Repetitive motion "injury?"

Thanks and . . .

Thanks to all.
Will see what I can do about posting a pic. My press is desk height and I really don't have to stretch up or down to make it work. I sit in a standard height desk chair when I'm at the reloading "table" which actually is an old desk.
Will look into progressive press. I haven't moved to progressive yet as there didn't seem to be need and I'm not sure I want to give up immediate inspection of each and every step of the process.

Live well, be safe
Prof Young
 
Most turret or single stage presses have the ability of moving the handle to either the right or left side. You may want to look into that.

I use a stool, almost at bar stool height to do my reloading. That way I am above the press but not fatigued by standing all the time. Works well and keeps me above the ark of the press handle when working the ram. I also have two case blocks that hold 50 cases each and I will finish off one set of 50 and take a 15 to 20 min break (get coffee, something to snack, bathroom break, etc..) and then go back and finish off the next 50 rounds.

Hope you are feeling better and stay safe.
Jim
 
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Just use a hand press, it will equalize the effort on your arms and build your triceps. I just went over the 22,500 mark on mine. :)

I had supraspinatus and rotator cuff tears fixed in August, plus bone spurs ground off. I couldn't lift my arm for six weeks and the shoulder froze up to boot. :( Still getting back to normal, but I'm glad I had it done. I missed throwing a football for a few years.
 
OK, get ready, cause this is an "out of the box" idea. Pneumatic cylinder with foot petal connected to the handle via a linkage, or just find one with the correct stroke and connect it directly to the press ram.

Probably could really just fabricate a means to connect it directly to the bottom of the press, and put shell holder directly on the ram.

Would be an interesting and fun project to do. You could post some photos on here. :) If you don't already have one, it would also be a good reason/excuse to buy a compressor.

If you have a wife you can tell her you needed it for medical reasons.

Just don't use too much pressure, and keep your finger out of there when you ram up...Ouch:mad:

At 120 psi this one will give you about 212 lbs of push, and 160 lbs of pull. Should get it done.

https://www.grainger.com/product/SPEEDAIRE-Stainless-Steel-Air-Cylinder-5TGE6?functionCode=P2IDP2PCP
 
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In England there was a request for volunteers: information was rather straightforward. One B17 to Germany on Christmas day, no ammo, no guns. camera only with a 4 man crew. The mission was a success but the crew and the plane took a beating.

The crew member that operated the camera survived but lost an arm. He became an engineer then began work Ft. Worth, TX working for one of the air craft manufacturers. He had a big interest in shooting and reloading. He took every press available and destroyed them in his efforts modify a press that would allow him to reload.

He then started over by building a press first then adding the hydraulics. He built a magnificent press, it is still running today.

I decided I would build one, my resource person that owns the press said he would put some pieces/parts to together. When I got home with the parts I discovered all of the parts were pneumatic, not hydraulic. Nothing suspect about the cylinders, they are rated at 2,000psi. That does not appear to be a problem but the pistons are 1” in diameter. Anyhow: I got over the urge.

F. Guffey
 
Yep

I had the same issue, I do what many people would call an extreme amount of reloading on a Dillon 550 progressive press, the original ball handle had to go in favor of a 90 degree ball bearing handle, this fixed some of it, now I also rotate arms, and alternate sitting on a stool and standing in front of the press.
 
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