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welcome from another 06'er.

An expedient "old truckers" trick for zip ties...two common pliers, one to push & hold the zip loc head in tight to where you want it and the other to pull the tail as tight as you want.

Your tale of the childhood vise and looking across the room in your photo ( the Dillon and Lee and a case cleaner) brought back memories of when I was nine yrs old helping the old man loads some up...and over 200,000 rounds later I'm still at it.

Im with Jorgi that i dont think welding is an option that holds much promise. Two options that might help you get a reasonable facsimile built, most gunsmiths have a supply of spring blank wire on hand to make "one -off" obsolete springs and have considerable experience doing so. Next...

One thing I just noticed on these machines is that a belt speed change can be done so much easier than the round column machines. With the head tilt & swivel capability the belts can be maneuvered to be right in front of you instead of having to climb onto something to reach the belts on a...

In reality, your right, not much more than a very close quarters "in a room" self protection usable item . The simple ingenuity of the maker caught my admiration. I have often thought about "how could I cut a home made button rifling slug " but couldnt come up with a simple solution to cut...

Welcome from cent Ab and dont despair , some of the best posts on this forum are folks asking the more educated how to do stuff with the limited machines some of us have available...sounds like you are very well equipped tho!!!

That be the one, thanks

One for the kitchen table gunsmiths onboard. I dont know how to "link" but I think a google to "How to make barrel rifling from old steel bolt" will get you to the Utube vid. Interesting but very much a "Kyber Pass" type operation ...but I bet it works in a pinch.

When I get to the bright lights a stop at the Metal Warehouse is a requisite for a dash thru the full lengths new stuff and a slow saunter thru the cut-off bins