3D Printed 300 Blackout Cutoff Chute

[umrek]

I made a chute for the Harbor Freight cutoff saw and brass jig that I use to make 300blk.

The 223 necks and most of the brass 'glitter' gets vacuumed up. The cut brass drops into a bucket (not in pic) on the floor next to my bench. No more stopping to clear out a pile of brass and its much much cleaner!

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[Helocat]

Nice! We need more .300 blk loaders out there too. I sware I think HF only imports those little cut off saws just for the home .300blk out fab market.

Cool deal on the 3D printer its fun having the power to knock out something that is helpful that is for sure!

 

[Caveman Jim]

Are you going to market this?
I built a small retainer wall around my chopsaw to catch most of those little cut off but a few seem to show up everywhere on the shop floor.

 

[Member 5605]

Funny thing about my .3ooBLK, I only cut about 100 cases. Most expensive cases I've ever prepped.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Funny thing about my .3ooBLK, I only cut about 100 cases. Most expensive cases I've ever prepped.

I have enough 223/556 cases coming into the shop that have neck and shoulder defects that the bucket fills up quickly and I have to pull off prepping 223/556 and start to convert them. It's a labor of love to make something into something else... But dagnabit it sure can wait till after ...

 

[umrek]

Are you going to market this?
I built a small retainer wall around my chopsaw to catch most of those little cut off but a few seem to show up everywhere on the shop floor.

I could be persuaded. The hardest part was the design and getting the air flow correct for my little shop vac.....printing is easy, it just takes time. PM me.

 

[Gonzales]

Do you plan on posting this on Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects ??

 

[umrek]

Do you plan on posting this on Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects ??

I have several things I've designed that I'll eventually put on there.

Here's my first version....no shop vac. Was an improvement but still left a mess.

 

[Gonzales]

Cool. Can't wait. I've been needing to pull out the 3D printer and start printing again. Last prints were for Dillion pin holders and magazine followers for 458 Socom.

 

[Grubbslinger]

My low-low-budget catcher. Yours is on a whole different level!

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

My low-low-budget catcher. Yours is on a whole different level!

mine is similar to yours

 

[Grubbslinger]

I used one of those "Kirkland" milk jugs!

 

[matts]

If the file is for sale let me know how much you charge to share it. My 16 year old is printing all manner of stuff.

 

[umrek]

My low-low-budget catcher. Yours is on a whole different level!

I started with something similar. But my jig is open at the end and sometimes it would launch the 223 necks like a bullet!

 

[umrek]

If the file is for sale let me know how much you charge to share it. My 16 year old is printing all manner of stuff.

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Caveman Jim is trying out my design to see if it will work with a slightly different cutoff jig so we'll see. I wish I could remember the name of my jig...bought it second hand.

What type of filament did you use for the grip? I'm curious how it holds up.

 

[matts]

It's abs, i wonder the Same.
If he does it again ill ask him to add a little more material to it up near the attaching end, seems too thin for a duty weapon.
Probably be fine at the range.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Caveman Jim is trying out my design to see if it will work with a slightly different cutoff jig so we'll see. I wish I could remember the name of my jig...bought it second hand.

What type of filament did you use for the grip? I'm curious how it holds up.

Well Kevin, I finally got around to fiddling with the black out extraction jig. The only problem I had with the setup was it did not line up with the brass pass through hole so I just elongated holes enough to move it back a tad to get the brass to go through it regularly. So far it's working like a champ and there is no mess!!!

I did this because I did not want to have to readjust the cut off jig itself because it is a PITA to get set at the proper length. My jig is from Zep reloading (vz58 is his handle at http://www.300blktalk.com/forum/index.php).
The reason I opted to go with his design is it has a detent ball that holds the case in at the perfect angle and once you cut the case and then push a new case in there it ejects it, that was a plus in my book for this jig.

You have a very good design going here because it's so easy to adjust.

Thanks so much for letting me be the first person to test this jig!!!

 

[HighlandLofts]

I will be picking up a Squirrel Daddy jig and tge Harbor Freight Cutt Off tool.
What type of blade do you use on the cut off saw?.

 

[umrek]

Excellent Jim, so good to hear!

I think my cutoff jig is the one they call the "original," looks a lot like this one:http://www.300blktalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=80842&sid=dd5b9949c2d6694d9b725b0c9d2fbb66

It has the detent ball as well but I did notice that your jig has more mass in the front than mine which makes sense why you had to open up the opening.

Do you think if I put large slots for the screw holes that it would have aligned better?

 

[Caveman Jim]

That's where I got my jig also, David is a good guy to deal with. There is a lot of good information on that site!!!

I do feel that for some jigs the setup calls for adjusting forward, backwards & side to side so I agree that the holes should be enlarged.

I did notice that some cuts were very jerky and some were really fast and smooth, probably the reason for the sticking problem I was experiencing after I wrote my post. Some cases had jagged edges and I believe that they were catching on the blue jig. I have not pulled it off to check for signs of scratches but will do that later on.