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Stars Want to Sell/Want to Buy / Re: WTB - Tool Head Springs

« on: April 11, 2012, 11:04:09 am »

Greetings,

I bought some from Mr. Cunningham. Sent a personal check and waited. They finally did arrive.

It is my understanding that Mr. Cunningham's has a family member that is ill and is preoccupied with this.

Cheers,

Dave

287

Star Reloaders / CHEVRON CASE MASTER

« on: March 30, 2012, 07:40:56 pm »

Greetings All,

I recently acquired a Chevron Case Master. Thanks to Angus6 providing me a photo copy of the manual, I retyped it and a PDF copy is attached for your files.

Cheers,

Dave

288

Star Reloaders / CPM Reloaders - Looking For Information

« on: March 21, 2012, 01:01:57 pm »

Greetings,

Just bought a CPM Loader and have some questions about it.

If anyone out there has, or had, one I would like to hear from you.

Cheers,

Dave

289

Stars Want to Sell/Want to Buy / Owners Manual for Chevron Case Feeder Needed

« on: March 19, 2012, 09:22:03 pm »

Greetings all,

Just purchased a used Chevron Case feeder. It is set up for 45 ACP.

I was hoping someone out there has an Owners Manual and Parts List they could copy and send me.

I am most interested to learn if I need separate rotating disks for different calibers.

Cheers,

Dave Wilson

290

Star Reloaders / Re: Star vs. Dillon

« on: March 15, 2012, 11:22:15 am »

Greetings,

As a retired Tool and Die Maker, I came to fully appreciate the quality of the Star machines. They are solid, precise, and easy to use.

The Dillon tools are fine for folks that want to "bang out" large quantities of ammo in a short time.

RCBS has made quality tools for a long time. Sadly, they now out source some of their products to Communist China. Additionally, I have one of their Green Machines and I cannot get a response from them, either email or written letter, regarding a missing part I need.

RCBS UPDATE.

In yesterday's mail, I received the missing part I needed for my Green Machine. NO CHARGE! They wrote it up as a warranty item. Thanks to RCBS for coming though.

Cheers,

Dave

Die hard Star user.

291

Stars Want to Sell/Want to Buy / Re: WTB 9MM Expander

« on: March 10, 2012, 05:49:38 pm »

Greetings,

I can machine you a new #16 Shell Expander Plug.

Contact me via personal email for pricing.

Cheers,

Dave

fc60net "at" comcast "dot" net

292

Star Reloaders / Re: #50 Angle Lever Screw

« on: February 14, 2012, 11:13:03 pm »

Greetings All,

I measure it as a #10-32 thread.

Cheers,

Dave

293

Star Reloaders / Re: Original Phelps Owners Manual

« on: February 04, 2012, 12:14:31 pm »

Greetings All,

A member scanned and sent me PDF images of the Phelps tool.

I always enjoy reading the original documents as they sometimes reveal things I did not know.

Phelps also made other items such as barrel testers. From these old pamphlets a machinist could reverse engineer a similar tool.

Cheers,

Dave

294

Star Reloaders / Re: 9mm tool head and shell plate for star universal machine

« on: January 24, 2012, 10:56:04 am »

Greetings,

I can machine a set of replica dies in 9mm. Rich Daniels (Barrel Tester) produces shell plates.

Contact either one of us should you be unable to locate a used set.

Cheers,

Dave

295

Star Reloaders / Re: Crank shaft bearing

« on: January 02, 2012, 03:51:18 pm »

Greetings,

Are you referring to the hole for the #61 Taper Pin?

If so, the #58 Column Shaft and #60 Crank Shaft Bearing would have been machined as a noninterchangeable unit.

If you were forced to use repair parts from non-matching units a #7 Taper Ream "may" clean up both pieces and a new taper pin installed. Here again, the alignment of the machine would have to be maintained. Just running a reamer to clean up the holes is not an adequate fix. The repair would have to be done on a milling machine where the parts can be clamped in proper alignment.

This may be a repair for Cunningham, if he has the proper jigs from the old factory.

Cheers,

Dave

296

Star Reloaders / Original Phelps Owners Manual

« on: December 14, 2011, 01:28:05 pm »

Greetings,

Hopefully someone out there will have such a manual and be willing to scan a copy for me.

Cheers,

Dave

297

Star Reloaders / Re: 38 s&w

« on: December 09, 2011, 09:36:21 pm »

Greetings,

Rich Daniels should be able to provide a shell plate.

I can machine the sizing, seating, and crimp dies along with the expander plug.

Contact either of us should you need parts.

Cheers,

Dave

298

Loading Data & Reloading Procedures / Re: 44 Mag powder Bar

« on: December 08, 2011, 11:46:39 am »

Greetings,

My Father-in-law has a mix of Star and Phelps machines. In a parts box he does have a powder housing stamped "5/8". It is a casting, so I think it is an original Star or Phelps item. The parts are 20+ years old, long before replica items appeared.

There is also a mating brass powder bar stamped "20 gr 2400". Again, impossible to tell who machined it.

Cheers,

Dave

299

Star Reloaders / Re: 38 s&w

« on: December 06, 2011, 07:22:00 pm »

Greetings,

Are you inquiring about the 38 Smith & Wesson/38 Colt New Police that is short?

If so, 38 ACP/Super sizing dies are the same dimensions.

If you size 38 S&W with a 38 S&W Special, you will mangle the cases. I speak from experience.

Check cartridge dimensions for free at   www.saami.org

Cheers,

Dave

300

Star Reloaders / Re: #21P SET SCREWS

« on: December 04, 2011, 05:39:23 pm »

Greetings All,

The #4-40 is NC

The #4-48 is NF

Cheers,

Dave