Made a few cartridges on the new press tonight.
I'm doing 5.56, and I have no automatic case or bullet feeder, and I manually feed my primers. I have one of the older priming attachments, and its main function seemed to be to scatter primers across the floor, so I stopped using it a long time ago. I understand from the posts that the new ones are better, so one of those may be coming along.
The bench plate is almost a necessity. I formerly had two shotgun presses on the end of the bench, behind where the new press is mounted, and it made parts of my bench hard to reach. Now I can switch out a press in just a couple of minutes. That, plus the new mount is more secure.
I carefully checked the clearances with the lever arm up, and put my bench plate about 1/8" back from the edge of the bench. That was a mistake. When you bring the lever arm down, the dead primer disposal tube does not clear the front of the bench. Even if I had put the bench plate out flush, it would have been a problem. My bench is 3" thick, so it probably won't be a problem on some benches. Check your clearances with the lever arm down. If you have a problem, you can probably hang the bench plate over the edge 1/8" and be clear.
I've been loading on an LCT for quite a while, and the new press takes an entirely different rhythm. I was going
very slowly, about 3-4 rounds per minute. That still beats the LCT. The time should improve a lot as my old brain accepts the new rhythm and as I smooth out the workflow.
This is the best setup procedure I have found so far: First set the sizing die so that it just touches the shellplate. This die will determine how close the shellplate will come to the die deck. Then put a case in the third slot, and position the seating die so that it just touches when the lever arm is fully down. Put on the charging die, and screw it in so that it just completes the powder dump as the lever arm is brought down. Finally, screw the crimp die just far enough that the collet closes as far as you want it to close. Then walk a single cartridge around from start to finish to see that everything works.
By mistake, I ordered a Hornady bullet dispensing die for 9mm. I simply didn't notice that the web page had Lee products next to Hornady. Duh. At $28, though, it seems like it ought to work when I get done with 5.56 and do some 9mm.
I'm using my old powder measure at the moment. I'll probably get to the Drum Measure in the next day or two.
I'll post video soon, after I get a couple of kinks out of the process.