pertnear
Silver $$ Contributor
I let my CM 1500 warm-up before use. Maybe 10 min to an hour before depending on what I'm fixin' to do at my bench. Can't say as it makes any difference in measuring accuracy(?) I use mine to meter rifle & pistol cartridges, stick & ball powders. I question its usefulness for light pistol loads.
I found a Youtube detailing how to tune the powder dispensing cycle. You can control the speed of the fast dump cycle, when it slows down & when the fine trickle start. But you have to do this each time for certain volumes & powder characteristics. I'd be nice if all the dwell adjustments were automatic & saved along with each load. IDK, maybe the newer more expensive units save the settings(?)
What I find inconvenient is emptying the hopper. The bottom dump cap gets gummed up with small kernels & you have to sort of man-handle everything to get all the powder out. You have to tilt the whole unit & spin the delivery tube to get everything out.
I found a Youtube detailing how to tune the powder dispensing cycle. You can control the speed of the fast dump cycle, when it slows down & when the fine trickle start. But you have to do this each time for certain volumes & powder characteristics. I'd be nice if all the dwell adjustments were automatic & saved along with each load. IDK, maybe the newer more expensive units save the settings(?)
What I find inconvenient is emptying the hopper. The bottom dump cap gets gummed up with small kernels & you have to sort of man-handle everything to get all the powder out. You have to tilt the whole unit & spin the delivery tube to get everything out.
