Home made power case trimmer

Camel · Post by **Camel** » Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:08 pm

Surfing around the U tube world tonight and found this,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICiNtR-8V8Q

Neat build I reckon, think Bruce made something similar out of old battery drill, but I think his had a few more pieces to it. Just thought it might interest some of you fellas.

Camel · Post by **Camel** » Sat Jul 25, 2020 1:54 pm

Sorry Marcus, gave you a bum steer, its in here.

Branxhunter · Post by **Branxhunter** » Sat Jul 25, 2020 2:32 pm

Nicely thought out and executed, although I reckon I would want the switch in a more accessible location.

Marcus

Camel · Post by **Camel** » Sat Jul 25, 2020 6:27 pm

Yeah, got my eye on a couple of dead battery cordless drills that a mate has, just got to remember to pick them up when I see him, will try and copy this design.

LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Sun Jul 26, 2020 7:04 pm

i use the lee trimmers and put the shell holder in the drill.
i reckon i could do 3 cases to one with that thing.
https://leeprecision.com/cutter-lock-stud.html

The Raven · Post by **The Raven** » Sun Jul 26, 2020 7:34 pm

LoneRider wrote:i use the lee trimmers and put the shell holder in the drill.
i reckon i could do 3 cases to one with that thing.
https://leeprecision.com/cutter-lock-stud.html

The Lee Quick Trim that mounts in the press is pretty quick as well. I use the deluxe version as it trims and chamfers in one operation.

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LoneRider · Post by **LoneRider** » Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:33 pm

The Raven wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 7:34 pm
LoneRider wrote:i use the lee trimmers and put the shell holder in the drill.
i reckon i could do 3 cases to one with that thing.
https://leeprecision.com/cutter-lock-stud.html
The Lee Quick Trim that mounts in the press is pretty quick as well. I use the deluxe version as it trims and chamfers in one operation.

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that might be a better way to go,damnit,more bits and bobs.

Camel · Post by **Camel** » Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:37 pm

LoneRider wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 7:04 pm i use the lee trimmers and put the shell holder in the drill.
i reckon i could do 3 cases to one with that thing.
https://leeprecision.com/cutter-lock-stud.html

Tried them, IMO absolute piece of shit, would rather have to trim cases with my teeth than use them again.

The Raven · Post by **The Raven** » Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:04 pm

LoneRider wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 4:33 pm
The Raven wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2020 7:34 pm
LoneRider wrote:i use the lee trimmers and put the shell holder in the drill.
i reckon i could do 3 cases to one with that thing.
https://leeprecision.com/cutter-lock-stud.html
The Lee Quick Trim that mounts in the press is pretty quick as well. I use the deluxe version as it trims and chamfers in one operation.

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that might be a better way to go,damnit,more bits and bobs.

It's a lot cheaper than the more commonly found trimmers. However, for each calibre you need a specific Quick Trim die ($20~). That doesn't bother me as once it's set up with one of the breech lock adaptors it is easy to swap calibres AND still retain the same trim length as last time (excluding the trimmer fine adjustment). I've set each die up with the trimmer set on the same fine adjustment, which pretty much eliminates any tweaking between die changes.

I've also considered electrifying it but as it generally takes less than 8 turns/cranks to trim a case that would be overkill.

trevort · Post by **trevort** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:35 pm

So camel have you scrapped this project now that raven has recommended the Lee quicktrim?

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The Raven · Post by **The Raven** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:47 pm

I’ve not used other trimmers other than the basic hand style stuff but tell me what you think of the speed accuracy of others.

Here’s just one video on the Quick Trim (Deluxe cutter trims/chamfers, the basic only trims).

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N3VHWQyGkXg

PS. I still want to see a RAF trimmer though!

PPS a motorised Quick Trim would also be cool

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Camel · Post by **Camel** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:45 pm

trevort wrote: ↑Thu Jul 30, 2020 4:35 pm So camel have you scrapped this project now that raven has recommended the Lee quicktrim?

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Short answer, Lee,

But I think you may have already knew what my answer would be and are just having a little isolation fishing trip.

Long answer, nope, I have to go and take my pick of a couple of old 12volt drills, then I will progress from there, already have the power supply fixed, I still have the old transformer from when we had a UHF radio in the house, pre mobile phone days out here, you may have heard of this old techo stuff. Still working out if I need to get a voltage regulator to adjust the speed.

The Raven · Post by **The Raven** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 6:53 pm

And I thought Camel was a fanboi of Lee reloading gear.

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trevort · Post by **trevort** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:11 pm

Wasn’t fishing for you Mark.

Having a crack at raven. Seems he missed it

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The Raven · Post by **The Raven** » Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:12 pm

trevort wrote:Wasn’t fishing for you Mark.

Having a crack at raven. Seems he missed it

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Sidestepped it.

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