Henderson Precision G2 - Mounting and Initial Impressions

[forty_caliber]

My toy arrived. I spent some time out in the shop getting it ready to go.

Arrived in a heavy cardboard box with lots of packing. I received all of the items that I ordered. Fit and finish on this tool are excellent to perfect. Well made heavy duty tool that I can pass on to future reloaders.

Planned to mount this tool to an unused Inline Fab quick change plate that I had on hand.



Had to make some new holes in the plate


Mounted and ready for use. Installed some DIN rail on the front of the bench to hold Ackro bins.



30-30 case ready for trimming. Setup was quick and simple. Unscrew the big red handle all the way out to change the collet to a #2 Forster. Loosen 1 allen set screw to remove the .223 cutter. Slide .308 cutter onto the spindle and tighten set screw.



Out of shop time today, but will be setting the trim length and getting this going soon.

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[PWC]

Saw a video on U tube about this.......if I were a hi volume reloader, THIS is what I would have.

 

[Demi-human]

Very nice! And, it’s red! Red tools always work better than any other color.

A power trimmer is in my future,too. I’ve burned up the last battery I’m going to replace in my drill. It’s getting a direct wire to a wall wart, and put on the end of my manual trimmer.

I like your new toy!

 

[tightgroup tiger]

From the looks of the cutter, it looks like is inside chamfers at the same time or is it just a shadow?

Edit: looked it up and according to add:
https://www.hendersonprecision.com/product-page/tri-trim-case-trimmer
Forster 3-1 carbide cutter 14deg inside chamfer-30 outside chamfer

 

[forty_caliber]

I got the new trimmer set up for 30-30 this morning and trimmed 500 cases. I was getting 6-8 cases per minute through the machine. Due to the dead mechanical stop, there was very little variance in case length as I spot checked throughout the process. I was seeing mostly dead on with a few too long with +.0005 or .001. I didn't spot any short cases.



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[forty_caliber]

Closing thoughts.

All in all trimming the cases was much faster compared to my previous tool (Hornady case prep center).

Accuracy and consistency of the final product is better than anything I've owned in the past.

Little to no fatigue after trimming 500 cases.

After a short learning curve, I found it easy to perform the cutting operation with my left hand while feeding cases with my right hand. Getting a feel for placement into the collet was a little awkward at first but muscle memory quickly developed. Getting the case to line up with the pilot was also a learning curve. I found that if you loosely place the rim of the case into the collet is was easy to guide the neck onto the pilot before making the collet tight.

I quickly developed confidence in the accuracy of the machine. There is little to go wrong once the stop is set at the desired length. The carbide cutters should last many years without much wear working brass. For the cost of a cap-screw and nylon lock nut it will be easy to have a dedicated stop for every caliber. I found that with the variable speed motor at full speed (~1700rpm) produced some chatter during cutting. Stepping the speed down to about the middle plus a little produced a finer cut with less chatter. This change in cutter speed did not impact production throughput.

For those of us with arthritis and/or carpal tunnel syndrome this tool reduces hand fatigue significantly. This is mainly due to the oversize handle with the collet to hold the cartridge. Once the cut is finished just a 1/8th turn of the handle drops the finished case into the tray. The same 1/8th turn locks the next cartridge in place.

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