ams30gts Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) I have a 1200 and 1500 trimmer and both produce very ugly cuts on my 223. I am thinking it is the blades that I use. I use these from carbidenow.com. Anyone else have another supplier for better blades I can try? Edited October 26, 2016 by ams30gts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiggerJJ Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Looks like the blade is in backwards, try turning it around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjacobs Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 X2 to the blade being in backwards. Ive honestly had great luck with the dillon inserts. ~7k cuts per side converting 300blk brass(.400 cut at a time). I only wish they had a chip breaker on them as dealing with the long strands gets to be a pain from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30gts Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 Thanks, will try that tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30gts Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 It definitely was not that. I turned it around (it didn't fit in that well) and the cut was god awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxerglocker Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) Have you used all three sides of the blade? I just saw the link to the blades you are using. Those coated ones are horrible, dull very quickly. I get about 10K per a side of each Dillon blade before I change. Other than the Dillon ones best replacements I have found are blades that come from McMaster Carr and are a TP-41 General Purpose uncoated C5 carbide insert (#3289A81) Edited October 28, 2016 by Boxerglocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaskillo Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Motor spinning the right way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30gts Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 12 hours ago, Boxerglocker said: Have you used all three sides of the blade? I just saw the link to the blades you are using. Those coated ones are horrible, dull very quickly. I get about 10K per a side of each Dillon blade before I change. Other than the Dillon ones best replacements I have found are blades that come from McMaster Carr and are a TP-41 General Purpose uncoated C5 carbide insert (#3289A81) Yea, I tried the blade on all 3 sides and it was a brand new blade as well. I'll probably just toss these since I bought new ones. I actually got an email from McMaster Carr earlier today and they told me to get 3289A86 as a direct replacement for the discontinued 3289A81 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30gts Posted October 29, 2016 Author Share Posted October 29, 2016 4 hours ago, Kaskillo said: Motor spinning the right way? Yea, I think I just have crap blades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcracco Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 I didn't have good luck with those 'anti-chipping' blades. Fast & Friendly Brass sells a good blade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxerglocker Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 On 10/29/2016 at 1:01 AM, ams30gts said: Yea, I tried the blade on all 3 sides and it was a brand new blade as well. I'll probably just toss these since I bought new ones. I actually got an email from McMaster Carr earlier today and they told me to get 3289A86 as a direct replacement for the discontinued 3289A81 Good to know about the replacement P/N. I purchased a box or 10-12 a while back and still haven't gone through 1/2 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30gts Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 8 hours ago, Boxerglocker said: Good to know about the replacement P/N. I purchased a box or 10-12 a while back and still haven't gone through 1/2 of them. Here is their exact response to my email. Quote We sell a similar general purpose carbide insert (3289A86) for $8.50 each or $7.22 each when you purchase 10 or more and we can ship them today. The difference is the ANSI code is now TP-41 (vs. TPGB-2.51E) and the material is now grade C-5 (vs. C-2). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30gts Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 Got the new blades and all is goodie now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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