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Star Reloaders / Re: RCBS Star Dies
« on: February 09, 2015, 01:20:36 pm »
We all dream of finding deals like that, and hope our wives won't offer up our stuff for a deal like that when we are gone.

The bracket on the link is for a Free Loader.

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Stars Want to Sell/Want to Buy / Re: Primer slide
« on: February 08, 2015, 01:47:49 pm »
Dmartins701

I sent a PM to you.

I'd like a price on two small and one large; I have Paypal or if that doesn't work let me know what does. Thanks Much for the quick response.

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Stars Want to Sell/Want to Buy / Re: Primer slide
« on: February 08, 2015, 12:21:46 am »
I have primer slides in stock.

Bruce Williams
Star Machine Works

http://www.starreloaders.com/forum/index.php?topic=2089.0

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Star Reloaders / Re: So-Mar Indexer
« on: January 31, 2015, 06:26:46 pm »
Don't have a pdf, but here are pictures of the brochure.....I think these may have been posted in the past, but not sure.

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Star Reloaders / Re: Bullet feeder
« on: January 27, 2015, 05:05:31 pm »
I think that would be this......Maybe....Looks similar, but maybe not quite the same.

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Never seen a Star of any kind that didn't have a Patent number or at least Pat. Pend.   It's hard to imagine someone would have ground off either, but I guess we will never know.   Maybe you have a machine that predates the patent application.

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I think the fulcrum lever bracket is consistent with the age of the sizer.   The fulcrum lever assembly is definitely from a modern version or a derivation of same.  The socket head screws are definitely a later addition.  I'm sure some previous owner did what ever was needed to keep it going.  I noticed that the base looked like it had been ground, but was not aware that it had been repaired.  Is the top of the pressure screw a hex like in the patent drawing?  If so I would imagine the Pressure screw handle might have been added later....but who can say.   Whatever the case, it's an interesting machine.

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Here are a couple of pictures of a similar design Star Lubricator Sizer with the Patent number stamped in the base.   This would post date the sizer at the top of this thread.

So can you think of any other products that were invented over 80 years ago and are still considered the best product in their class??

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Very interesting Lubricator Sizer.   It looks as though the Fulcrum Lever Push Rod Assembly has been replaced with a more modern version, but other than that it looks as old or older than the one above.   It's a close match to the one in the CR Peterson's 1935 Patent.

The interesting thing is that it has neither a Pat. Pending or a Patent number.   Do you see any place where a brass plate may have been attached in the past or where a Patent number may have been removed?

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Star Reloaders / Re: Time frame for the Brewster indexer
« on: January 23, 2015, 09:37:42 am »
Star didn't offer any accessories that I am aware of though at one point in history they did include H&G bullet molds on their price list.   Star condoned the Hulme case feeder and starting in about 1959 began including the hole for mounting the Hulme case feeder.   

It's my understanding that they did not like indexing attachments because they felt that they caused excessive wear on the steel base.   I have certainly come across some Stars that had excessive wear on the base which was caused by indexers.   These machines were probably owned by commercial reloaders and had far more use than the average reloader.

SB Sales Distributing offers the Moon Indexer which is an updated and more substantial indexer.  Personally I don't use indexers, but many do.

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Star Reloaders / Re: Progressive or Universal
« on: January 20, 2015, 12:33:48 pm »
This is a common question, so I'm posting some pictures so you can see the difference.

Progressive machines were made to load 38 Special/357 Magnum only.  Universal machines, with the appropriate shell plate and dies can be configured to load all pistol calibers.   The principal difference is the shell locator straps that are present on the Universal machines and not present on Progressives.   There are some other differences, but this is the easiest way differentiate one machine from the other.

Bruce

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Star History / Re: Star Machine Works, the Next Chapter
« on: January 18, 2015, 06:01:13 pm »
No Prototype machines....That would have been nice.   I did get a some rifle machine parts and a box of straight-line parts.

However, I went out to take a look at a collection of Star and Phelps reloaders a couple weeks back and was shocked to find two Straight-line machines among the collection.   They managed to come home with me along with half a dozen Universals.   Both are in 30-06 and both are incomplete but I think I have most of the parts to make them whole again.

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The one on the left is for the sizing station, the one on the right is for the powder fill station.  The extension fills in the open space where you would normally be able to insert or remove a shell.   The long screw with the spring allows you to pull the strap back so you can still insert or remove a shell.

Bruce

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I have made up a few sets and have them available.   I also made up some of the special case feeder pistons which are copies of the one offered in the Dillon Super Star kit.    I still have not made the .223/30 Carbine case feeder top plate that was included in the kit.   I'm hoping to get to it this winter.

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The Super Star kit includes two special shell locator straps, so yes, it was designed for a Universal.   And as Rolling Stone points out, since .223 is a rimless case there is no way to remove it without modification of the Progressive at the last station.

The shell locator straps are special because the tab rests directly on the steel base so it contacts the rim rather than the side of the case and stabilizes the tall cases.   One of the two special straps has an extension that fills the gap between the powder station and the bullet seating station.   Without this, the .223 cases have a tendency to rock and fall out of the reloader.

Star Rifle machines also use shorter shell locator straps with the tabs that rest on the steel base.

Bruce