Eclectsis Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Hi all - Was very fired up to get my new 1050. Brian has been great and the machine is wonderful BUT.... (forgive me - I'm impatient) It seems there is so much grease on the plate that every other casing gets hammered by the de-priming pin and puts a nice dent in it because the plate cycles backwards a bit (due to sticking grease???) The powder die spills several gn each time it cycles. Total mess after a few hundred rounds and I have tired up and down changes from the factory setup. Now powder is in the whole machine so I will have to tear it down, clean it, and de grease it. Anyone else have this issue? Ec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Vigilante Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 I thought those 1050's could clean themselves automatically when they got dirty. They should as much as you pay for them!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 What are you loading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry cazes Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Mine did this right out of the box as well bit it did seem to settle in after a few thousand rounds. In my case, I had to make quite a few changes to the press right away under Dillon tech supports instructions and I also disabled the ratchet mechanism as well. I am not sure if the changes settled down the advance of the shell plate or if the press just worked itself in a bit. I am loading 38supercomp only on my 1050. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itchy Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 I have a pair of 1050s and I don't have any powder spillage issues on either. I load 9mm on one and 38 special on the other. Are you loading powder close to the top of the case? I use VVN320 and my 9mm load takes up about 3/4 of the case, but no spillage with cycling. On my 38 special, i get a little ring around the primer pocket, from the resizing/decapping station, but no other dents. Good luck, Seiichi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorba Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Lary how do i do this dude "I also disabled the ratchet mechanism as well" cheer Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1911jerry Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Check for the amount of play on the shellplate near the seating station. Also check to see if the ball bearing next to the seating die is full of grease and stays depressed in it hole. When the ball bearing does not spring back, the shellplate skips some forward and then backwards. Jerry Snyder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzygä Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Mine did this right out of the box as well bit it did seem to settle in after a few thousand rounds. In my case, I had to make quite a few changes to the press right away under Dillon tech supports instructions and I also disabled the ratchet mechanism as well. I am not sure if the changes settled down the advance of the shell plate or if the press just worked itself in a bit. I am loading 38supercomp only on my 1050. +1 I took the Dillon 1050 manual and read it then I had to readjust the press. It was easy for the sametime I also wipe it clean and grease it with the tips of Dillon 1050 manual. Last weekend I just tear down my Dillon 1050 super after two years of realoading. I clean it and grease it and it work nice again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Norman Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Put the ratchet back, it just might save you a kaboom It is not your problem with spillage You may need to clip one coil off the spring that lifts the detent ball on the shell plate. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclectsis Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 What are you loading? Im Loading .223 with H335. I'm going to break the machine down today and see if I find anything. I will report back what i find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclectsis Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 Mine did this right out of the box as well bit it did seem to settle in after a few thousand rounds. In my case, I had to make quite a few changes to the press right away under Dillon tech supports instructions and I also disabled the ratchet mechanism as well. I am not sure if the changes settled down the advance of the shell plate or if the press just worked itself in a bit. I am loading 38supercomp only on my 1050. Yeah - I know most machines need some time to break in, but mine is all full of powder so I will have to clean it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Sinko Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 My 550B has been spilling lots of BL-C(2) ever since I started loading rifle cartridges on it. It was bad with .223 and now it's even worse with .308 and nothing seems to help. I never had this problem when I loaded handgun ammo on it, no matter what the cartridge or type of powder. It was "tolerable" with .223 but I don't even use the machine to seat primers when I load .308, choosing instead to hand prime them and use the press for powder charging and bullet seating. Dave Sinko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck223 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Don't laugh, but when I got my first 1050 I found a great way to keep it clean without a complete strip down. Babywipes. OK, you can laugh a little. They are tough enough to remove grease and powder, and leave a slight lanolin film that doesn't promote rusting. My boys were newborns at the time, and we were buying the wipes by the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorba Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 thats the best tip i have herd in a long time cheers for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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