Upgrades for the Lee Load Master Progressive press

[RooftopKorean]

I found this little thing on Etsy. It's a great little do-dad that smooths out the operation of the Load Master press.

It looks like some kind of caster wheel that the shell plate wheel bar rolls on.

Definitely a must have, it was $23.

 

[RooftopKorean]

I continued doing little mods to my Lee Load Master.

I saw someone who did this already but I forget who and where (possibly on YouTube).

I had some LEDs laying around so I figured, why the hell not? I drilled a hole into the underside of the shell plate holder and put the LED in there. I found that green works the best for visibility. Eventually, I will use some hot glue to set it in place. I also purchased a 9v battery holder with an on/off switch for the power source.

As you can see it works quite well to ensure that you have another fail safe to prevent you from dropping powder into a casing with no primer; waste not, want not.







I am also waiting on a cheap endoscope from Amazon that will be mounted above the powder drop area to assist in avoiding double charges. I've never had issues with dropping powder without a primer or double charges, but why leave things to chance, right? I'll be hooking the endoscope up to my 8" fire tablet I have mounted at my work bench area for when I am in need of YouTube University when it comes to reloading or repair work referencing.



I'll post up more pictures when it's finshed.

 

[Phazer]

After 10 years of use, my final "upgrade" to my Loadmaster was to swap it out for a Six Pack Pro.

 

[RooftopKorean]

Finished up my upgrades a few moments ago. Got the 9V battery box. Did a quick solder job, sleeving and heat shrink on the wires.

Drilled a hole in the middle of the five turret tool head and mounted the endoscope there. I hooked it up to a Fire HD 8 tablet using a shelf mount.

All in all everything came out OK.

edit: You can see much easier into smaller rifle and pistol casings. I used a .308 which one of the larger calibers I reload on the press.

 

[dwa12479]

Nice lookin setup, great work!

 

[RooftopKorean]

Nice lookin setup, great work!

Thank you, they are but modest upgrades. I saw someone who got a hornady bullet feeder to work with the Lee Loadmaster.

 

[RooftopKorean]

Come to think of it, I'll have to drill the hole for the endoscope in all of my Lee tool heads.

 

[pjzwtl]

Seems like now that your famous you have to much time on your hands . Nice mods!!

 

[repete]

This isn't really a "mod", more like a repair. My son picked up a used Lee Pro 1000 cheap, after cleaning and looking it over I found why so cheap. The two bolts that hold the ram toggle to the red frame were all boogered up, the threads in the red aluminum base were stripped out rendering the base unusable for anything other than parts! Or was it? I looked it over and took some measurements and did some brain work, then decided to make some new pins that would be held in place with 'C' clips. While looking for some stock for the pins I came across some extra GM brake caliper slider bolts, the exact diameter I needed! At about 4" in length the were a tad to long and the treaded end was also to long. It's good to have a lathe! I bet that $1000 dollars I paid for it has saved $20 so far! Anyhoo, I turned down the threaded portion to the same dia. of the shaft and drilled and tapped the frame and now he has a working Pro 1000 in .45 acp for next to nothing. So I guess what I'm getting at is make sure those two bolts on either side of the base are kept tight!