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Posted: 1/11/2012 1:40:00 PM EDT
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I just got my reloading kit press in yesterday. Well, my dies came today and I decided I would clean/deprime and resize cases today. I don't have a tumbler yet so I decided to clean them myself with a home made solution. Got them cleaned, dried them and then proceeded to set up the die to deprime and resize. Well, I lubed the case and pulled the lever. When I pull the lever back this happened––––––>http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd364/TTUBassAngler/photo37.jpg
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Is that a Lee decapping rod???
If so your answer is you have to tighten the piss out of the jamb nut that holds it in. I gently nestle my Lee dies sizing dies in a vice, set the capping rod height, and then tighten the jamb nut with the CLOSED side of a box end wrench (doesn't slip and round things off unlike open end wrenches), and crank it down TIGHT. |
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Tightening the collet on a Lee die is a compromise.
Too loose and it doesn't stay put. Too tight and it will break if a Berdan primed case is attempted to be sized. This is a desirable designed in feature. Reread the instructions, but don't over tighten. It's a 2 wrench adjustment. Good luck. |
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Tightening the collet on a Lee die is a compromise. Too loose and it doesn't stay put. Too tight and it will break if a Berdan primed case is attempted to be sized. This is a desirable designed in feature. Reread the instructions, but don't over tighten. It's a 2 wrench adjustment. Good luck. I never could seem to get it tight enough not to move using the 2 wrench method, which is why I went to the "vice and crank it" method. But I guess following the instructions should be tried first. 
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It worked!! Thanks for the help to all who answered!
Tightening the collet on a Lee die is a compromise. Too loose and it doesn't stay put. Too tight and it will break if a Berdan primed case is attempted to be sized. This is a desirable designed in feature. Reread the instructions, but don't over tighten. It's a 2 wrench adjustment. Good luck. |
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Tightening the collet on a Lee die is a compromise. Too loose and it doesn't stay put. Too tight and it will break if a Berdan primed case is attempted to be sized. This is a desirable designed in feature. Reread the instructions, but don't over tighten. It's a 2 wrench adjustment. Good luck. I never could seem to get it tight enough not to move using the 2 wrench method, which is why I went to the "vice and crank it" method. But I guess following the instructions should be tried first.
A vice is ok if you don't overtighten. I use 2 wrenches with die mounted in press. |
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