My new Frankenstein

[Harrylee]

Well this is my latest Frankenstein! Last year I got a star sizer that I showed on the forum. And love it but the last time I used it I had 2500 bullets to size with it, still a lot of handling of the bullets. Then I started to think about a bullet feeder, the trick was to make one that would feed the bullets nose down and would flip and nose up to the down position. So started drawing up some ideas and came up with this. Now I had most of the stuff on hand like the steel and wood, I did need a motor that I got at lowes and that was a grill rotisserie motor for $29. So when I started had a 5 gal bucket and the motor and started fitting things together. Making the bullet disk was a bit tough but got that done and fitted. So you can see on the one photo the drop hole is offset, so nose down they drop but if in nose up the base of the bullet can’t drop because of the offset. Then if it doesn’t drop goes to the next station where a grove is cut on a angle that starts the bullet to flip (cool to watch). Took many days to fine tune it, I would throw a few hundred in and just watch it making sure they would drop perfect. Had to modify it several times, once I had 100% feed then I welded up the frame. Then I worked on the part at the bottom where the bullet drops in the die. Made the bullet bar out of Maple good hardwood and built around that now I needed to make it work automatic. I had a electromagnet unit I bought years ago for something else but never used it. I was hard figuring the right arm length to get the proper throw, but finally got that to work. To make electromagnet work I put a switch under the new and longer activating arm, so when the handle went in the full up position made the electromagnet engage and as soon as the handle come down it retracts. KOOL I GOT THIS FAR!!! now how to control how many bullet go down the feeding tube. This is where I learn more than what I wanted again, so looking around I found a guy the did a system with electronics. He built a circuit board that used infrared sensors( now really at my age to build my first circuit board) but I did and it wasn’t easy. All the stuff was available at radio shack. But it works really good as the bullets fill the tube it stops then you set the second sensor on the bottom as the tube is emptied it won’t refill till it gets to the bottom sensor and fills back up to the top. That saves the motor from short cycling. Did add some small ball bearing under the bullet plate to help with the weight of all the bullets. So I think this whole thing cost around $100 to make. The commercial units I have seen got around $1000 and guys where complaining about them. So I didn’t have the money and if it going to give you problems, I figured I was hardheaded enough to get this done. So just got done casting 3100 45 swc and this will make easy work of it. So that’s my story and stickin to it

[Harrylee]

[Harrylee]

[Harrylee]

[berettabone]

unreal...................sorry, that's all I got...........!

[Bawanna]

Dude. We should put you on a watch list. A little uranium and you could rule the world.

I'm still trying to get over the snow blower you McGyver'd, now this...

I'm speechless too.

[Harrylee]

Thanks Bawanna sometimes I have my shining moments. So just did my first full run on this wild thing and was getting 30 sized and lubed bullets per minute, that’s 300 in 10 minutes.
Think this doubles as an exercise machine, if nothing else I’m building the muscles in my shooting arm. Now if I can find me a nice slow geared down motor I can make this into full auto, just a thought

[Bills1873]

I'm with Bawanna, a zero turn snow blower? This had to be peanuts! You're quite the talented thinker, but we probably couldn't afford you're hourly rate. Very cool!

[yqtszhj]

Excellent. I'm waiting on that big perpetual motion machine that generates excess power and solves the world energy needs. And I say that in all seriousness.

As always I'm impressed.

[CPTKILLER]

Interesting!

[kwh]

I saw your post yesterday but was so overwhelmed I could not respond.
This is the best I could do today. Awesome!

[gb6491]

I saw your post yesterday but was so overwhelmed I could not respond.
This is the best I could do today. Awesome!

I was in total lock step with ya yesterday. Today, I'm still awestruck by Harrylee's ingenuity.

That's quite the machine Harrylee. I don't have a sizer thus I'm not up to speed on their operation, but I think I follow what you written about your power feed (photos help a lot ). Does that clothes iron help with with lube/wax feed or something else?
Any chance we might see a video of the unit in action?
Let me finish with a tip of the hat to you sir

With much respect,
Greg

[Buzzard45]

Having the distinct pleasure of watching this monster come together, i`ll tell ya i`m still in awe.
The iron is for heating/melting the wax lube... notice it sitting on an aluminum plate, conducts the heat superbly. temp is controlled by a home made electronic control (amazing piece by it self)

[Harrylee]

Hey Greg, as Buzzy said it for heating the wax so it flows properly. There is a probe in the base unit that goes to a PID (proportional–integral–derivative controller (PID controller) that I built for my melt pot and also works with this. It’ll hold the set temperature within 1 or 2 degrees of set point. Gee gives me a headache just thinking of all that, but now up and running it is a wonder to behold. I can throw 300 rounds in the hopper and let it do it’s thing while I’m on the manual side pulling the handle. Here’s my past write ups on the base build and the PID build. Got done today running 2000 bullets thru it and only 1 bullet didn’t flip the right way that’s real good performance. As far as the wax you have to find the sweet spot for the temperature different waxes have different melt points. And as far as a video I have been thinking of getting a youtube account, if I do I would be happy to share this
http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.p...lac-lube-sizer
http://www.kahrtalk.com/showthread.p...-auto-melt-pot

[downtownv]

I've seen this work (very cool) and it is amazing that Harrylee, isn't a fokking millionaire.
Sell the concept to Dillon, they'll make it purdy in Blue.

Remember that Game "Mousetrap" that's a product harry could make, even better!