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Obviously not hoser. But I am producing 40-50k pieces a week, every week. No idea how much he is producing. I should be in the top three if not the top for production though.
Doesn't matter what you do, the trimmer will go. Have yet to have one make it past 40k pieces. At any given point I have 11 in rotation with 3 super 1050's. Do the math on that. Expensive.
Dillon has been good about taking care of them if they are under warranty. And after having gone through 20 trimmers or more I can tell you a few things.
1. Not all trimmers are the same. Some just suck.
2. The older out of warranty trimmers seem to last longer than the new ones still under the 1 year warranty. Only difference I can tell is the bearing assemblies.
3. Have yet to have brushes go before the trimmer itself. Failure is always in the front bushing or induced by it. Usually bushing goes and causes motor to slow down noticeably. Or bushing goes locking up motor and burning up armature. Upon diss-assembly the bearings and lube are just burnt up. Most of the time I find zero brass has made it inside the assembly. Seems they can't take the heat generated for excessive periods of time. Yes, the front bearing pack would be exposed to more heat than the rearmost due to its proximity to the friction source.
4. My motors have all lasted longer than the number stated by hoser above. By a decent bit. Except for the ones who failed at some point under 5k. Had one motor make it less than 100x. Only way to get this experience is to buy a pile of new motors and see for yourself.
I see guys selling brass dirt cheap (~$100/k). Those guys haven't made enough to burn up a trimmer yet. Makes me laugh a little. Can't wait to see how long they continue selling at those prices after they eat the cost of a trimmer or two, and have to overhaul their press a few times. As was mentioned, the dillon cutters are expensive and have to be amortized in.
There are obviously some tricks to keep the trimmer from getting wound up with shavings. There seem to be ideal throughput numbers and corresponding CFM ratings needed for the vacuum. And my three machines seem to agree with the numbers I've got. Not much value unless you have the appropriate hardware to verify such things with though.
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