Dillon 1000/1050 toolhead

[flutedchamber]

Is the Dillon 1000 toolhead the same as the one for the 1050? I bought one off of Ebay a while back. The shape of the toolhead is the same, but the inside hole that the press ram goes into is smaller by about .015 than my 1050 toolheads. This "oddball" toolhead also seems to be made of a different metal (stainless steel??) Could this be a toolhead for a Dillon 1000???

Thanks guys.

PS I previously had the word "shellplate" where there should have been "toolhead." I guess I'm too old to think of one thing and write about another. Sorry.

Edited February 21, 2008 by flutedchamber

[flutedchamber]

Is the Dillon 1000 toolhead the same as the one for the 1050? I bought one off of Ebay a while back. The shape of the toolhead is the same, but the inside hole that the press ram goes into is smaller by about .015 than my 1050 toolheads. This "oddball" toolhead also seems to be made of a different metal (stainless steel??) Could this be a toolhead for a Dillon 1000???

Thanks guys.

PS I previously had the word "shellplate" where there should have been "toolhead." I guess I'm too old to think of one thing and write about another. Sorry.

Ok guys, I asked the tech today when I ordered my replacement parts for my case cleaner. He said the very first toolheads for the RL1050 were nickel steel, which apparently mine is. Exactly why the center hole is not the same size he had no answer for.

[dillon]

See if a magnet sticks to it. The RL1000 toolheads are stainless steel, whereas RL1050 toolheads

are ductile iron. early ones were nickel plated.

The two toolheads DO NOT interchange. The RL1000 toolhead is easliy identifyable by having holes

around the periphery of the toolhead for set screws to lock the dies in place, and a mostly round

circumference. The RL1050 toolheads are contoured to follow the dies around the periphery.

[flutedchamber]

See if a magnet sticks to it. The RL1000 toolheads are stainless steel, whereas RL1050 toolheads

are ductile iron. early ones were nickel plated.

The two toolheads DO NOT interchange. The RL1000 toolhead is easliy identifyable by having holes

around the periphery of the toolhead for set screws to lock the dies in place, and a mostly round

circumference. The RL1050 toolheads are contoured to follow the dies around the periphery.

This toolhead center hole is too small to fit the ram on either of my 1050's. It is magnetic and not the round type, so it must be an early 1050 unit. Is this a defective part/warranty item??

[dillon]

The inside diameter of the shaft hole in an RL1050 toolhead is 1.329", +/-.001"

This dimension has never changed. What does this hole measure on the

toolhead in question? Can you post a picture of the toolhead so it can be

identified exactly?

[flutedchamber]

The inside diameter of the shaft hole in an RL1050 toolhead is 1.329", +/-.001"

This dimension has never changed. What does this hole measure on the

toolhead in question? Can you post a picture of the toolhead so it can be

identified exactly?

I measured my toolhead. It measured 1.318, and the surface finish on the hole wasn't as smooth as the finish on the top and bottom of the toolhead. So...I scratched it with a nail and some of it came off. To make a long story short, the previous owner must have had a press with a worn ram and mixed some stainless steel epoxy which made the toolhead fit better on his press. Except for the finish quality, the color matched the toolhead perfectly. After I scraped all the junk out, the hole measures 1.330.

Sorry, but it was something that I never expected to find on the toolhead. I first thought maybe it went to the early 1000 press.

Thanks.