Making that Bullet Collator

[rogerandre]

I've run through a quite a few and it looks like cleaning up the funnel and smooth the area out a bit with the file has increased the reliability of feeding quite a bit.

Are there any tips in speeding the actual feeding? I notice that a lot of the slots on the small pistol plate ends up being empty. I notice that using the large pistol plate seems to work a little faster than the small pistol plate, but introduces some other jams. I was thinking perhaps opening the small pistol plate slots a bit or maybe creating a bit of a taper on the plate. Curious if anyone has some experience or modifications that have worked?

EDIT: in doing some searching it looks like a lot of people use the large pistol plate for 9mm. I got a weird jam where the brass is facing forward and catching on the main body. I'll try to get a photo of this the next time it happens, or I'll check if there is a bur there.

EDIT 2: the jamming of of the brass towards the top of the plate and the main body appears to be slightly alleviated by tilting the main body more. I still do get an occasional jam, but it seems like it's reduced.

I have tested various tilts but with a higher tilt I get standing jams. 9 mm work MUCH better. 223 is where I get most jams. The 223 neck fits close to perfect in the holes in the main body.

[TylerR]

Dear Team,

Anyone else that is experiencing jams in the unused holes when feeding 223 brass ?
Anyone that have a cool STL for a plug for the holes ? Right now I am using a hex M3 but still get jams.
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Those holes were moved in the latest versions. I have used heavy duty packing tap, or duct tape to cover the hole if that is happening.
Could also use some kind of filler. I bet even wood filler would work fine.

[Thishadow]

Possibly some JBWELD for plastic.... I used Marine Tex on mine

[rogerandre]

Those holes were moved in the latest versions. I have used heavy duty packing tap, or duct tape to cover the hole if that is happening.
Could also use some kind of filler. I bet even wood filler would work fine.

Where are the holes moved ? I compared the last version (just by naked eye in the slicer) to the version I downloaded in February and couldn't see any difference.
Perhaps just not visible to the naked eye ?