Furhunter
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I have spent this last fall wanting to purchase a power case trimmer as I have tons of 223 brass getting alittle long on the tooth. I thought about the Dillon trimmer ( I have dillon equipment) but you have to buy a special trimmer die for each caliber your trimming, at 40 to 50 bucks a piece that can add up. Plus they make qiut a few dies for it, but not everything I shoot. Another thing about the Dillon that steered me away is the fact of having a vacuum running as I was trimming, really didnt like the idea of that noise factor. I went to the RCBS Trim Pro as it will handle everything with in reason of course. I read the reviews on midway about it, I purchased it at my local Sportsmans Warehouse. All of the reviews on Midway said to get the 3 way cutter to save chamfering time, SW didnt have that so I ordered it from Midway, it got here last night, so I had to play alittle.
First thing I did was mount the trimmer on a couple pieces of hard wood from Lowes. I want this portable so I can trim in the house where its warm/cool, music etc. I also read somewhere somebody used rubber weather stripping to keep it from sliding around, good idea as it works well.
The 3 way cutter is worth it weight in gold as you dont have to use your case mouth chamfer tool, it does it for you. I put a little drop of oil on it from time to time, it seems to cut alittle smoother and keep alittle acid brush handy to clear chips from the cutter head. I will say the 3-way cutter is a PITA to get it set where you like it, but once you do...sweet. Saves the fingers too. The cost of the 3-way head is 45 bucks, you can use different pilots with it, they are special to this head, they have little cutters on them, so be careful when you order them. With the pain involved in setting them up, I might just order a new head in 6mm. Just to keep me from having to change this one. It took about 30 minutes to get it just right, and I stripped the head of one of the screws, with the high quality allen wrench supplied with the head, haha. Heres a pic of the 3 way head.
Different trimmer head results, the regular head on the left, and the 3 way on the right. Most people who have used a trimmer know the flat burred surface in the pic.
I have trimmed about 200 to 250 pieces with this unit last night. I have noticed a couple things, since the unit is spring loaded and the handle is operated by the right hand, I dont completly let go of it as the cutter hits the brass. Reason is if the brass is very long the pressure from the 3 way cutter can rip into the brass pretty easy, I didnt notice this problem with the regular cutter head. It pretty easy to see the long brass by looking at gap between your fine adjustment wheel and stop on the shaft. I baby sit it alittle until it gets close, you can see this on my right hand in the demo video below!
It quiet to use, no problem with my GF watching tv 10 feet away as I was playing with the trimmer on the kitchen table. Easy to set up too, just follow the instructions the first few times. I am pretty impressed by this trimmer, and if you have alot of brass to trim they sure are a great tool.
Heres a link to the little video I took for you guys with my Cyber-shot camera. Its not the best but gives those who have never seen, or are interested in one of these trimmers an idea of how they work. It took 45 minuted to upload to photobucket /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Trimmer Video
First thing I did was mount the trimmer on a couple pieces of hard wood from Lowes. I want this portable so I can trim in the house where its warm/cool, music etc. I also read somewhere somebody used rubber weather stripping to keep it from sliding around, good idea as it works well.
The 3 way cutter is worth it weight in gold as you dont have to use your case mouth chamfer tool, it does it for you. I put a little drop of oil on it from time to time, it seems to cut alittle smoother and keep alittle acid brush handy to clear chips from the cutter head. I will say the 3-way cutter is a PITA to get it set where you like it, but once you do...sweet. Saves the fingers too. The cost of the 3-way head is 45 bucks, you can use different pilots with it, they are special to this head, they have little cutters on them, so be careful when you order them. With the pain involved in setting them up, I might just order a new head in 6mm. Just to keep me from having to change this one. It took about 30 minutes to get it just right, and I stripped the head of one of the screws, with the high quality allen wrench supplied with the head, haha. Heres a pic of the 3 way head.
Different trimmer head results, the regular head on the left, and the 3 way on the right. Most people who have used a trimmer know the flat burred surface in the pic.
I have trimmed about 200 to 250 pieces with this unit last night. I have noticed a couple things, since the unit is spring loaded and the handle is operated by the right hand, I dont completly let go of it as the cutter hits the brass. Reason is if the brass is very long the pressure from the 3 way cutter can rip into the brass pretty easy, I didnt notice this problem with the regular cutter head. It pretty easy to see the long brass by looking at gap between your fine adjustment wheel and stop on the shaft. I baby sit it alittle until it gets close, you can see this on my right hand in the demo video below!
It quiet to use, no problem with my GF watching tv 10 feet away as I was playing with the trimmer on the kitchen table. Easy to set up too, just follow the instructions the first few times. I am pretty impressed by this trimmer, and if you have alot of brass to trim they sure are a great tool.
Heres a link to the little video I took for you guys with my Cyber-shot camera. Its not the best but gives those who have never seen, or are interested in one of these trimmers an idea of how they work. It took 45 minuted to upload to photobucket /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Trimmer Video
