well with the reloading public

Joe90,
Much better than my efforts years ago. Now bined and replaced with a freebie and a cheaper.

Another powder trickler. Found it elsewhere. This is my version.

This is a 9.3x74R case with the primer removed and drilled out the flash hole to 2mm. The cut off 223 case is just used as a cork, primer intact. Any small container will do though.

If you use it like a salt shaker just 1 or 2 granules of AR2208 come out at a time. I guess other powders will vary.

Originally Posted by Oldbloke

Another powder trickler. Found it elsewhere. This is my version.

This is a 9.3x74R case with the primer removed and drilled out the flash hole to 2mm. The cut off 223 case is just used as a cork, primer intact. Any small container will do though.

If you use it like a salt shaker just 1 or 2 granules of AR2208 come out at a time. I guess other powders will vary.

I'm also a fan of using a spent case as a powder trickler, works a treat. Using a scoop and then the case of powder to finish, I can pretty much keep up with the RCBS auto scales in the clubrooms. Still faster to use the auto scales when I can though, as I can be seating bullets while the auto scales does it thing...

Some bits i have 3D printed.
The threaded funnel with adaptor is handy.
A powder measure scoop.
A funnel that screws to powder containers & a couple of reloading blocks.

DIY auto-trickler. Had some help with the electrical side of it. Also gave the Lee scales a few basic mods to improve usability - magnet upgrade, extra weight, better visual scale. Combo works well for a cheap DIY solution.

Love it. Stronger magnets can make a big difference on most beam scales. Adding lead for weight will certainly help too. I reckon just fixing them to a board with 3 "feet" one being adjustable would help as well.

Home built annealer came out not too bad

I guess this is home made, I didn't buy it but I also don't own the 3d printer I used to make the components.

It uses a Lyman case conditioning tool, a 100rpm motor and a power supply. Cost about $120 to put together including a replacement power supply because I blew the first one up like a rookie. Works pretty well.

Some bloody good ideas. Impressed.

Good thread

Just knocked up a couple of dippers to get us close quickly when we are reloading for the lads Grendel.

Tried to be clever and made one for each weight of two different powders we need, but in the end one of them dipped close to perfect weights of both powders!

@Vanman
Grouse, well done.

Even some ammo is packaged in "loading blocks. Lol

Just a few of my scoops and 2 " tricklers" of a different type.
I still use scoops ans scale if I'm only loading a few.