DIY hand brass trimmer to power

[408w]

What have you guys come up with to turn a standard brass trimmer into a power trimmer? I would like some ideas before I get started.

 

[rjz5400]

Following for ideas, I have a dinky ole lee hand quick trim deluxe.

Gets old fast

 

[seanh]

Following this as well...

I know people before have used cordless screwdrivers, someone I knew used to servo from an old RC plane.

 

[rjz5400]

I have the hand crank one with a handle, anyone taken that off and attached a drill. That's a very reasonably priced trimmer that I would feel bad about hacking

 

[gonzaga]

^^^
I have an old RCBS hand trimmer that I use with my cordless drill. Works great.
Way faster than hand cranking.

 

[rjz5400]

Pics? I'd like to see

 

[gonzaga]

 

[Snuby642]

Lee Precision, Inc.. Deluxe Power Quick Trim

Trim, chamfer and deburr the inside and outside of case necks in a matter of seconds. Hex shank snaps in to cordless screwdriver or drill (sold separately). Includes power Quick Trim adapter, chip catcher, and deluxe cutter assembly. To complete your trimming setup, order cartridge specific...

leeprecision.com

 

[ruebarb]

 

[AccuSol-ERN]

Get a Trim It II drill head and mount it and drive however you see fit.

Best thing I ever did.

I also recommend "running" the bearings in.....if you can. They are a little stiff when new. Nothing a little lathe "run in" can't fix though.

Ern

 

[db2000]

Best $50 I ever spent maybe! There is a trio-prep also. Helpful for swaging primer pockets...or just quickly change out on of the heads on the duo-prep. Other better options, albeit 8-10x the price, are automatic trimmers.

Amazon.com : Hornady 050180 Case Prep Duo Case Prep Tool : Sports & Outdoors

Amazon.com : Hornady 050180 Case Prep Duo Case Prep Tool : Sports & Outdoors

www.amazon.com

 

[flyfisher117]

Put some rubber feet on the bottom of the cutting board. Super secure and easy to use. The cutting board catches the large majority of the shavings. Which I can then sweep into the trough on the edges.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

21st Century version.

I could not find a trimmer chamber for 6.5G, so I bought one of these too.

This is beyond a revolution, it's a complete evolution in case trimming.

Prior, I simply skipped the trimming and retired my brass early because the other methods totally turned me off.

Greg

 

[LooseGoose]

I have the adapter for my lyman universal.

Also made a stand for my Giraud/Harbor Freight combo at work earlier this week:

 

[cobus13]

Great ideas

 

[408w]

I like it much better with the drill mounted vertical

 

[Disfunctional_Engineer]

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Put some rubber feet on the bottom of the cutting board. Super secure and easy to use. The cutting board catches the large majority of the shavings. Which I can then sweep into the trough on the edges.

That's pretty much how my Lyman is set up. I didn't buy the "conversion" but knocked the handle off mine and turned the shaft down to fit the drill. I will say I pretty much ruined it for short cases but it's not very often I'm trimming down pistol brass. I've got a tri way on order and need to make the coupler so I can connect it to my motor and bench mount it.

 

[atvman400]

I guess I'm the only person running a garage corded Bosch drill. I bought some linear slides but haven't got around to building a cradle to run on them that holds the drill yet.