Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Reloading Presses ?
unfy:
re: hornady lnl case prep center
Midway reviews of the thing seem to be dubious. I love my LNL press, but given the price tag of the case prep center... i want a 90-95% positive review list with few or no caveats listed. The prep center fails this :(
The uh, cheaper.... lyman thing doesn't include a trimmer... but is also only $100 or so:
http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/case-prep/case-prep-xpress.php
And generally gets good reviews and a tiny price.... I think when I was debating getting a case prep machine, this is what I was leaning towards (over the rcbs prep mate). Don't own either, so can't comment on quality etc.
re: drill
nope, still no thanks. it takes all of 2 seconds, maybe 3 to trim a factory new case on the foster thing. A drill would shorten that to... 1.5-2.0 ? not worth the risk of me messing up and knocking the drill off and messing up bushings or something.
re: cordless screw driver
not a bad idea.... i like.
actually, if I was going to motorize the thing, I'd either make my own motor attachment thing (see: copper plating / motor basket thing) or actually rig a drill up so that it's a permanent attachment within it's own box like the commercial / retail powered trimmers are.
then again, if i had an old / beat up / cheap case trimmer, i can see going ahead and chucking it to a drill hehe.
re: reloading bench
yeah, i'm not too wise, but i have limited options. my computer room (spare bedroom) doubles as my reloading / plating experiment center (no, i don't cast lead in it heh). I have an 8 foot folding table that i bolted a 3/4inch piece of plywood too. Solid surface... and at 8 feet, the table is huge and sturdy (even though folding table... although i've not tried to swage my own lead bullets / jackets). It's also dirt cheap to make (cheapest folding table + cheap 3/4" plywood...). i've got some cheap walmart wood-ish shelving things sitting along the back of it that give me 4-6 shelves to place parts / dies / etc on.
8 feet -- it seems like a lot of room, but unless you make it so you can move tools around (presses / etc), you'll probably find it ends up being kinda cramped after your addiction hobby continues to flourish. for me, my 8 foot folding table is enough for the LNL progressive press, shelves, a MEC 600 jr (or was it 650?) for shotshell reloading, and a small case prep area. Having lots of space available is really important to me when reloading.... seems like I'm less likely to **** up that way.
justsomeguy:
--- Quote from: unfy on February 02, 2012, 12:37:45 PM ---
re: drill
nope, still no thanks. it takes all of 2 seconds, maybe 3 to trim a factory new case on the foster thing. A drill would shorten that to... 1.5-2.0 ? not worth the risk of me messing up and knocking the drill off and messing up bushings or something.
re: cordless screw driver
not a bad idea.... i like.
actually, if I was going to motorize the thing, I'd either make my own motor attachment thing (see: copper plating / motor basket thing) or actually rig a drill up so that it's a permanent attachment within it's own box like the commercial / retail powered trimmers are.
then again, if i had an old / beat up / cheap case trimmer, i can see going ahead and chucking it to a drill hehe.
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The powered trimmer thing isn't really about time, it's about effort. Anyone else who has given himself blisters trimming cases knows what I'm talking about. ;)
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