In Mar of 15', I bought a Forster trimmer from a member here. He stated that the cutter was broke, but functional, so decided to get it. I put it away and until recently when I began converting more 5.56 brass into 300 Blackout and 277 wolverine I hadn't needed it. So I decided to setup the trimmer to process the brass, but wanted to replace the cutter, I ordered one from Midsouth only to find out it would not fit the old bearing. I contacted Forster, and they stated that yes, sometimes that happened so just to send in the bearing, collar and new bearing and they would hone them so they would fit. I had the neck turner as well and one of the pieces, the cam, didn't fit either so asked about it and sent that as well. I got the pieces back yesterday only to find out they didn't hone out the cam. I wasn't happy about having to pay to ship the pieces in the first place so I figured I would hone the cam myself and just trim my cases for now.
Well, I assembled the trimmer only to find out the base was damaged as well, when the bearing is tightened down it is canted and does not lineup with the brass. It must of been glued down or something as I recalled trimming a couple cases when I got it, and it seemed ok. There was some residue on the bearing and base when I disassembled it to send in to forster. So now I have to get a base for the trimmer as well. I would just go to my other trimmer but I am invested in this one now as I have purchased the hollow pointers, collets, case, new cutter shaft, and power adapter etc. So now I am thinking of cutting off the end of the base and seeing if I can use it as the short base Forster offers; they have a 4 5/8" one for 9mm cases and such, which I normally don't trim, the original is 5 3/8" so it would be a 3/4" trim.
So, all this to ask...has anyone tried to fix one of these bases, force the bearing to align, etc. It's been a frustrating experience so far so my first thought was to just chuck the base and call it a day but figured it didn't hurt to ask.
Canted case
I switched positions of the bearing and collet holder to see if that would make a difference but nope.