ORIGINAL: HighDesertWolf
ORIGINAL: bigcountry
I wouldn't mind the lee if it was one piece cast. I had lees before like that that would work itself loose. Maybe a minor inconvience to some, but to me, I just can't deal with it. Actually I don't believe hollow means more rigid. But thats an opinion. Thanks for the post. Just not for me. I may just have a bad taste in my mouth from the Lee 1000 and others. Now after having solid cast its hard to go back to screws and all. Also the last thing I didn't like about the classic press is inconsistent bullet depth. I think it has to do with the plate design. Maybe operator error and closed mind sealed the deal. Glad you like it.
perhaps rigid wasnt the best choice of words or maybe you misunderstood what I meant, but being hollow the ram is stiffer though it may not matter on a reloading press. if you have ever had the opportunity to test the integrity of steel or taken any machining courses and learned about metal integrity and engineering techniques. a solid piece of bar stock is more flexible under pressure then if you were to take that same piece of bar stock and bore it out this makes the steel less flexible under pressure. though it doesnt make it stronger like some would think it does however make the steel more rigid.
Yea, I know a little about this, and respectfully disagree. I think its if you have two materials of same mass, but make one hollow, its more rigid. My machinist (of 40 years) here at work never heard your theory either. In other words, a 2lb gun barrel with no fluting is not as stiff as a 2lb gun barrel fluted properly. But if you took a 2lb gun barrel and fluted it (took say .5lb off) and made it 1.5lbs, itmight be less rigid than the original 2lb gun barrel but not by much to get the benfit of a lighter barrel.