Brass Trimming made easy!
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I have a problem guys, I have a .45acp case trimmer from lee... with the lock stud to do manual or hook up to a cordless screwdriver/drill. I find that the case length gauge is extremely hard to insert into the casing and often gets stuck! Not many of my cases in .45acp are considerably stretched, but I have it, and figure it should work! All it does, is spin the casing around on the lock stud and ruin it by wearing down the brass.... any ideas? Perhaps I should try some of the RCBS case lube I have kickin' round?
Heh, heh, heh...
ROTFL... Glad to see I'm not the only one.Actually, this guy's setup looks interesting. Especially since I don't have a drill press at home and it would be cheaper than finding room for and buying a floor model drill press. (8mm mauser brass is too long with the Lee cutter and vise to use a bench mounted one).
Yes, FRY... that is the problem with the Lee cutter for all the calibers. That's why I had to use the DP at work and they still spin. It's nearly impossible to hold cutter using a hand drill (cordless or corded) when they do that. Since the Lee is only for length, I run some emery cloth over the length gauge when they are new to reduce the diameter so they will fit inside the resized case mouths.
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That's not the problem I'm having.. the case length gauge won't go into the mouth of the case all the way! It's super bar tight... and then the lock stud just spins on the base of the casing and wears the brass off... nothing gets trimmed. It should be the other way around! This happens with both methods, drill and manual turning. I'm wondering if the case length gauge diameter is a tiny tiny tiny tad too big? It says .45acp but I tried 10 casings of different headstamps and same thing... casing mouth locks over the gauge and the "LOCK"stud doesn't lock at all, but spins and wears the headstamp. I only have this issue with .45acp casings.
If the gauge is to tight, chuck it in a drill press or hand drill and spin it with some emery cloth. Some gauges are sent out too tight and that is the fix
as for ease of trimming I did this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZGkWUtKz4k
watch at 1:15
Lee cutter and gauge, cordless drill and a clamp, that way I can clamp it to the table where i want it and keep a pan under it to collect trimmed brass. I just use a slow rotation setting on the drill, sure beats the hand crank.
I use my metal lathe to spin the Lee cutter/pilot. Takes about an hour to trim a decent sized dog food dish full of .223.
I gotta come up with something less abusive on the sides of my fingers, than the damned knurling on the lee case holder, though. Was thinking of butchering up a set of vice grip style pliers into a holder.
Cheers
Trev
I gotta come up with something less abusive on the sides of my fingers, than the damned knurling on the lee case holder, though. Was thinking of butchering up a set of vice grip style pliers into a holder.
Cheers
Trev
