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Oct 4th, 2020 at 12:16am
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I guess I'm on a priming tool kick.
While looking through my piles of stuff acquired though old estates, I found this C&H bench priming tool.  It was missing the primer tubes and priming rams as well as a way to retain the shell holder.
At first I thought it was going to accept standard RCBS parts.  However, they were only the starting point.
Here it is, up and running but not yet permanently mounted.
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Reply #1 - Oct 4th, 2020 at 12:19am
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I used RCBS priming stems that come from either a ram or bench primer tools and shortened them 0.235
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Reply #2 - Oct 4th, 2020 at 12:23am
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I had some old RCBS primer tubes that fit perfectly but the hole for the clip was in the wrong place.  I could have just drilled another hole, but if you put the clip in the wrong hole, the tube wouldn't be fully inserted and that would result in a primer spill.  The solution was to shorten the tube and redrill
  

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Reply #3 - Oct 4th, 2020 at 12:30am
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I'm not sure what C&H used to retain shell holders, but I had a extra RCBS retaining clip.  I spotted and drilled a hole for that.   
The priming arm was binding against the shell holder so I milled .025 clearance.
I did a test run of 20 pieces of 40-65 brass and it worked perfectly other than I was just holding it in a vise.
It just needs a little detailing and permanent mounting to be put to work.  It was a simple little project and I was glad to bring it back to life
  

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Reply #4 - Oct 4th, 2020 at 5:35pm
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Well, here it is all prettied up and mounted on a piece of scrap 2x4 so it stays out of the way and clamps to the bench.  It also provides a place to store the small & large tubes and rams.
I like it better than the RCBS bench priming tool.
PS.  The target is behind the tool in the picture so you don't see the disaster on the bench Shocked
  

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Reply #5 - Oct 4th, 2020 at 7:31pm
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Scott,
Thanks for sharing that.   
I recently went to a Frankford Arsenal hand held type after my ancient Lee tools all gave it up, it's nice.  I had a RCBS bench model that I use to use and for some reason I can't recall??? got away from it... I like the features of the CH and your little mods, I think I still have one in my mess somewhere and when I get the new cave done it'll find a place on the bench.
Greg

Wink you're suppose to share pictures of your mess...  folks on here don't miss much when you do...
  

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Reply #6 - Oct 4th, 2020 at 10:39pm
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Here is a little something I'm not too ashamed of, but it's messy.  My Southbend heavy 10.  I bought this flexible arm light on Amazon for $13.
It had a clip to mount it.  Removed the clip and made a strap bracket to mount under the shelf and secured the on/off switch.  Not very pretty but I can see great
  

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Re: C&H bench priming w/auto feed
Reply #7 - Oct 4th, 2020 at 11:40pm
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As we get older more light is always welcome.

And as Greg said, "folks on here don't miss much".

Tell us more about the speed controller on the wall.

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I'm not a complete idiot, some of my parts are missing.
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Reply #8 - Oct 5th, 2020 at 12:08am
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Will do. Starting a new thread under gunsmithing
  

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