DIY trimmer blast shield

[Drew P]

The gal pal pointed out to me how the glass spaghetti jar we bought wasn't glass. They seem to be making them look glass but they are super thick polycarbonate I think. Anyway makes perfect blast shield for the trimmer keeps all the chips falling down instead of a golden rainbow flying past my face and into my shoes. With a 1/4 twist I can remove it for servicing the tool. The mouth is big enough to pass the whole trim-it.

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[jmorris]

I made one from steel. I didn't feel real comfortable with the HSS blade spinning at 3000 rpm without one.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNXz97yWp2w

[Drew P]

Id love a hands free way to do that. More than that though a hands free way to trim sized brass. The 300bo conversion is very hard on the fingers after a while. I can only do a few hundred and then it starts to hurt my paws. I know you've made that too! But, I don't process enough to justify that machine build. Or do I?

[jmorris]

For sizing/forming and trimming them I use a GSI tool head and die with a Dillon trimmer motor. It's hands free and pretty easy to do 1000/hr.

http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv5/qvideo/IMG_20141231_101016_603-1_zps04d5d37a.jpg

All the shavings are sucked out by a vacuum but that also makes it a loud process. I generally wear the same stereo ear muffs I use when mowing when I'm the only one in the house.

[Drew P]

It would be cool if those Dillon trimmers made their own vacuum for pulling chips.
I don't have a 650 so can't make use of those although I suppose I could make one somehow. I don't shoot enough to justify that particular machine yet.