I thought I specifically mentioned progressive loaders...
Anyway, mirror & dedicated light has been working, akward, but working.
I thought this *Might* work in a tool head on progressive that DOES NOT have a powder check in that hole,
OR,
Might work between case feed tube and shell plate to look into cases for steel pins or other FOD. (Foreign Objects-Debris)
Since most progressives have a case feed shuttle that takes case from feed tube to shell plate,
And since that shuttle *Usually* drops the case on the full up/primer stroke,
Then moves the case into a 'Ready' position between drop tube & shell plate,
The gap between drop tube & shell plate *Might* be a good place for a self lit, magnified look down into the case.
It might be too akward to see from your position in front of the press,
It might not mount easily in that gap,
It might not work at all,
But for $40 I can find a use for a self lit magnifier.
I'm not worried about 600X or 1,000X magnification,
On those .32, .380, .38/.357, 9mm cases just 2X and direct lighting would be a big help with my aging eyes...
Even .45 Colt & .45 ACP are getting hard to see down into the older I get.
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Me being OCD and all,
I want to see if the CCD (camera) & lights are built onto the circuit board or wired TO the circuit board...
If wired TO the circuit board, it's a simple matter to add length to wires and 'Remote' the CCD/lights.
Small CCD in one place, display in a more convinent place.
That CCD/lights unit is small enough to fit BETWEEN dies under the tool head,
So if you can remote the display, that CCD can mount virtually anywhere.
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On the other note in this thread,
With a fast/hot, low volume powder (like TiteGroup) the probe on a powder checker doesn't do so hot sometimes...
Dillon has 'Large' & 'Small' end rods, and the 'Large' wasn't fitting .45 cases very well, along with the 'V' notch attachment on the case rod wasn't quite fine enough for me...
I turned a rod end that fit .45 cases much tighter, and turned a collar with tighter tolerance 'V' notch, producing a rod that would detect a MUCH smaller variance in charges.
One thing I didn't expect with the factory Dillon setup,
That powder checker WILL detect a 0.047" x 0.255" steel in left in a pistol case,
And the factory rod WILL detect a spent primer in a .308 case.
As for how a spent primer managed to make it into a .308 case that had been tumbled, separated, went through a case feeder, deprimed, resized, stored until loaded, back through the case feeder, primed, charged and THEN the powder checker found the spent primer inside...
How that primer got there, and stayed there, is one of the mysteries of the universe, but the Dillon powder check found it... And that's saying something!
The Dillon powder checker is a fine unit, if pricy,
There is room for tuning for specific applications, but all in all it's pretty good for its application!