jmorris

.380 is smaller than 9mm, you can see in the video they drop into the same bin as .223, before the 9mm can drop because of the larger diameter. 38 super has a larger diameter than 9mm and they fall into the next bin. That said, it’s even easier to sort by length. That device can even sort 357 sig from 40. That said, I haven’t even come across any, 32 S&W Short/ S&W Long/H&R Mag/327 anywhere I have picked up brass but will admit most of it comes from matches not public firing ranges and no one competes with those rounds.

That’s an easy task to do mechanically, no need to add the complication of writing a bunch of code and teaching a machine for the simple operation of sorting by size.

I have had one for too long, kept walking by stuff that looked like it could make this, so I threw it together. Really needs a larger diameter cylinder but could be an easy way to make a stand alone auto decap machine.

Certainly could be a difference between 5.56x45 brass and .223. The 223 cases I had when I did the calculations above averaged 95.23 grains each. Of course different brands would also vary as they do with wall thickness. Good use of search function though.

A little more complicated with the added feature of pocket diameter sorting.

This isn’t hand crank but pretty simple and motor most might think it too weak for the job.

I knew a guy that thought he was really smart. He was bragging about figuring out how to reload the aluminum cases CCI claimed were “not reloadable”. About 6 months later and the cost of replacing a Kart barrel, he figured out the difference between shouldn’t and can’t.

Last communication I received from him was May 23, he hadn’t had time to modify the pistol file and the rifle mod he made didn’t work to his liking. He still pops in from time to time though, last time was Aug 26 , so I hope he’s OK.

Federal isn’t the first or only one to put them on their sides, they do make the package so large the big flip tray has a purpose.

I wouldn’t worry about them, steel is by far the easiest to sort out.

Unfortunately case color isn’t a positive ID. Like the brass plated steel S&B 9mm case below, clean and new they look the same as an S&B brass case, a magnet picks them out instantly though. I have also came across nickel plated steel cases as well, my magnet at the case feeder caught it. Aluminum cases, if not already removed during a previous sorting process would be pretty easy because the “N R” in the head stamp. You are making great progress, keep up the good work.

For image capture I was just going to try a glass slide instead of the load cell and have the cases pushed out on to it from the collator one by one, like I did the sorter by weight but a glass slide vs the loadcell. How fast one could get the image capture and logic to work would dictate the direction I went for the sorting device, lots of ways to do that part.

I’m glad to see your still after it. I don’t really know a lot about the code side of things for the project but did gather all the components to put this one together to learn something but of course haven’t. https://coral.ai/projects/teachable-machine/#project-summary Would be interested knowing how you setup the image capture/classification on yours?

The only benefit would be faster conversions between small/large priming systems. Takes less than two minutes on the 550. The 650 has the most reliable priming delivery system of all reloading presses. The complaint most often heard is that they always feed primers, other presses could be so lucky. That too can be fixed. Put me in the “step backwards” group.