ezra650 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Early 1050s were nickel plated. Approximately 2000 units according to a Dillon employee. I have some pictures I thought would be neat to share. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ezra650 Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 Sorry for the weird cropping. Had to get image size down so they would upload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigarmsp226 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Ezra - Thanks for sharing. I had no idea such a group of reloaders existed. I wonder what Dillon’s thinking as to why nickel coat the machines and then why they stopped? Guessing as a rust inhibitor and they stopped because of cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezra650 Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, Sigarmsp226 said: Ezra - Thanks for sharing. I had no idea such a group of reloaders existed. I wonder what Dillon’s thinking as to why nickel coat the machines and then why they stopped? Guessing as a rust inhibitor and they stopped because of cost? The rep I was talking to said that people were complaining because you could see the scuff marks in the finish from where the high spots had been sanded down. I'm guessing like what you see on the toolhead. Anyway, yea I though it was an interesting bit of history and there are no pictures of them on the web that I could find. These pictures came from Dillon of a press they currently have in their shop for a repair/rebuild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckS Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 From the Dillon forum https://www.dillonprecision.com/power-coating-press_350_12_1386.htm RE: POWER COATING PRESS? January 9th, 2012 at 7:36am The earliest RL1050s were electroless nickel plated. After we found some lubricants caused the nickel in the crank to peel, we changed to a parkerized finish. Powder coating would be fine, except for the top of the frame where the shellplate rides. Thicknesses in powder coating are too viriable for that location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigarmsp226 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Thank you Chuck for the details and the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 I have one of these I purchased used. It is very cool being a bit rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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