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If you are doing hundreds at a time then the Giraud would be worth the investment. If doing small quantitys then it should work fine. The handheld ones on the end of a drill are all so similar anyways. Look up Gavintoobe and he did a thing on the new lyman brass smith. He liked it.
 
I think it's the best option for the price. I had the Giraud Tri-Way and did not care for it, got a Trim It and sold the Giraud. The Trim It 2 does the same job and is easier to adjust. The cutter is the same in both and the benchmount Giraud too. You can get the trim/chamfer/debur cutter or a flat cutter for the Trim It. After properly adjusted, it makes short work of a lot of cases. You fingers may get tired though. They were good with customer service and made a couple calibers for me too.

I think it depends on your budget and volume of trimming. The Giraud Benchmount trimmer is awesome. The Henderson Trimmer is better still, but neither are cheap. If you have a lot of different calibers that require trimming often, a big one may be a better option in the long term.
 
I had one. I like the design, BUT..... I'm not sure which end of the allen wrench the problem was on, but I could not get it to adjust to be anything approaching usable. If I needed to tweak it a few thousandths, I could not. It would always overshoot and I never had any idea how much I was adjusting it. I am pretty sure the one I had was defective in the adjustment mechanism, but it very well could have been me. It seemed to have a backlash or meshing issue. I tried and tried to make it work, but only ended up ruining a bunch of brass. Assuming you could make the adjustment mechanism work as design, it would be a pretty great piece of equipment.
 
Obvious said:
I had one. I like the design, BUT..... I'm not sure which end of the allen wrench the problem was on, but I could not get it to adjust to be anything approaching usable. If I needed to tweak it a few thousandths, I could not. It would always overshoot and I never had any idea how much I was adjusting it. I am pretty sure the one I had was defective in the adjustment mechanism, but it very well could have been me. It seemed to have a backlash or meshing issue. I tried and tried to make it work, but only ended up ruining a bunch of brass. Assuming you could make the adjustment mechanism work as design, it would be a pretty great piece of equipment.
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I had problems getting mine adjusted. I repacked all the setscrews and that helped. I was using Wega and Whia hex tools so it wasn't a problem with the tools, it was soft setscrews. Once adjusted it worked well. Getting three jobs done at once is great. FWIW, I use a Forster Power Trimmer and three way cutter for .223 brass.
 
Pinetreebbs said:
I had problems getting mine adjusted. I repacked all the setscrews and that helped. I was using Wega and Whia hex tools so it wasn't a problem with the tools, it was soft setscrews. Once adjusted it worked well. Getting three jobs done at once is great. FWIW, I use a Forster Power Trimmer and three way cutter for .223 brass.
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I sold my Wilson cutter and went with the Giraud Triway mainly for time savings, it was nicely made although I could never adjust it to produce a regular inside chamfer, it was always a wavy line. Sold it and bought another Wilson, it's great for consistent trim length and cut quality but the inside/outside chamfering take more time - how does the Trim it 11 compare with the Forster 3 way cutter for ease of adjustment, precise cut length and inside/outside chamfer ?
 
Martin52 said:
I sold my Wilson cutter and went with the Giraud Triway mainly for time savings, it was nicely made although I could never adjust it to produce a regular inside chamfer, it was always a wavy line. Sold it and bought another Wilson, it's great for consistent trim length and cut quality but the inside/outside chamfering take more time - how does the Trim it 11 compare with the Forster 3 way cutter for ease of adjustment, precise cut length and inside/outside chamfer ?
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The Forster cutter is very easy to adjust, there are two cutters individually adjustable for the amount of chamfer and deburring. The cutter head uses a pilot so the case mouth is supported rather than having a single cutter swing around the diameter of the case mouth. The three way cutter just slips over the end of the standard Forster cutter shaft. The two blades are easy to adjust without dissembling anything and while it's still installed in the drill press chuck.

