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Topic: Speeding up case trimming and flash hole deburring
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moredes
Junior Member
Posts: 20
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Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 08-08-2002 03:23 AM
    
I use an RCBS Trim Pro manual case cutter C-clamped to the table at an angle so the case-release handle is over the edge (important- details farther down). I installed a 3-way cutter ($35) that chamfers, deburrs and trims to length simultaneously. I removed the handcrank and installed a hex head bolt with a couple of nuts spun down to function as spacers (soldered to the bolt for permanence). I use a socket wrench on the head of the hexnut with a spring extension and universal joint between the socket and an electric drill (not a Makita cordless- I like more torque). I rigged a rope and floor pedal to the case-release handle on the left side of the Trim Pro. I found that just a small board with 2 holes in it works for a pedal when I feed the rope through it. Now left foot releases finished case, right hand removes it, left hand installs new case and right hand operates drill. ~900 trimmed cases in about 90 minutes. I wish RCBS would install a flash hole deburrer on the end of that 3-way trimmer as a pilot... I bought a cheap Taiwan drill press for $35 new at a flea market; installed a Lyman flash hole deburrer ($8) and did the flashholes in the same 900 cases in another 90 minutes. I used to use the Sinclair flash hole deburring tool, but it's twice the price, clogs in a drill, and on both occasions the bit got dull and slipped back into the collar rendering the tool useless (within a total of 1700 cases for the two junk drills). I consider the Sinclair unadulterated junk. Lyman deburrer is still going strong after 4000 cases, for $8 .
[This message has been edited by moredes (edited 08-08-2002).]
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Greg
Administrator
264 RLB #1
Posts: 7859
From: Orange County, New York
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 08-08-2002 12:18 PM
 
Sounds like an interesting contraption you made up. If you have a digital camera take a few pictures and email them to me at bboard@reloadbench.com. I'll post them on this thread for others to see.------------------
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bigdaddytacp
Senior Member
Posts: 102
From: Jackson,Tn.USA
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 08-08-2002 05:36 PM
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Originally posted by moredes:
I use an RCBS Trim Pro manual case cutter C-clamped to the table at an angle so the case-release handle is over the edge (important- details farther down). I installed a 3-way cutter ($35) that chamfers, deburrs and trims to length simultaneously. I removed the handcrank and installed a hex head bolt with a couple of nuts spun down to function as spacers (soldered to the bolt for permanence). I use a socket wrench on the head of the hexnut with a spring extension and universal joint between the socket and an electric drill (not a Makita cordless- I like more torque). I rigged a rope and floor pedal to the case-release handle on the left side of the Trim Pro. I found that just a small board with 2 holes in it works for a pedal when I feed the rope through it. Now left foot releases finished case, right hand removes it, left hand installs new case and right hand operates drill. ~900 trimmed cases in about 90 minutes. I wish RCBS would install a flash hole deburrer on the end of that 3-way trimmer as a pilot... I bought a cheap Taiwan drill press for $35 new at a flea market; installed a Lyman flash hole deburrer ($8) and did the flashholes in the same 900 cases in another 90 minutes. I used to use the Sinclair flash hole deburring tool, but it's twice the price, clogs in a drill, and on both occasions the bit got dull and slipped back into the collar rendering the tool useless (within a total of 1700 cases for the two junk drills). I consider the Sinclair unadulterated junk. Lyman deburrer is still going strong after 4000 cases, for $8 .
[This message has been edited by moredes (edited 08-08-2002).]
I mounted my trimpro on a board also and made a metal handle to bolt to the board that ends up below the trimmer plate handle and parralel to it about 2in.below...and also but a nut on the shaft and a socket with a flexiable shaft and use a cordless drill/heavy torque and mounted the drill in a fixture/saddle that rides in a slot cut into the board in line with the trimmer shaft and two round rods on the bottom of the saddle mount slide in the slot.....I can bolt it to the bench or often sit outside and hold the board in my lap and the metal rod at the handle lets me squeeze the trimpro handle and the rod and open the shell plate.....as for the Sinclair...they SAY not to use it under powder!!!!!it's for hand held use and the RCBS type is reccomended by them for under power use.....they are good people and make quality products but improper use can destroy anything! good luck and good shooting!!!!
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moredes
Junior Member
Posts: 20
From:
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 08-10-2002 11:59 AM
Greg,Sorry, no camera. Bigdaddy, You're right about the Sinclair being used as a suggested hand tool, of course. But my first Sinclair clogged by hand just as badly as on the drill; my point actually, was that the job could be done at least 10 times faster with a Lyman in a drill press. Total cost, ~ 2.5x the cost of the Sinclair tool.
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