Dillon to Hornady AP powder cop adapter by OlivereCalderon

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This is a work in progress. At the time of this upload (1/15/18), i haven't tested it but in theory, it should work. I will be testing it in the next few days but am uploading the file so that anyone who wants to test and help tweak it can.
In a nutshell, Hornady does not make a powder cop with an audible alarm. Dillon does but most of the hacks involve either drilling a hole in the press or grinding a notch in the side.
hot it's designed to work - on the dillon powder cop you remove the pin that touches the baseplate of the press, you attach the main body of the bracket. You then you attach a small bolt into the top of the rod to give it the ability to adjust height a bit. Insert the rod into the bracket body, attach the bottom plate, and made you adjustments to the powder cop level indicator.
i'll update this as it's tested and include pictures/video.
Update 1/18/18
I have tested it and it works. I made a couple of modifications for better fit and durability. You will need to purchase a bit of hardware. if I remember correnctly this is what i used
2 - m3 bolts (about 10 mm long long. one needs to have a flat base as it will need a washer)
2 - m4 washers (they didn't have m3 washers)
1 small cotter pin
This is a free design for personal use but not meant to be sold. Id you wanted to send a few bucks via paypal for the design (and for helping you not blow yourself up), feel free to send to ocald@sbcglobal.net
update - I also added a rod that has cotter pin holes with some vertical adjustment
UPDATE - I have run about 2k cases through it and it works perfectly once it's adjusted properly. Once the bottom plate and rod are adjusted properly, then you just need to adjust the alarm plunger that came w/ the Dillon alarm to each specific load you're using. I have run it on stations 2&3 of the Hornady LNL AP press.
UPDATE 9/23/19 - I redesigned the rod to be a bit more durable. It was lasting about 3k rounds before becoming weak and flexing to much. I made it to accept an m3 socket screw at the top for fine adjustment, and takes 2 m3 brass inserts on the bottom.