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Posted: 11/6/2009 6:34:08 PM EDT
| Has anyone used the RCBS Trim Mate to cut there cases to length and then chaffer and debur all in the same place? I was thinking this would be a cool way to get it all done with one piece of equipment. |
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Has anyone used the RCBS Trim Mate to cut there cases to length and then chaffer and debur all in the same place? I was thinking this would be a cool way to get it all done with one piece of equipment. I've got, I use it, and I don't know how I ever lived without it.... buy it and you won't know how you lived without it too...... |
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The 3 way cutter works very well. Takes a while to get adjusted just right, but holds the adjustments well. You use the 3-way cutter on the Trim Mate? or the RCBS Powered Case Trimmer? If on the Trim Mate...how is it done. (adjustments)? I use the Trim Mate for uniforming primer pockets, deburring primer pocket holes and case mouths, and of course chamfering the mouth as well. But I still use a very accurate Forster Case Trimmer to trim my cases. I would think, judging by how easy I can slow and even stop the Trim Mate motor while uniforming pockets, that trimming brass would be slow cutting. Am I missing something? |
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For case trimming, the Trim Mate is just too slow vs. using a power drill with a traditional trimmer, IMO.
Regarding my Trim Mate, I'll anneal, along with the usual tasks, but for trimming, there are faster and more precise ways to get the job done, relative to the Trim Mate. Chris |
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I dont know how the guy in that video did it but I took a Lee cutter just like the one in the video to a reputable machine shop to have it turned down on the end and threaded 8-32 so it would fit in the trim mate, the guys at the machine shop said it was so hard(RC60 or better) they could hardly do anything with it. Well they finally got it done but the section they threaded isnt perfectly straight so it wobbles in the trim mate, so I never used it.
I do however use the RCBS 3-way cutter heads, I have one setup for .223 and the other one setup for 6.8SPC(.277) but I use them in a Hornady Cam-Lock trimmer since that's what I have and the threads are not exactly the same(cutter is about the same thread pitch but just a hair smaller), but it will screw into the shaft on the trimmer and the beveled part on the back of the 3-way cutter head centers it up perfectly against the cutter shaft so when the loose threads tighten up it's still centered anyway and works perfectly. I can trim, chamfer, & deburr all at the same time and then I go to the Trim Mate to ream crimp(if necessary with Hornady reamer), uniform primer pockets(if necessary with Redding uniformer), & deburr/uniform the flash hole(if necessary with Redding flash hole tool) and then my brass is fully prepped, every thing but neck turned (and I'm not doing that for at Mil. spec barrel) in no time. |
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