Rfeustel Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Hi, Has anyone found something that can autodrive the Hornady LNL AP? I’m upgrading to a different press, but would love to keep the Hornady for off calibers and tasks like depriming, without having to crank the handle. I’ve searched and searched and found nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 motor, gearbox, clutch... arm to drive handle. is the press reliable enough to automate? I am not sure I'd auto drive a dillon 650. said to give you a ball park for my thinking not intended to insult the LNL press. miranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rfeustel Posted December 24, 2020 Author Share Posted December 24, 2020 8 hours ago, Miranda said: motor, gearbox, clutch... arm to drive handle. is the press reliable enough to automate? I am not sure I'd auto drive a dillon 650. said to give you a ball park for my thinking not intended to insult the LNL press. miranda No insult taken. It is a bit of a chitty chitty bang bang press. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 to chase the specs/engineering your rpm to the press I'd think 6RPM to 10RPM and a 100 watt motor... the clutch... that is a toughie. I suspect I'd make an aluminium disk version like the dillon case feeder has. priming is the only thing I'd worry about... miranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merldizzle Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 On 12/24/2020 at 11:50 AM, Miranda said: to chase the specs/engineering your rpm to the press I'd think 6RPM to 10RPM and a 100 watt motor... the clutch... that is a toughie. I suspect I'd make an aluminium disk version like the dillon case feeder has. priming is the only thing I'd worry about... miranda Yes priming would concern me as well. Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyd Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Looking at my LNL's: I don't think an auto drive would work. It's just not smooth enough and I would worry about the primer feed also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrh Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 https://youtu.be/-46d4jIxNIc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) that leave me with more questions than it answers I like the vid. what causes the double push on the case insertion? the primer station has some things that looks like electrical wires up to it. can't tell how that works. it sounds like it is pneumatic and I didn't hear an air compressor. last and not least it looks like it presses at different rates is that electrical control or a function of air pressure on the ram? this question is about overall function. how often does it need oil or other service? miranda Edited December 31, 2020 by Miranda typos and forgot a word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyd Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I like my LNL's both of them 90,664 rounds between, but the auto drive for most people is a stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Auto drive takes all the fun of "why" we reload. No thanks, to much to babysit already. Auto drive just complicates everything. KISS = Keep It Simple Stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC082581 Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I started on 2 LnL AP's and had then running awesome. Now I have 2 autodriven CP2000's and and auto RL1100.....an auto drive on a LnL is not going to end well. It's a great press but too much can break too easily. Same reason a Dillon 650 should not be autodriven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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