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Turn Your FX-120i into a Prometheus

For any reloader with an FX-120i, this is a must buy. I've loaded at least 300 rounds now and have thrown twice that many charges playing around with it so far. It's fast and accurate. I rotated the motor inside of the stand 180 degrees so the trickler is on the left side of the scale. It makes scooping and pouring powder with my right hand easier. Nothing is in the way. Dropping the powder charge is actually kind of fun now rather than slow and tedious. It's the best $200 I've spent on reloading equipment and is definitely a time saver in the reloading process.

Thanks for a great idea and product, Adam!
 
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With the trickler on the left, are you using the wind panels? I found them to be critical and hadn't considered putting the trickler on the left side.
 
adamjmac said:
With the trickler on the left, are you using the wind panels? I found them to be critical and hadn't considered putting the trickler on the left side.
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I have never used the wind panels before. I always loaded powder while the ac or heater was off then seated bullets while it was on. With this trickler, I am hoping to seat bullet while trickler is finishing next load thus increasing through put, so I may use panels. I haven't had a chance to try mine out yet.
 
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I've never used the panels before. I'm sure it would work better with them but works fine the way it is. While trying to dump the powder from the scoop, sometimes I'd bump the trickler tube/tray when it was on the right. I moved it over to the left and it leaves plenty of room for a right-handed person.

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I drilled a hole in a panel for the Omega. And leave one side off to easily place the pan. Hopefully that setup will work with this trickler.

I'll find out one of these days when I have time to get it out of the box.
 
Anybody try that with a DI MMX-123?

Mine sure looks like the FX-120i shown.

Adding an Omega a few years ago added a lot to my reloading routine in terms of efficiency; freeing up that right hand completely would be another inprovement.
 
Jdne5b said:
I drilled a hole in a panel for the Omega. And leave one side off to easily place the pan. Hopefully that setup will work with this trickler.

I'll find out one of these days when I have time to get it out of the box.
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This is what i was thinking about doing too, let us know how it works for you.

Phil.
 
I put the entire scale in a 15" x 15" storage cube. and that eliminates the need to use the cover . . . unless you're a heavy breather, or your AC/heat blows air directly at its open front.

That allows a trickler (Omega for me until Adam ships the new one) to work inside with plenty of room to work around . . . and cube's top gives you back the bench space the scale + cube take up.
 
trickling seems to be the key issue. i use tweezers to the +/- .02gn (1 grain of powder) accuracy i want. tonight i tried trickling by very slowly and carefully turning the knob on my redding trickler. and it simply did provide the control i wanted. no matter what i did (this was with varget) it would drop 1 then 3 then 2 then 4 kernels. so i wonder how close this kit comes to providing what i want in a automatic system.

want to see an eye opener, there is a very detailed youtube video of the prometheus. there are some key points about the device, but one of the main parts is the trickling system. and if i could get that one piece (or something similar) integrated with a high end digital scale, i would buy it in a heart beat. I dont need the auto throw, i can deal with the 'start with a scoop' of design. but i want kernel level trickle accuracy.

on a side note, i have some wwII hamilton ships chronometers which were some of the most accurate mechanical clocks ever made. and the construction of the prometheus, with its knife edge on crystal bearings, and non magnetic metals and its various precision beams and pivots remind me very much of the detail that went in to a mechanical navigation chronometer.

someone needs to sell a high end trickler. that seems to be one the one missing piece to this puzzle.
 
SARTORIUS VERSION IS READY TO ORDER!!!!

autotrickler.com

Finally. I have figured out the design changes needed to support the GD503 and Entris 64-1s and I am now taking orders. They will ship in the same timeline as other new orders, currently late June is a safe estimate.

Thank you to those who sent me your scale.
 
22DASHER said:
This thing looks great! I will be ordering one someday!...

Is the Sartorius version the exact same design?
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The differences with the Sartorius are:
- the scale streams data and interacts with the buttons differently so there will be a button to set a target rather than using the scale buttons
- the AC power for the scale isn't powerful enough to run the motor so there will be a separate AC power cord
- there is no empty space for the electronics so there will be a box that the electronics are inside of

Once set up, the functionality is the same.
 
jkl said:
A little bird to me third week of May.

John
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Looks like Adam is a man that keeps his word as I just got an e-mail telling me that a shipping label for my order has just been submitted. My order number is something like 86 and so this is the second batch.
 
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