Things are better but...man. What a learning curve. When I finally get this dialed in--assuming I do --I'll have to write a post on everything I as a newbie learned using the Star Sizer.
Kyle's air kit arrived yesterday, had time tonite to install it. Initially, I could not get it to work. Even with pressure cranked up to 100 the device would not feed lube to the pump. In frustration I took it off, reinstalled the original piston and crank screw, and sure enough--that worked. So I removed it, reinstalled the air piston and again, no worky. I took off the regulator, verfied I had air going through. Yep.
I had the heater running about 89 degrees.
Finally, idea! I took a heat gun and warmed up the lube reservoir a bit, as well as the pump area. Voila! Now I get lube from the air system. Not sure why it wouldn't work, but maybe it just needed some love.
Most of the "grease ring" I note in another thread is gone, but I'm back to the lube dots. I'm sure they're from the blocked lube holes in the die (I'm only using one row).
I still have some more things to try (different alloy--this is very hard), different sizing die, things like that. I'm closer to it all working as its supposed to, but still a ways to go.