Corbin vs Presslug
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Its work in progress (couple of weeks). Solid German steel, Zero Flex, Proven Mechanics, Japanese parts, Korean tooling, Taiwanese Machines, Indian Engineers, American design software, French Simulation suite, A secret British ingredient - A global product indeedIs the Freedom 2 available ?
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, -That's why we call it Freedom V2. @kevtanUpvote 0
Definitely looking forward to thisIts work in progress (couple of weeks). Solid German steel, Zero Flex, Proven Mechanics, Japanese parts, Korean tooling, Taiwanese Machines, Indian Engineers, American design software, French Simulation suite, A secret British ingredient - A global product indeed
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These things aren't cheap. How many rounds would you have to shoot, for it to pay for itself? Ballpark Guesstimate?
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Sometimes it isn't about the cost, it is about independence.
Risky yes, especially if you change barrel etc. more dies potentially needed.
In the grand scheme of things, they are about the same price as a decent holiday.
Personal choice etc.
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I think the most appeal comes from companies producing dies that can be used with various presses. The company or companies that can make a die set that can be used on various presses is going to have the upper hand here so long as they can produce projectiles of comparable quality to the proprietary sets that are incompatible with other presses. I would think that a press made of poor materials would wear out faster than a die’s lifespan. Many “at-home” swagers will have multiple die sets, but how many will own multiple presses simultaneously?
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There is a limitation in doing so, Primarily its the IP rights and second is the geometry of the parts, The datum for every press is different. While working at FX Sweden, I had hands on each and every single equipment out there but yet we decided to build our own dies and machine systems. Its because of the complications arising from upper and lower limits. One thing that we did was incorporate depth adjustment inside the pin holder to compensate for various depths of hollow point. but the same depth adjustment was out of its operational range in other presses of different makes.
Yes, Poor materials fail faster than dies, I've seen it. Thus the first thing we did was shoot mails to all vendors asking them 2 questions.
1. Do you have your parts made as per ISO standards, so that anyone anywhere in the world can order them to get them replaced if need be?
2. Can it run a minimum of million cycles on very high duty cycles?
What I've seen is that Slug makers using manual machines have at least 2 presses of same kind. And the dies are always in pairs. so that they can run sequential production.
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@Engg.Ken I can appreciate the amount of thought that went into your product before production. What do you mean by “the dies are always in pairs. So they can run sequential production?” For people making commercial projectiles this is understandable. For the average type of hobbyist that I interact with it seems that would be overkill to own two of the same type of swaging presses. And why buy does in pairs? In regards to my previous post, your dies work in two presses that I am aware of. That places your company ahead of the curve in my opinion.
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