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What are you guys using to trim your brass?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 738723" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>many years ago I bought a used Wilson, and completely rebuilt it. The cutter was a little on the dull side and ground wrong for brass. Had a friend resharpen it and change the relief on the cutter. Made a 100% difference. Later on I added my own micrometer head to the end where the screw backstop is. But always found it to be kinda hard to hang onto, so I made my own stand out of some 1/4" aluminum scrape metal I found at the junk yard. Another big jump. Later on I made a larger bracket to hold it and a couple other tools out of the left over aluminum from the first buy. Two years later I see one with a micrometer head in the Sinclair catalog! Had a good laugh over it. The Wilson cutter (and also Sinclair's) is ground to cut steel, and will work OK. The resharpened cutter cuts brass like a hot knife going thru butter, and leaves very little burr to remove. </p><p> </p><p>A Wilson trim tool is very easy to rebuild, and the worst part is the cutter. So don't be afraid to buy one off Ebay next to nothing.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 738723, member: 25383"] many years ago I bought a used Wilson, and completely rebuilt it. The cutter was a little on the dull side and ground wrong for brass. Had a friend resharpen it and change the relief on the cutter. Made a 100% difference. Later on I added my own micrometer head to the end where the screw backstop is. But always found it to be kinda hard to hang onto, so I made my own stand out of some 1/4" aluminum scrape metal I found at the junk yard. Another big jump. Later on I made a larger bracket to hold it and a couple other tools out of the left over aluminum from the first buy. Two years later I see one with a micrometer head in the Sinclair catalog! Had a good laugh over it. The Wilson cutter (and also Sinclair's) is ground to cut steel, and will work OK. The resharpened cutter cuts brass like a hot knife going thru butter, and leaves very little burr to remove. A Wilson trim tool is very easy to rebuild, and the worst part is the cutter. So don't be afraid to buy one off Ebay next to nothing. gary [/QUOTE]
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