got an idea. (primer pickup tubes)

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Ok, I reload on a progressive press and so when I am pressing out a lot of ammo my prime tubes are always rolling around on my desk.. so I have designed a stand for them. This stand will hold 5 tubes or either large or small, top has holes for large tubes and bottom has holes for small. Let me know what you guys think I am thinking about getting these made for resale so if you are interested or have any constructive criticism.





Thanks
Roy

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[Lead Waster]

Why not an empty soup can like I use for a pencil/pen holder?

Or a chunk of 2x4 with some holes drilled in it?

[Bill Steele]

On my Dillon pickup tubes the ends are pretty easy to damage, I store them horizontally in a rack. I only load up as many as I am going to use in a session.

[ExtremeX]

Why not an empty soup can like I use for a pencil/pen holder?

Or a chunk of 2x4 with some holes drilled in it?

^^ This

[bandook]

Any reason for the \_/\_/\_ edges?

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Yup the idea is you can pita couple together like a puzzle almost to make them scalable.

[bumpo628]

Is that going to be an injection molded part? Where do you get something like that done?

[Colt562]

What kinda material? It might need to be thicker cause the dillon primer pick up tubes are just plastic openings, might not be super strong. But I do like the idea

[huckberry668]

I load up my primer tubes label them and store them in an empty plastic pretzel jar to keep the moisture out. I don't like leaving primers out in open air.

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Injection molding would be too costly upfront. I am looking at having them made out of aluminum on a cnc mill.

The material is 1/2" thick which secures the whole plastic end of the dillon style tubes before they neck up.

I am working on getting a physical prototype to do some testing and verify sizes and I will do a test for breakage on the tube tips.

[Colt562]

Injection molding would be too costly upfront. I am looking at having them made out of aluminum on a cnc mill.

The material is 1/2" thick which secures the whole plastic end of the dillon style tubes before they neck up.

I am working on getting a physical prototype to do some testing and verify sizes and I will do a test for breakage on the tube tips.

Im definently interested, what would be a price point if you decide to start selling them?

[damndave]

Why not an empty soup can like I use for a pencil/pen holder?

Or a chunk of 2x4 with some holes drilled in it?

This is what I do.

[bandook]

Yup the idea is you can pita couple together like a puzzle almost to make them scalable.

Check out the cost ( and material waste) of doing this vs a rectangular block.
Considering you're competing with empty soup cans , it may be best to keep your costs low.

Also, considering you can only use one side at a time, save some costs machining only one side (won't the LP tube fit in the SP slot? If so, you may be able to create a universal block and not have to deal with two designs)

Just my 2 bits...

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Check out the cost ( and material waste) of doing this vs a rectangular block.
Considering you're competing with empty soup cans , it may be best to keep your costs low.

Also, considering you can only use one side at a time, save some costs machining only one side (won't the LP tube fit in the SP slot? If so, you may be able to create a universal block and not have to deal with two designs)

Just my 2 bits...

Food for thought on material waste. As for the two sided I am firm in that as when I reload I would rather have one item that will accommodate more sizes than one item for each. Makes for a better use of ones space and money.

As far as cost I am waiting to hear back from the machinist. Ideally I would like to have it around a $15 price point as I think that would be fair for a well designed and machined piece of aluminum.

[bumpo628]

Do you need those little "pins" in each hole? That will be very difficult to machine, even for a cnc mill. By the way, that is the reason I thought you were going to make a molded part. If you could use a simple flat-bottomed hole, that would simplify things a great deal.