Home Made Power Debur tooling

[STI_1911_Guy]

Hey guys i was looking into hornadys new power debur station and while it goes for $95 i was wondering if i could come up with something myself for less. So i ended up taking a gear motor for a seat in a car and attaching it to a foot pedal switch to a battery. I also took a aluminum bar and made a slip over collet. All this ended up costing me about $20 dollars per unit so while the savings was only about $40 i still had fun with it and it really seems to work well.
P.S. The wooden boxes were temporary as this was a prototype so i know they look like shit

The rest of my reloading setup

 

[spradley]

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Love it.. good ole enginuity.
Assume when you removed the seat motors they were no longer bound by travel/limit switches and will spin freely?

Gary

 

[Paladin2147]

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Looks cool - don't backup into that thing!

 

[zuke]

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Gotta love ingenuity!

 

[Sean the Nailer]

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how long can they run without overheating? I know their 'designed' job is intermittent at best. Yet you're wanting 'continuous use' so I'm questioning the longevity.

Curious, for sure.

 

[Militarybuilt]

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I like that you separate your reloading setup into three benches. Keeps you focused on each step. I agree, why buy something when you can make it.

 

[STI_1911_Guy]

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So as for longevity i am not sure yet. I have probably only ran them for a total of about 5-7 hours, longest stretch of being on with out a break was about 45 min appx. They are holding strong right now but i was curious for the longevity also. Only time will tell!!

 

[jschroed]

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Great idea.

 

[Shott8283]

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home made shit is always best.

in my case. the saying "why buy it for 50 when you can build it for a 100" always seams to apply. but its fun and my stuff usually ends up being better then bought stuff in the long run.

 

[wIg SpLiTtEr]

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Nice setup!

 

[STI_1911_Guy]

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Just an update as there was some questions about longevity of this setup. I have put about 3500 rounds through it now and it still seems to be going strong. Now only time will tell i guess.

 

[Clark]

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STI 1911 Guy,

I like your functionality, but you missed your opportunity for art.

I think you could go with an Austin Powers Fembot look.

 

[1066]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Shotty</div><div class="ubbcode-body">home made shit is always best.

in my case. the saying "why buy it for 50 when you can build it for a 100" always seams to apply. but its fun and my stuff usually ends up being better then bought stuff in the long run. </div></div>

Ha! I know the feeling there, but satisfying all the same.

Great job - Can you tell us a bit about the motors - 12v I guess but about what revs and how much current do they draw.

The guess the collets are tapped 8/32 to use the Lyman tools?

 

[STI_1911_Guy]

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Yes the motor is 12V and 2.5 amp. They say that they run 160 rpm but it seems like a slow 160. And yes the collets were simple 6061aluminum 8-32 tap.

 

[1066]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: STI_1911_Guy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes the motor is 12V and 2.5 amp. They say that they run 160 rpm but it seems like a slow 160. And yes the collets were simple 6061aluminum 8-32 tap. </div></div>

I was going to suggest that it would be an easy move to add a speed controller but at 160 that sounds about right.

 

[STI_1911_Guy]

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I dont know much about electricity but i was thinking about putting in a speed controller but i didnt know how to on a 12V dc motor. Could you explain this too me?

 

[1066]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: STI_1911_Guy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I dont know much about electricity but i was thinking about putting in a speed controller but i didnt know how to on a 12V dc motor. Could you explain this too me?</div></div>

These are the ones I use - very simple. just your 12v +/- goes in one side and two wires out the other to the motor.
These vary from zero to full speed with very little loss of torque.
Look on ebay for 12v speed controlers.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PWM-DC-Converter...=item33759690e2

 

[Bloody_Tailgate]

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