trimming cases using harbor freight mini cut off saw ?

[mosby's men]

how are y'all using this to trim cases have you made a jig for the .40 cal cases to fit in that is just the right lenth?
seems like measuring and clamping each case would get old very fast
tia
MM

[anotherred]

Drill a hole in piece of aluminum to hold the case. Add some sort of depth stop for repitive cuts.

[thebigmac]

Drill a hole in piece of aluminum to hold the case. Add some sort of depth stop for repitive cuts.






Look in "You Tube" for "making 300 black cases from .223 cases".

That will answer lots of your questions..... bigmac

[BT Sniper]

here is what I use. Mini chop saw with RCBS case trimmer and simple jig. Works perfect. Made thousands of cuts all within pretty tight tolerances.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?53857-Cutting-jackets-made-easy&highlight=

BT

[DukeInFlorida]

I bought a set of adjustable length fixtures through chuckbuster (he has a machinist friend who does amazing work), for my harbor freight chop saw.
I kept meaning to make a video of it, but it's all packed until I get unpacked in the new reloading room. Currently building the new bench.

The fixture has a base which attaches to the HF saw. And, then a series of caliber fixtures attaches to the base fixture. A hand screw allows adjustment of varying lengths for each caliber, and the cuts are always perfect. The caliber fixtures use the spring loaded, "pop through" idea to release the just cut brass when the next one is inserted. I had him make me exchangeable fixtures for:
.223 to cut to make either 300 aac blackout or swage-bullet donor parts for .308
9mm to cut to make custom .40 S&W bullets
.40 to cut to make custom weights of 45 acp and 45 LC bullets
.45 ACP to cut to make custom weights of .500 S&W magnum bullets

The cost wasn't all that bad, considering the amazing engineering and machining that went into it. Chuckbuster tells me that his machinist documented all the design and machining, so it's all repeatable. Check with Chuckbuster to get current pricing:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/member.php?10754-chuckbuster

[mosby's men]

i PMed chuckbuster no reply ...
I bought a set of adjustable length fixtures through chuckbuster (he has a machinist friend who does amazing work), for my harbor freight chop saw.
I kept meaning to make a video of it, but it's all packed until I get unpacked in the new reloading room. Currently building the new bench.

The fixture has a base which attaches to the HF saw. And, then a series of caliber fixtures attaches to the base fixture. A hand screw allows adjustment of varying lengths for each caliber, and the cuts are always perfect. The caliber fixtures use the spring loaded, "pop through" idea to release the just cut brass when the next one is inserted. I had him make me exchangeable fixtures for:
.223 to cut to make either 300 aac blackout or swage-bullet donor parts for .308
9mm to cut to make custom .40 S&W bullets
.40 to cut to make custom weights of 45 acp and 45 LC bullets
.45 ACP to cut to make custom weights of .500 S&W magnum bullets

The cost wasn't all that bad, considering the amazing engineering and machining that went into it. Chuckbuster tells me that his machinist documented all the design and machining, so it's all repeatable. Check with Chuckbuster to get current pricing:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/member.php?10754-chuckbuster

[Forrest r]

It's not a high-tech setup but I use it to cut my 9mm & 40s&w cases using the hf saw, post #9.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?217058-Trimming-Jig