Henderson neck turning

[357Max]

I made a thing & it works well. I used 1" bar stock cause that's what I had, but 1.25" may be a little better. I'm going to counter bore the case entrance a little bigger to help it clear chips better. Very accurate though. Trim first and easy change over to neck turn.

@flyer1a - Someone with CNC machines should make these. Forester carbide neck turning bits & could use century 21 or whoever mandrels.
Just used a 1"-2" mic to set the cutter.

 

[Rocketmandb]

I made a thing & it works well. I used 1" bar stock cause that's what I had, but 1.25" may be a little better. I'm going to counter bore the case entrance a little bigger to help it clear chips better. Very accurate though. Trim first and easy change over to neck turn.

@flyer1a - Someone with CNC machines should make these. Forester carbide neck turning bits & could use century 21 or whoever mandrels.
Just used a 1"-2" mic to set the cutter.

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I'd buy this product in a heartbeat.

 

[Bacarrat]

I'd buy this product in a heartbeat.

Yeah me too.... if it didn't already buy the K&M kit this year.

 

[Rocketmandb]

Yeah me too.... if it didn't already buy the K&M kit this year.

I've got the 21st Century lathe, but it's yet another tool for the bench. If I could simply change out a cutting head like I change out the trimming heads on the Henderson, then it would make neck turning much easier.

 

[Claytallica]

Send it to Hornady and I’m sure they would do it for their knock off trimmer. They don’t even need to steal the idea

 

[flyer1a]

I think the obvious target for this would be Henderson!

 

[padom]

I was gonna ask, did you contact Henderson about this??

I'd buy it

 

[357Max]

I was gonna ask, did you contact Henderson about this??

I'd buy it

I haven’t, but I’ll reach out to them. Mine is the gen 2 that uses forester 3 way heads. Looks like they make their own for the gen 3 though.

 

[Rocketmandb]

Looks like they make their own for the gen 3 though.

They do - I like them better.

 

[JaoeyP]

 

[John Glidewell]

I've got the 21st Century lathe, but it's yet another tool for the bench. If I could simply change out a cutting head like I change out the trimming heads on the Henderson, then it would make neck turning much easier.

But you can. I have the 21st century mini lathe with 3 way trimmer and the neck turning head with 30, 35 and 40 degree cutters. Not difficult to change out and set up. I do it in a few minutes, very simple.

 

[357Max]

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[45-90]

I tried two of the Henderson combination heads and found them totally unworkable, for taking off alot of brass in a hurry...$66 each wasted...should a tried one first.

But a few reloaders gave them good reviews... so I tried it.
Even tried the little carbide blade for just cutting to length in a Bridgeport mill... final conclusion it's not for me...ridiculously slow, champher uneven...can't push it.

Just use a carbide end mill designed for cutting at high rate of speed. Very fast cutting time around one to two seconds on .1" to 1/4 " of brass removal.

The best method for neck turning is a precision lathe...make the turning mandrel fit your brass on the lathe, turn into the shoulder, about 6 pcs per minute.

Gotta get it done. These tiny toys don't cut it...cutting to length and neck turning on an industrial scale, especially when forming nonstandard calibers.