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Home Built Powered Neck Turner........Pictures

I usually use my lathe out in the shop to turn necks, but I would rather do this in my reloading room in the basement of my home.

I found an excellent deal on some AC Gear motors. 40 inch pounds of torque and 117 RPM....PERFECT!

I bought one and removed the main shaft which was easily done by removing the gear cover. I chucked it up in my lathe and threaded it 1/2-20 for a drill chuck I bought at Horrible Freight for $3.....

Wired it up and man does this thing work great! The speed is perfect, any faster and the heat builds up rapidly on the brass. Plenty of power. Can not stall it with the largest cut. It will actually twist the brass before it stalls!

Let me know what you think....

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I still need to put it into some type of bracket or case.........Stay tuned!

More pictures here:
http://public.fotki.com/Rbertalotto/gunsmithing-reloading/
 
I use the case holders from Sinclair and chuck those in my Dewalt to spin the brass while holding the turner.

I thinks it's easier the watch the progress that way rather than to spin the cutter.

Accuracy is still the bottom line regardless........
 
I built on also. Different chucking system. Mine holds the brass, and I feed the K & M.
Works great.
 
Pretty slick. The portable drill from Russia comment is funny.

Why not chuck up the K&M case holder and hold the cutter in your hand? That's what I do with my drill press. Works great.
 
I can control the cut better by turning the cutter and holding the case. Then the case is in my hand for final chamfering by hand, inside and out......neat as a pin!
 

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