I want to be able to neck turn. what tools do you use and which ones are necessary? Also would like info on suppliers. Thanks,

WE

I have a Forster. The older lathe style. I've heard their newer handheld versions don't work that well. I've never used one, but I've never heard anyone complain about Sinclair's or Wilson's.

Eddie

I like the K&M neck turner. Lock, Stock & Barrel SS has em. If you go with this one buy it with the fluted carbide pilot. It will cost more if you buy em seperately. You will also need the K&M expander mandrel die also to do it right. Buy a B&D cordless screwdriver w/extra battery so you can turn under power. The K&M comes with a caseholder which will fit the B&D screwdriver. sure-shot

Sure Shot
Do you know of anyone that sells a kit form for neck turning? What all do I need? Right now all I have is a caliper, regular micrometer and a sinclair concentricity gauge that I think can measure case neck run out with rcbs pilots. Thanks for taking the time to reply,
WE

Sinclair sells the complete set-up. www.sinclairintl.com

Page 9 of the current catalog. It's the Sinclair NT-3000 Neck Turning Tool. The complete set-up is $94.75 without the dial indicator which you probably don't need. You have a concentricity gauge.

I just turn the neck so that 80% of 10 or 20 cases are turned about 70 - 80% around the neck. This is what the books recommend.

Kit includes the cutter tool, std. and oversized mandrel, mandrel sizer body, and a case holder. It'd be nice if it all came in some sort of case, but I store mine in a plastic Speer bullet box.

I hold my cutter tool in a wood vise which allows both hands free to insert cases in the case holder "vise" -- which is like a thread tap holder.

Sinclair sells a Phase I kit for about $15 less. The body on this one is smaller, and the cutter does NOT adjust outward, only inward. It's nice to be able to adjust the cutter both directions -- well worth the extra $15.

Personally, I don't have any problems turning necks manually. I think it probably produces a finer operation. I can feel and see the cutting process. Can't do that with a power drive.

[This message has been edited by Genghis (edited 02-05-2002).]