A self-opening shell holder I made for my drill press vice from nylon pipe insulation blocks.

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I'd think a start crimp station would be a must. Doubt you'll be able to get any kind of a consistent quality crimp without one. These are new 3 1/2" Cheditte hulls cut to 2 7/8" then loaded with an OSC under the crimp.

fine looking crimps....charlie

Finally got around to snapping a couple pics of my Supersizer setup on the drill press table. It is so simple and quick to use....... one 4"-5" stroke of the handle, downwards, holds the case tightly for crimping. Just as quickly as the roll crimp is done I release downward pressure on the handle and a spring raises it, releasing the hull from the collet. No handles to screw and unscrew, just a quick downward movement and then upward.

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Collets can be changed to accommodate any gauge, for resizing and then for roll crimping. Works so fast you can crimp several per minute. And, I like to work fast when roll crimping plastic hulls. Seems to work better for me when the crimping head stays warm.

I finally loaded of a few 10 gauge rounds for the first time in about a year. I still don’t own a drill press so I headed over to a buddies house to use his. Loaded some up for my modern 3.5” Browning Gold turkey federation 10 gauge today. It took a good 3 seconds VS a 5 to 10 minute battle for each one using a cordless drill. It also the crimp was a lot more even. I still had to hold my shells by hand but they didn’t hurt at all when using the press VS pressing into the roller with a cordless drill.

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Now if I could just find someone with better handwriting.lol

what am I doing wrong......the rounds all look factory to me....charlie

I went back through this thread and tried to see what you posted. It seems you use a hand held drill like I did when I first tried roll crimping last year with my quad pin roller. It took me a frustrating 5 to 10 minutes per shell to get the crimps half way descent looking. Complete pain in the butt with a hand held cordless drill. I only did about 15 shells last year. By the time I was done my hand was extremely sore. It was my first time, and only time, trying to roll crimp. I loaded up the 9 shells in the photo yesterday and headed over to my buddies house who owns a drill press. I put a little petroleum jelly on the pins and lowered it to my first hull while running at the lowest setting. I let it spin for a couple of seconds barely touching the hull to warm up the plastic and then gently lowered the press till it gently “bottomed out”. I held my shells in place with my opposite hand so they wouldn’t spin when applying force. The drill press is a life saver. I’ll never try and crimp again without using one.

My Dad said he was in Harbor Freight the other day and they had a 180 rpm drill press for $500, I think that may be the way to go.

The press I used was a WEN. Looks similar to the $89 Harbor freight press. Crimped four more today I loaded up in 2 7/8” 10 gauge. Took all of 3 seconds ea at the most.