Thread: Making Sizer / Reloading dies

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

What material did you make the reamer from?
Cool project.

15mm silver steel

I've never been a fan of silver steel reamers
But if you make them as a proper fluted reamer with proper primary and secondary relief they can be very effective
With them all being for one off projects it's just cheap and easy with silver steel.

I turn down the shank end to fit in a battery drill so I can turn it as I heat it with a big LPG blow torch
Also good to have it turning as you plunge it vertically into a drum of water to quench

S600 tool steel is vastly better but needs to go out to be hardened and tempered
Silver steel is easy to do yourself and you can knock a job out the same day