A tip for those who bought the cheap case tube press

[SwissSeiko]

If you also bought the cheap case tube press, and had it work only a few times before it broke, I also had that issue. I attempted to laser weld it, but that didnt hold long. Then I tried to epoxy a sleeve on the failed end, after I milled it out. That also failed. On the other side of the device however, there is a lot of stock and a hole for the plastic die to press into. So I turned a piece of tool steel to fit the hole, left a collar on it to distribute the force, and bored a hole to fit the pushers. Now it's a machine worth $60

 

Here's the side of the failure

 

And here is the fix