I ship via USPS and provide a tracking number upon shipment. Shipping will be $20.00 extra to the lower 48 states only. As usual, the first to post an "I'll Take It" here, followed immediately with a PM to me with your shipping address, gets the item(s). These include no dies/plungers, but they are available through Magma and a few other manufacturers. For mine, I put a can under the Star and they fall into the can. Star luber/sizers push the bullet all the way through and out the bottom as opposed to others like the RCBS and Lyman, where they push the bullet down, then back up again and you have to remove it with your fingers. I'm asking $300 for the one with the air cylinder and $275 for the one without it. One has the air cylinder recently installed on it for more of an "automatic" lube feed. Both were in service at the time of his death, so they should work fine, but show dust and lube on them. 45 cal Star sizing die with this machine so I feel pretty good now.I have for sale, 2 Star Machine luber/sizers from my buddy's estate I'm selling for the widow. So to sum this up when I first realized that this was a Phelps machine instead of a Star I was a little dissapointed but after using it now I think I would buy another if given the chance! Also I forgot to mention that I also got a. I had had this trouble with my Star and had called for help. The pump on the machine worked fine no leaks what so ever and when a bullet grease band showed a glitch one turn on the resevior handle and you were back in business! And actually that is how it is suppose to work and also had no trouble with excess lube on the nose of the bullets which the nice people at Magma told me was because of excess pressure in the resevior. "Kieth Style" SWC bullets with some homemade beeswax mix. I'm going to have to admit that once I started using this machine that I really enjoyed it! I was lubing some RCBS 150 gr. Having a lathe I think I can fix the nose punch into a base punch so there's nothing lost there! I don't really care for this being used to a Star so changed this out with my Star punch which fit perfectly and sized everything nose first as I'm used to. First off the punch that came on the sizer is not a bullet base punch like a Star but a nose punch where you wuold put the base in the die first and push it through with the ram. Well I thought I would give my observations on my Phelps lubrisizer after finally using it. If you have means to take some pictures of your lube-sizer, post them or send to the admin and get them posted so we can see condition and perhaps lend more support to your idea it is a Phelps. They can also rework dies so it would be a great site to check out if you are not happy with a die, need one specially made, etc. I found them to be wonderful to work with and they make great dies that work with Star, Phelps and other lube-sizer tools. I also recommend Stillwell Tool and Die at if you need any dies. Just do not expect to rebuild it for less than a new Magma Star, but Hycar washers, springs, and other incidental parts that may need to be replaced are reasonable and will keep yours running for years if you care for it properly. Magma Engineering is always most interested in selling you a new product, but they also carry parts you can purchase to keep your Star or Phelps running just fine. Verifying your Star dies fit and work means the most important part - the quality of the dies that do the resizing - is perfectly fine. I'd consider a Phelps in good condition as much preferred, $100 is not a bad price. It will take hundreds of dollars to put it back to operational condition, or many hours with a welder, grinder, and machine tools. Once it was cleaned up and inspected, it was nearly a basket case from misuse and neglect. I once paid a good sum for a Star Lube-Sizer that appeared to be in fair condition. We do have some informational brochures, and the Phelps was a copy of the Star, so operation should not be different in any way. To the matter of whether Phelps or Star is better, you can certainly find many sides here. A good seller will take interest after the sale. I would approach it as if it was a possible mistake and you can work with them if you feel there are some adjustements needed to price, or just to satisfy that you were not intentionally mislead. If the seller represented it as a Star, then you surely have a claim against them, and should at the least ask them to demonstrate how they came to the representation. I do believe that in order to verify whether yours is a Star or Phelps, you have only to examine the aluminum base to see if it is stamped Star Machine Works or if it is not.
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