Length of cut is set with your drill press and that can be a problem with an inexpensive drill press. You need a good repeatable depth stop. The most trouble I have running the trimmer is getting a chip in the collet that makes a case set off vertical. I keep an acid brush and and or an air hose handy to clear chips. I have considered building a PVC surround for the tool and connecting it to my shop vac. This setup is great for turning out a volume of AR brass.

FWIW, I like to set and forget trimmers. For small numbers of bolt action brass I have traditional Forrester trimmers, one Hornady and a Wilson Trimmer. I've found most of them for cheap in auctions and estate sales. I also have a Lyman Case Trim Express. The Case Trim Express I like better than the WFT for Grendel brass as I don't get scratches on my cases as chips fall away better.
 
Sorry to revive this but I figured it was better than creating a new thread. I just got mine today, and after three hours and 20 destroyed pieces of brass, I nearly threw it through a window. I am sure someone else could make it work great, but I could not get quality or consistent results. And If I had, I kept telling myself that once it was set up, I was never changing it. However, I never got it to work correctly.

For me, I could not get the carbide cutter head to adjust correctly. There are three screws just on the cutter and I could not get to to cut flush or consistent.

I currently trim on a Wislon. It would have been quicker to trim 100 pieces on the Wilson then spend time setting up the Trim it.
 
Sorry to revive this but I figured it was better than creating a new thread. I just got mine today, and after three hours and 20 destroyed pieces of brass, I nearly threw it through a window. I am sure someone else could make it work great, but I could not get quality or consistent results. And If I had, I kept telling myself that once it was set up, I was never changing it. However, I never got it to work correctly.

For me, I could not get the carbide cutter head to adjust correctly. There are three screws just on the cutter and I could not get to to cut flush or consistent.

I currently trim on a Wislon. It would have been quicker to trim 100 pieces on the Wilson then spend time setting up the Trim it.
 
I have two of the Trim-it IIs. I like that it indexes off the shoulder of the case, unlike a Forster. I also like the fact that you can send them some processed brass and they will make you a die for your specific caliber (in my case, 6x45). Sure it takes some time to set up, but after that it's easy to make adjustments *to trim length* (only). One word of warning...for 3-way trimming of thin-walled brass (i.e., .223 brass in the 0.012 to 0.013" neck wall thickness), the furnished cutter is not correctly made. It will 2-way trim (length...and either the inside or outside), but not 3-way. I mentioned this to them several times. The solution is to call Giraud and order their 3-way cutting tool ($33). It's not inexpensive, but the V-notch at the base of the tool will 3-way cut/trim thin-walled necks. So why not get the Giraud Tri-Way? Limited caliber options...okay for some, but not for everyone. You can get the G power trimmer in many more calibers, but that is much more costly. I already had a small DC motor/controller, so I was looking to save some money.
 
tovaert said:
I have two of the Trim-it IIs. I like that it indexes off the shoulder of the case, unlike a Forster. I also like the fact that you can send them some processed brass and they will make you a die for your specific caliber (in my case, 6x45). Sure it takes some time to set up, but after that it's easy to make adjustments *to trim length* (only). One word of warning...for 3-way trimming of thin-walled brass (i.e., .223 brass in the 0.012 to 0.013" neck wall thickness), the furnished cutter is not correctly made. It will 2-way trim (length...and either the inside or outside), but not 3-way. I mentioned this to them several times. The solution is to call Giraud and order their 3-way cutting tool ($33). It's not inexpensive, but the V-notch at the base of the tool will 3-way cut/trim thin-walled necks. So why not get the Giraud Tri-Way? Limited caliber options...okay for some, but not for everyone. You can get the G power trimmer in many more calibers, but that is much more costly. I already had a small DC motor/controller, so I was looking to save some money.
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Thank for that. I wished that I found this thread prior to purchasing mine. I already broke the carbide cutter. I purchased this specifically for .223 LC brass. Looks like I am on to something else. Look for this in the classified soon.
 
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