Trickling to a pan on A&DFX120i

[Poconolg]

I am going to order the A&DFX120i but I don't have a tablet or phone to operate the Auto powder feed and trickler. What I would like to know is if I put a funnel with a long drop tube thru the hole of the cover and trickle thru that will it work? I would raise the trickler above the funnel with a frame made of wood. The trickler would not be touching the scale. Will this work? I am 63 and I don't have any of these electronic devices, so I try to adapt.

 

[TrxR]

I think the autotrickler setup can be run without a phone or tablet as the original model didnt use them.. Its just easier with.

 

[Mikemci]

You don't need wifi to run the trickler.

 

[Mikemci]

Poco, you can pick a Lee powder scoop a couple grains below your target weight. Dump that into your powder tray, lay that on the balance and the trickler will take it from there, plus or minus .02 gr.

 

[HTSmith]

I am going to order the A&DFX120i but I don't have a tablet or phone to operate the Auto powder feed and trickler. What I would like to know is if I put a funnel with a long drop tube thru the hole of the cover and trickle thru that will it work? I would raise the trickler above the funnel with a frame made of wood. The trickler would not be touching the scale. Will this work? I am 63 and I don't have any of these electronic devices, so I try to adapt.

Can't see any reason that wouldn't work. You'll still need to remove the front cover to get your pan in and out and you'll need to make sure powder kernels don't bounce out.

 

[DangerRanger]

I think that could work, if you want to stay manual I have an old Lee powder dispenser and dispense into a jigger, pour it into the pan that sits on the scale and then manually trickle.

it works

 

[Willie]

I'm old school I guess, but I still set one or two Chargemasters to load .1 of a grain light and trickle each charge on the FX120i to target wt.

I use this method as I use a lot of large extruded powder and got tired of binding the autotrickler.

 

[Mikemci]

Willie, if you're trickling powder, from 2 Chargemasters, onto a lab grade magnetic restoration balance, you not as "old school" as you think.

 

[vegas]

Was thinking of doing something similar myself so curious to see how this goes. Slight sidetrack but typically what are and who has the best prices on the FX120i?

Thanks.

 

[jepp2]

who has the best prices on the FX120i?

Cambridge

 

[ED3]

W

Was thinking of doing something similar myself so curious to see how this goes. Slight sidetrack but typically what are and who has the best prices on the FX120i?

Thanks.

When I bought mine a few years ago, it was Cambridge Environmental
I would check Adam's website for packages, or advice.

 

[Ranger007]

I got mine from Cambridge last year. Their customer service presently surprised me.

 

[Ned Ludd]

I am going to order the A&DFX120i but I don't have a tablet or phone to operate the Auto powder feed and trickler. What I would like to know is if I put a funnel with a long drop tube thru the hole of the cover and trickle thru that will it work? I would raise the trickler above the funnel with a frame made of wood. The trickler would not be touching the scale. Will this work? I am 63 and I don't have any of these electronic devices, so I try to adapt.

How is it even possible for you to operate a firearm without a tablet or phone? According to some people I know that are addicted to such devices, that shouldn't be physically possible.

FWIW - I use the yellow plastic Lee Scoops by themselves with a high-end Mettler Toledo analytical balance. No trickler, no auto-throw, no phone, no tablet, no nothing...LOL. The Lee scoops are the best $11.99 I've ever spent on a piece of reloading gear. However, I am given to understand that in this day and age of tablets and i-phones, french-tricklers and auto-throw powder gizmos, electronic targets and scopes that aim for you, that a brand new set of Lee Powder scoops will now set you back closer to $20.

 

[Shooter13]

I may have an old iPhone you can have, let me look tomorrow and see if you are interested.

 

[LVLAaron]

Yeah, get a cheap used iphone/tablet/android tablet. It's probably 50 extra bucks on top of a 1000 dollar scale setup.

 

[CubCouper]

My process is to just tare the case, then use the thrower to fill it. Set it back on the scale and add/subtract a few kernels as necessary to get within your tolerance. With a Jones measure, I'm usually spot on 8 rounds out of 10, and within about .04 -- or about 5-8 kernels on the rest. Quick. Easy.

I absolutely love the scale -- I've owned about every powder scale available, and the FX is just rock solid!

 

[Patriot007]

Data Weighing system. A&DFX120i scale, $425.00 in stock today. Sorry, they have the Scale, but DWS is no longer a seller of the Auto Throw and the Auto Trickler. BUT, they still sell the scales and any Area419 mods you may need.

 

[STS]

That's a great price.

 

[B Nettesheim]

I don’t want bill gates having anything to do with weighing my powder charges!!

 

[Shooter13]

I don’t want bill gates having anything to do with weighing my powder charges!!

It is not active and he wouldn't need to activate it to use it.