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Hornady and Herters do not play well together

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#1 ·
I now have 2 Herters super 3's and this will make things easier but I still want it better. I don't like changing dies and having to readjust each time. Then if I have to pull out the seating die to go back and resize a few more it gets frustrating. I got excited when I saw Hornady has adapters to make presses function with the Lock-n-load design. My presses have big nuts that adapt them down to 7/8-14 and they thread out. COOL!! I bought 2 sets and drove straight home to try them. BAD!! Hornady and Herters have different threads. :( Just like a kid waking up Christmas morning and seeing 17 big boxes under the tree only to find out they are filled with socks and autographs from Highboy. I returned them while keeping my head down so I no longer can tell what thread size and pitch they are. Herters are 1 1/4-18.

How do I get these 2 boys to play well together? It's almost like Hornady wants me to buy one of their presses.
 
#6 ·
He wants to put the Hornady L-n-L bushing into the press body but the tpi is different. One being 12 and the other being 18. Only way I see that happening is to fill the old threads and retap.
 
#9 ·
Yeah, I read it as he had a 1 1/4 12 hole and wanted to use standard 7/8 14 dies. So my helpful suggestion would have been no help. :(
 
#11 ·
I think howln has the most sane idea. Drill and helicoil the press for 1-1/4-12 threads if you want to use those LnL bushings. Actually, I'd much rather use a Time-Sert style solid thread insert than a helicoil, especially in a high load application like a reloading press.

Otherwise, just stick with the original 7/8-14 adapters that came with the press and thread the dies in like most of us do. :D
 
#13 ·
I kinda doubt CNC had been invented when Herters was in business.
 
#15 ·
In all reality, the purchase of a new press will most likely be cheaper by the time all the machine work was complete. Besides, why destroy a classic press like that just to save a few seconds time?
 
#16 ·
Besides, why destroy a classic press like that just to save a few seconds time?
{sarcasm; ON[ if it's so valuable then why don't you trade me a new LNL press and I'll give you mine? ]sarcasm;OFF}

I'll talk to our machine shop guys and see what they can do and how much$. Otherwise I'll just deal with it.
 
#20 ·
Don't weld on a C-frame. I'd bet money that the grain of the metal will settle a bit and spring it out of shape. You'll have to retrue the top surface where the dies seat against in addition to recutting the threads...if it works out. If not, it's a paperweight.
Come to think of it, I'm not sure welding an O-frame would be the hot ticket either.

The more I think about it I think they're best left as unmodified Herter's presses since some guys do seem to like collecting those old brandnames.
 
#21 ·
Why don't you take one of the wrong adapters to a machine shop and have them make you one with the right threads?
 
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