I bought a used Star lubesizer from a nice gentleman who's had to stop reloading due to health reasons - it's pretty darned sad to see a competitive Bullseye shooter taken out of circulation like that *grumble*
Anyway, I've wanted a Star for years (because my RCBS is rather slow, and I shoot a lot of .45acp handgun - IDPA/IPSC type stuff) and got this one at a very good price. I have it mounted on my bench with an aluminum plate/clothes-iron combo for heat and melted the old lube out so I can use my favorite Carnauba Red:
Got the depth set up nicely for both 230gr RN and 200gr SWC - same depth works for both (woohoo!):
(A few teeny spots of lube on the nose, but I'll get to fixing that - I've read enough to know what the causes are)
On to my question - I've noticed that although the handle works very smoothly, it seems to take a lot of pressure to work it up and down. I've watched VTForester's video on Youtube ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8NdY15RstE ) using the bulletfeeder and he works that handle like a champ very easily. I pretty much have to lean my body weight on the handle to get it to move
I've tried with no sizer die and no lube, and it doesn't make any difference - so what else should I be looking at?