I used a peice of steel rod the diameter of the little hole next to the EZ-ject stud (actualy the shaft from a dedeco dremel bit knockoff) and bent it, dremeled it, polished it, and otherwise fit it into place so it pops .223 sized rims out of the machine a little early. I remove it for larger rim sizes. Works like a charm. Need a small vice, hammer, mini file set, etc. and over a 1 hour period i made one that's held up for a few thousand rounds with no signs of trouble.
Hornady told me the machine was not meant to process empty .223 cases and ejecting onto the shell plate was normal in that situation. I modified the shell plate, machined a controlled round feed case pusher, and made the little ez-ject tab and it works as fast as I can pull the lever (which it should have done in the first place, IMO).