On Wednesday I received my .308 and .223 trimmers.  I load them in a bench mounted drill press.  I had a few .308 cases to play with.  The speed was set to 650 rpm.  The cases trimmed alright but there was a bit of chatter.  I emailed

Doug to ask what speed he recommended and he said there was no fixed value and I should try all of the speeds.


I started at the highest speed, 3100 rpm.  Easy trimming with no chatter, uniform length and a beautiful clean chamfer.  I dropped down to 2100 (the next step) and got a clean trim but not as easy to hold.  As long as your hand holds up

trimming with the Tri Way is fun.

Yea.. I love my Tri Way - I've got the .223 - plan on getting the .308 soon. I have just been using my DeWalt trill for now as a motor.. May or may not get an actual motor for it down the road.

Thanks for the report, it good to know. I got the email today that my ,30-06 triway is on the way to me. I will try it at 6500 first. Did either of you find that you needed to adjust it or was it GTG as they semd it?

MI need was gtg out of the box

Holy crap.... have I been under a rock? I need one of these ASAP! Planning on retiring my possum hollow! I wonder if they make one for 6.8 yet...

-ZA

The trimmed cases measure 1.995-1.997.  1.995 is the SAAMI minimum so I felt no need to change.

Here is how I drive mine...

Thanks for making me save even more $$ reloading and forcing me to out and buy one

Just bought mine!

I drove over to the local Harbor Freight store and picked up a cordless drill for $30.00. I also picked up a torch so that I can anneal now.

Im waiting very patiently for mine to be delivered. Should be here tomorrow and I can't wait to try this bad boy out!

I like that idea.  I run a WFT in my drill press at 1550 rpm.  Works well enough, but pushing up kind of sucks.

I agree WHAT! I had no idea!

Nice.  I wonder if they are going to expand into other cases that aren't common parent cases.

I love mine!

Run it in cordless drill. Works well.

Ok I guess I'll have to order a couple.  

This place cost me money ever time I click.

Got mine and tried it out this weekend...... one word....

AWESOME!

Things I noticed:
It puts a lot more torque on your fingers holding the case than my possum hollow trimmer does. I'd assume this is because there is only one cutting edge on the Tri-Way and there are four on the P-H "mill". It also takes a little longer to do the trim with the Tri-Way, you can't go nearly as fast as with the P-H.

Using the .223 Rem trim setting from Giraud, it trimmed my resized brass to 1.745". The case they included measured out at 1.750" OAL. I'm assuming this is because I may be resizing my brass a tad too much, and then lopping off some extra with the trimmer. I retracted the blades on my Tri-way so they cut my brass to 1.750". More neck tension and less trimming. I could have backed off my resizing die, but I really only shoot autoloaders, and I'm not a fan of not resizing enough.... been there, done that.

This saves me ALOT of time on brass prep and is MUCH MUCH MUCH cleaner than the P-H. Money well spent!

-ZA

Being a mechanic I have lots of tools lying around. Last week I was looking for a way to hold cases for primer crimp reaming. Rooting through one of my old tool boxes I found a pair of these.


Spark plug wire "boot" pullers or "sissy pliers" as we used to call them. No more hand cramps.