Ed makes a good comment on how the dies "should" be mount, with slide in clips. I've been looking at this press and wondering why they didn't do that. It will be so easy to fab up and make the dies truly "easy change" while in use. With the bolts, even when they're only finger snug they're darn hot about changing the dies during use. I tend to leave bolts loose so the dies will slide in, but I'm constantly having to push them back into place, or the4 bolts work themselves tight and require a wrench to loosen for die change.
BillyO makes a good point, and I can see the reason. Why didn't Coal Iron do that on their flatting dies from the start? All their dies I've seen photos of on their website are sharp edges. It will be easy to take to 2X72 grinder and form a small radius on the edges. I would think even the squaring dies I just made would benifit from a small radius on the edges?
Ed, Make note of all these ideas for your book.
Ken H>
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