I had been looking for a small flash hole decaper, you have to get the Decap and then buy small pin or shaft separately. Extremely annoying as its a 5 dollar dollar part and Amazon does not have them so cost 3 X the price to ship it vs the darned cost - Grrrr.
So, I do have the Lee Universal Decap Die, I ran a deformed shell through it, tried to force it and bent the pin on the end of the shaft.
Ok, not big deal, Amazon does have those shaft (pin is integral on the end). But then the wheels started turning (better late than never sometimes!)
Ok, it really bent and it did not snap off. It must be fairly soft.
I can heat it, straighten it and I can turn down that end and make it under .060 and small flash hole.
Yep, heating and straighten went good, still a bit off true straight but.....
I chucked the shaft up in the cordless drill, tried sand paper, not so good, tried plumpbers tape (for copper rough up for solder work), no good either.
Hmm, what if I get out one of my files and turn it?
Ok, this works but its kind of slow, what if I move the file back and forth while I run the drill? Eureka!!!!!!
So not only did I mill it down to Small Flash hole, the milling removed any wobble and its straight.
I could heat treat it but........
So I have another large Lee Universal on the way, a spare full sized shaft just in case.
I could use the what is small flash holder decap on the large primer/hole type (tested carefully) but no reason to wreck what works and the large one will not easily bend (I really did force it). I suspect you can't go to that straighten it out part more than once or twice.
So, I do have the Lee Universal Decap Die, I ran a deformed shell through it, tried to force it and bent the pin on the end of the shaft.
Ok, not big deal, Amazon does have those shaft (pin is integral on the end). But then the wheels started turning (better late than never sometimes!)
Ok, it really bent and it did not snap off. It must be fairly soft.
I can heat it, straighten it and I can turn down that end and make it under .060 and small flash hole.
Yep, heating and straighten went good, still a bit off true straight but.....
I chucked the shaft up in the cordless drill, tried sand paper, not so good, tried plumpbers tape (for copper rough up for solder work), no good either.
Hmm, what if I get out one of my files and turn it?
Ok, this works but its kind of slow, what if I move the file back and forth while I run the drill? Eureka!!!!!!
So not only did I mill it down to Small Flash hole, the milling removed any wobble and its straight.
I could heat treat it but........
So I have another large Lee Universal on the way, a spare full sized shaft just in case.
I could use the what is small flash holder decap on the large primer/hole type (tested carefully) but no reason to wreck what works and the large one will not easily bend (I really did force it). I suspect you can't go to that straighten it out part more than once or twice.