Excellent video - thanks for helping keep the old colemans burning.

@MikeFreda

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting. I'm glad you liked the video! Cheers.

Good deal! Thanks for the look.

@MikeFreda

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Cheers

It would be much easier to make your male punch mounted to your ram. For the die, either bore thru a slice of bar stock on the lathe, or bore thru a flat plate mounted to the base of the press and punch right thru and screen will fall out the bottom. You dont have to stop to pick up the part and pry your screen stock off of the punch if you use a spring or rubber stripper. Just an idea from an old tool & die maker. Very nice descriptive video.

@MikeFreda

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting. I plan to try that method for a larger style screen I plan to make. I was coping chassis punches that I already had plus I found the screen distorts quite easily and the method I used seemed to press it back into shape. I’ll see how the other way works and report back. Cheers.

@Matt-wb7lm

3 ай бұрын

You might even try convexing your punch face to achieve the cupping desired. Just a crazy thought.

You might actually look at making these for reloading presses. I think they would work exceedingly well for this, and are of a standard size when it comes to die measurements, etc. It would also be very, very straight forward to make.

@MikeFreda

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting. Yes, a reloading machine may work for this. They can get a little expensive and I’m not sure how much force they can actually press. A 3/4 ton arbor press would be the bare minimum to do the larger screens…. Interesting suggestion though, I’ll research further. Cheers.

@ryantaylor2595

4 ай бұрын

@@MikeFreda Well google says it's ~1.5tons and I believe it. Having resized a lot of different brass, there is a lot of force used. I think it would be worth it to look into and would be a modular setup.

Let me know how to purchase one of those burner cap tools you make

@MikeFreda

Ай бұрын

Please send me a PM and I can give you the details. Cheers.

What if you don't have the correct punches?

@MikeFreda

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting. Due to me having a metal lathe, I'm able to make whatever size I need. All I need is the size of the burner cap of the particular lantern. If you don't a lathe I guess you can find some who has or go to a machine shop and get them to fabricate one for you. Take a snap-shot of what I made and give them a dwg and/or specs. Cheers.