Rcbs pro chucker primer shuttle.

[Mjnelson]

So I got a good deal on a rcbs pro chucker 5.
Guess what? That flipn plastic transfer bar is complete junk. The plastic can’t stand up to the stresses applied to it and it breaks.
Anyone up to helping me make a aluminum/metal one?
I’m an apartment dweller and don’t have access to machinery.
Thanks guys!

 

[RegionRat]

Just some thoughts. I don't have any experience with that particular press, but I can see your plight.

This is not a 15 minute part even with machines and a full shop. While you wait to enlist a volunteer, I would ask RCBS for more than one so you can keep rolling while you wait for the spare the next time.

Without knowing how much stress that part must carry... this next stream of consciousness may or may not be helpful...

With a small drill in a pin vice (no drill press necessary if you are handy and patient), if it is possible to drill into the remaining parts and insert a steel pin with structural epoxy..?...? This is typically done with a pin that is roughly a third to a half the diameter of the original part to avoid overstressing the base part, and going deep enough to carry the load. I would make the pin the full length of the broken off post and go at least that deep into the base for example. I have repaired similar items in my lifetime where the repaired part was stronger than the original. YMMV

Good Luck!

 

[Mjnelson]

Just some thoughts. I don't have any experience with that particular press, but I can see your plight.

This is not a 15 minute part even with machines and a full shop. While you wait to enlist a volunteer, I would ask RCBS for more than one so you can keep rolling while you wait for the spare the next time.

Without knowing how much stress that part must carry... this next stream of consciousness may or may not be helpful...

With a small drill in a pin vice (no drill press necessary if you are handy and patient), if it is possible to drill into the remaining parts and insert a steel pin with structural epoxy..?...? This is typically done with a pin that is roughly a third to a half the diameter of the original part to avoid overstressing the base part, and going deep enough to carry the load. I would make the pin the full length of the broken off post and go at least that deep into the base for example. I have repaired similar items in my lifetime where the repaired part was stronger than the original. YMMV

Good Luck!

I do have more coming, you got me thinking though. I think I can pull off the imbedded pin in a repair and I’ll see how far that gets me.
Good thinking there.
I still think it just needs to be made of aluminum, but your probably right, even with the right equipment it probably is a pretty big job.