Originally Posted By: fw707Originally Posted By: CZ527
Is there a cutter I can buy for this that will just cut my brass flat so I can chamfer/deburr by hand?
You can probably adjust the cutter to do that, but you'll be defeating the whole purpose of an expensive machine.
I kinda like doing the total process on 50 pieces of brass in 4-5 minutes.
^^ this.
the whole point of spending that kinda $$ - for most of us anyway - is efficiency.
i dunno about the rest of ya'll, but the brass prep part of reloading is the part that sucks. I'd love a giraud, but its simply out of my budget at this time. If i ever went that route i would do as others have mentioned and setup a cutter head for each caliber. in my eyes this is about as common sense as using a press that allows quick change die holders/toolheads so you dont have to reset them every time you change calibers over.
i'm using the Lee quick trim system with the power adapter. its not the fastest thing on the planet, but it does all 3 operations (trim, chamfer, deburr) for you in one step. and i can still do 7-8 cases a minute for thick brass like 308, and 9-10 cases a minute for relatively thin brass like 223, 204, 300 blk, 30-30, etc. on the thinner brass you need to modify them for an even chamfer/deburr by removing the ball bearing and replacing it with an airsoft bb, or similar sized bearing. for heavier brass the OEM ball bearing for spring tensioning seems to work nice.
I've tried other options - i have a possum hollow trimmer setup, which works pretty good - especially when in a drill, but that still left me having to handle the brass again to chamfer & debur. The same goes for the WFT - and while they have great reviews, they're $$ - almost $70 per caliber (ouch!). those were a little out of my trial budget, especailly since i reload >10 calibers.
if you want a trimming system thats efficient and still lets you chamfer/debur yourself, you might as well get a Dillon RT1200/1500 system - assuming you have a progressive anyway. then you can deprime, resize and trim all in one pass. It'd be nice if down the road Dillon comes up with a way to make a trim/chamfer/deburr setup for their system too.