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Message: <blockquote data-quote="okietom" data-source="post: 2711737" data-attributes="member: 18710">Getting a wood dowel centered in your die would be difficult. If you don't the die would be out of round when you honed it. If you do try honing with diamonds get the coarest for removal and the finest for polishing the scratches out of the carbide. Spend double the time with the fine diamonds as you do with the coarse. I don't know how the diamonds are sized at Hobby Lobby.I have lapped the ID of carbide dies used on high speed punch presses used to punch diskette media. The slugs would hang up in the ID and polishing them helped. I used a drill press with a wooden dowel wrapped in thin foam rubber that was covered with diamond lapping paper.  The foam helped keep even pressure around the ID to help with the centering problem. It was about a 1000 grit or finer, depending on what I found in the shop first.I never measured the id to see what I removed but it would help with the slug sticking problem. Blitzfike is right about keeping it moving in and out.I would try sending it in to Redding and asking them to increase the id to your spec. They are better setup for it.</blockquote>