Looking to buy a Neck Turning tool or lathe

[chefmossy]

Wanted to order from Sinclair my goto place. All trimmers out of stock. Need some recommendations

 

[JEFFPPC]

There is only one.....Wilson. No gimmicks.....just lasting percision.

 

[LC Tikka]

Stay away from trimmers where the case is stationary, the cut will likely not be square, by nature of design.
Lathe type trimmers where the case rotates are a better choice.
LC

 

[338 dude]

As said above nothing but long lasting Percision my phone always substitutes Percision for Precision also

 

[Mikemci]

+3 for Wilson!

 

[Walt Krafft]

What quantity are you going to do? The Wilson is great for small quantities. Get a Girard for quantity work.

 

[R.Morehouse]

For all my rotational needs I use the Benchrite Case Lathe and for OAL trimming for my benchrest brass prep. I have been using a PMA Micro Adjust Trimmer.

For volume case trimming I use a WFT-2 hooked to an old Ryobe wood lathe motor.....

Regards
Rick

 

[ermadog98]

What quantity are you going to do? The Wilson is great for small quantities. Get a Girard for quantity work.

Had the Girard for years, can't beat it, cut thousands of cases of different calibers and never an issue. Quality of cut is superb.

 

[chefmossy]

Sorry I should have asked about a neck turning tool

 

[PatMiles]

Sorry I should have asked about a neck turning tool

What accuracy are you expecting, what is your budget? These two specifics go hand in hand.
21st Century makes a nice neck turning rig.

 

[johara1]

Stay away from trimmers where the case is stationary, the cut will likely not be square, by nature of design.
Lathe type trimmers where the case rotates are a better choice.
LC

Thats a very broad statement, I use a Wilson and they are square if you turn them a 180 degrees to make sure. I can hold a .001 easy. .... jim

 

[chefmossy]

What accuracy are you expecting, what is your budget? These two specifics go hand in hand.
21st Century makes a nice neck turning rig.

My new 6.5 x 284 has .290 neck and I want to get the most accuracy I can out of new rifle.

 

[Mulligan]

PMA Tool Products - PMA Tool

www.pmatool.com

I have several brands of turners, if I needed another today, I would buy another PMA.
CW

 

[TrxR]

PMA Tool are good to deal with

 

[PatMiles]

My new 6.5 x 284 has .290 neck and I want to get the most accuracy I can out of new rifle.

Accuracy regarding neck turned brass, what do you want as far as "good" neck thickness to "dead nuts on" neck thickness of the brass itself.

 

[BobB1691]

Wanted to order from Sinclair my goto place. All trimmers out of stock. Need some recommendations

I have a 21st century lathe for sale. If your interested let me know.

BobB1691@hotmail.com

 

[Ccrider]

I have a 21st century lathe for sale. If your interested let me know.

BobB1691@hotmail.com

Curious. Have you found something that you feel works better? If so, what?

 

[Dave M.]

For all my rotational needs I use the Benchrite Case Lathe and for OAL trimming for my benchrest brass prep. I have been using a PMA Micro Adjust Trimmer.

For volume case trimming I use a WFT-2 hooked to an old Ryobe wood lathe motor.....

Regards
Rick

The WFT is a great little unit and is dead nuts consistent when set up properly. I own a dedicated trimmer for three separate cartridges and preparing to buy a fourth from them. I use the shell holder plate in a Dewalt cordless variable speed and trim at about 1/3rd speed max. For my 6.5CM I have the trimmer set up to trim at 1.914” and it uses the carbide cutter. I’ve cut 1000’s of cases and the cut is still like day one. The WFT is a great trimmer for the money. I’m certain it’s only a fraction of the price of the Giraud or the Wilson (I’m a huge fan of Wilson by the way and only seat Bullets using their inline seater and a manual press).

Dave

 

[LRPV]

PMA neck turners are fabulous. Your accuracy is going to depend a lot on your use of whatever brand you decide to purchase. Carbide mandrels are a good start. The final fit of case mouth to turning mandrel is very important and accuracy can vary greatly if too tight OR too loose.

 

[tovaert]

I built a peeler (stationary case) from a Forster neck turning tool and some spacers, a PMA mandrel, and then attached to a DC motor. Basically a Rube G. thing. It's not readily adjustable for length, but at this point I only use it on new Lapua .223 brass. You vertically load the neck against the lubricated mandrel, and adjust the speed so you're floating the neck on the oil film, and feed it forward through the rotating cutter. Pics show 500 uniform 0.0015" thick continuous chips, and typical end product. I have not measured the surface roughness yet, but the neck wall thickness variation is uniform beyond what I can resolve. I'm thinking about designing one that is more easily adjustable, for specific calibers, that you could attach to a drill.