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One less item of Lee kit on the bench
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:04 pm
by rox
One less item of Lee kit on the bench
On the other hand, this could be the start of a primer tube filler project...
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Re: One less item of Lee kit on the bench
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:13 pm
by Christel
You broke it sign01
Re: One less item of Lee kit on the bench
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:25 pm
by saddler
You CAN buy spare parts you know!
Contact Tim Hannam in the UK (PM me & I'll get one for you from them)
OR
Contact LEE in the USA
Re: One less item of Lee kit on the bench
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:28 pm
by kennyc
how hard do you seat your primers?
Re: One less item of Lee kit on the bench
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:05 pm
by Watcher
I broke a part of mine not so long ago (the cam); Kranks do the spare parts for a few quid.
Re: One less item of Lee kit on the bench
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 1:42 pm
by rox
christel wrote:You broke it sign01
Reminds me of the day I met my wife. The car door handle broke off in my hand, leaving that same cast-metal crystaline surface.
saddler wrote:You CAN buy spare parts you know!
I still think I'd rather make it into a 'vibra-prime'.
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Re: One less item of Lee kit on the bench
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 2:35 pm
by saddler
rox wrote:christel wrote:You broke it sign01
Reminds me of the day I met my wife. The car door handle broke off in my hand, leaving that same cast-metal crystaline surface.
saddler wrote:You CAN buy spare parts you know!
I still think I'd rather make it into a 'vibra-prime'.
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AH - you too have seen that YouTube clip!!!
Hope your lass doesn't object to you adding to your hobby to the detriment of hers!! :lol:
Re: One less item of Lee kit on the bench
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 12:46 pm
by shotgun sam
e mail lee they will send you out a new one make sure you attach the photo
Re: One less item of Lee kit on the bench
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 1:32 pm
by rox
shotgun sam wrote:e mail lee they will send you out a new one make sure you attach the photo
Apparently they don't have any parts left, and the 'new style' spare handles don't fit properly. Here are some quotes from others who have had the same problem:
"Yesterday evening I broke the lever on my Lee Auto prime tool. I thought, No problem, I'll just get a replacement part. HA! I learned that Lee no longer supports the Auto Prime. Like Microsoft, they have come up with a new and improved version and no longer support the old model."
"Been there done that, good friend of mine sent me like, 3 new handles for the old model... "
"I had read so many horror stories of Lee's AutoPrime tool handles breaking "
"According to Lee the new lever doesn't fit. according to the people who ordered it, it does. Got the "new" replacement handle from Midway today and sad to report that IT DOESN'T FIT regardless of what the reviews on Midway's site say."
I'm really not fussed, and would definitely prefer to turn it into a tube filler.
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Re: One less item of Lee kit on the bench
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 4:06 pm
by Sim G
I'm often surprised when people talk about breakages such as this. Especially when some on t'interweb have stated they have broken their AutoPrime handle several times. Mine is over 20 years old. It's primed ten's of thousands of cases, from .25ACP to .300 Win Mag......
What are these people doing?!!