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Posted: 12/30/2012 1:55:34 PM EDT
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So I am looking to buy my first tools for case prepping and I want my tools to be power tools. I was going to buy a electric drill and just use different bits. However, on youtube I saw a guy using the RCBS Trim Mate Case Prep Center and I really liked it. The reason I liked it was because it had a trimming,chamfering, deburring, and cleaning heads on it. But after watching the video I realized that the trimmer was a lee trimmer that was modified to fit onto the RCBS Case Prep Center ( and it was not easy to modify it). Most of the stations i have seen have the cleaning,deburring, and chamfering heads but no trimmer. Is there any power stations that have all of the features plus a trimmer?
I would buy the RCBS station but I would not be able to modify the lee trimmer to fit on it.... |
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The only one that I know of that's all in one unit:
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/314017/hornady-lock-n-load-case-prep-center-110-volt |
| I've seen it too. I wouldn't want to trim on my RCBS Trim Mate. Mine is set to uniform primer pockets, chamfure inside case neck, outside case neck, debur flash holes and case brush. For trimming I started with a cam lock trimmer that I still use for .308 Winchester. Bought a Possum Hollow for .223 Remington and later moved to RT1200 trimmer for XL650. Not sure what your budget is but take a look at drill mounted trimmer options. There's a couple of good choices to make. |
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The only one that I know of that's all in one unit: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/314017/hornady-lock-n-load-case-prep-center-110-volt I haven't read a good review on Hornady unit to date. It was on my short list until reviews were posted here. |
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The only one that I know of that's all in one unit: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/314017/hornady-lock-n-load-case-prep-center-110-volt I haven't read a good review on Hornady unit to date. It was on my short list until reviews were posted here. I haven't heard raves either. Just answering a question. I ended up modifying my Lyman a bit and using a trio with it. Works great, I just used this in another thread: 
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The only one that I know of that's all in one unit: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/314017/hornady-lock-n-load-case-prep-center-110-volt I haven't read a good review on Hornady unit to date. It was on my short list until reviews were posted here. That is a little over my price range. Since I cant get an all in one should I just buy a small electric drill and switch out the bits for all the prep stages? |
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The only one that I know of that's all in one unit: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/314017/hornady-lock-n-load-case-prep-center-110-volt I haven't read a good review on Hornady unit to date. It was on my short list until reviews were posted here. I haven't heard raves either. Just answering a question. I ended up modifying my Lyman a bit and using a trio with it. Works great, I just used this in another thread: http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn82/Taipan01/reloading/Trimmer.jpg Awesome set up. Do they sell adapters to turn it into an electric powered trimmer? |
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The only one that I know of that's all in one unit: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/314017/hornady-lock-n-load-case-prep-center-110-volt I haven't read a good review on Hornady unit to date. It was on my short list until reviews were posted here. I haven't heard raves either. Just answering a question. I ended up modifying my Lyman a bit and using a trio with it. Works great, I just used this in another thread: http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn82/Taipan01/reloading/Trimmer.jpg Awesome set up. Do they sell adapters to turn it into an electric powered trimmer? They sell an adaptor for the lyman. They also sell it as a 2 rod kit. The adaptor is whats on it. It has a hex head for drills. The trio is great as it has 8/32 threads. Meaning all your rods brushes and a lot of Lyman tools will fit it. Hornaday makes pocket cleaners and chamfer-deburring heads for it. I'll see if I can find some links. |
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Okay, here's the dual pack.
http://www.midwayusa.com/product/720825/lyman-universal-trimmer-power-pack-with-case-trimmer-kit-power-adapter-and-9-pilots Here's the trio: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/245424/hornady-lock-n-load-power-case-prep-trio-110-220-volt EDTA: The one thing about the Lyman trimmers and where a lot of people make a mistake is that you place the pilot into the shell, then lock the shell. Mine was an old one and the rod wasn't around before so I bought it as a separate. Here's the separate link if you have one already: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/736582/lyman-universal-trimmer-power-adapter |
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Okay, here's the dual pack. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/720825/lyman-universal-trimmer-power-pack-with-case-trimmer-kit-power-adapter-and-9-pilots Here's the trio: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/245424/hornady-lock-n-load-power-case-prep-trio-110-220-volt I like the look of the trimmer. Man, I have everything I need except a scale and any case prep tools. I hate the idea of spending $250 for case prep.... I was planning on buying the RCBS Chargemaster for my scale (because powder measures look like a lot of hassle and upkeep, maybe I'm wrong, I'm new to this) |
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The only one that I know of that's all in one unit: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/314017/hornady-lock-n-load-case-prep-center-110-volt I haven't read a good review on Hornady unit to date. It was on my short list until reviews were posted here. That is a little over my price range. Since I cant get an all in one should I just buy a small electric drill and switch out the bits for all the prep stages? That's one way of doing it. Prep center was on sale for $99.00 when I bought mine, then purchased uniformer seperately. Possum Hollow tool I think was $40.00. I would definately go a drill mounted trimmer and maybe a reamer, then buy a cheap chamfure hand tool that adapts for drill. All in, not including drill your under $100.00. |
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Okay, here's the dual pack. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/720825/lyman-universal-trimmer-power-pack-with-case-trimmer-kit-power-adapter-and-9-pilots Here's the trio: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/245424/hornady-lock-n-load-power-case-prep-trio-110-220-volt I like the look of the trimmer. Man, I have everything I need except a scale and any case prep tools. I hate the idea of spending $250 for case prep.... I was planning on buying the RCBS Chargemaster for my scale (because powder measures look like a lot of hassle and upkeep, maybe I'm wrong, I'm new to this) Just little off. A chargemaster is nice to have but you still need to check it every now and then for zero. I do what a lot of others do that don't use an automatic charging system on their presses (I have all the parts to but I don't do enough to warrant it's use. The turret shown is my older one. To make it auto I'd have to switch out parts) as opposed to a chargemaster. I use a notebook with my recipes, a powder measure in combination with a scale and a trickler. The only difference really is either the use of digital or beam scales. I have both but only use the digital now. I used to beam but ahh, what the hell, I like the digital better. It's faster and I can drop a charge to a +/- .04 of a grain. It'll switch to the nearest tenth before or after .05. Kind of hard to match on a beam, consistently. Here's a far away view of mine. Some will have there's on shelves or stacked. Others box theirs in to keep them clean and so on. I keep mine as a unit that I can move wherever I want. The less moves I need to do to charge, the more I prefer it. Anyway, I set the powder measure to 1/10 short then trickle the last 1/10. Here's my set-up with a thrower, RCBS scale (which is portable as it can run on batteries), trickler, some weights, some Lube. I use imperial wax and dry neck lube with bottle necks, one shot with straight walled.: 
Here's a closer view of the set-up. 
It's simple but I works for me. |
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