Thread: Foster coax or Rock Chucker

Originally Posted by WillB

Sorry for the digression, but what was the deal with this? Do they usually have play in the turret head? How do you skim a couple of thou off and how does that help? I remember Phil at Mainly Hunting in Wellington was a bit frustrated with the T7 they had in there - I think for a similar reason.

There is a VERY SMALL amount of tilt to allow for the rotation of the tool head, it sits on a bushing (IIRC), he took it to a engineering co he used to work for and they machined the bushing down. I cant comment on how they did it ( I have zero tooling skills ) but the end result was less play in the fitting, if he ever sells it I would be first in line.
Lymans turret presses used to have an adjustable bolt at the rear of the press/turret to adjust the play out.

Personally I have a redding big boss 2 and it does a great job, theres just something about a T7 that I like. Maybe its the satisfying clunk as it rotates to the next station.