And what did I win off the prize table at Southwest Nationals? A complete loaded AutoDod. Thank you F Class Products. Damn excited to use this for turning my brass. Will be using this video to assist in setting it up.
Thanks for taking the time to do the deep dive this tool deserves, John. This is an expensive piece of kit and most folks contemplating it will find your video enormously helpful. One thing... I noticed when you were taking neck thickness measurements with your micrometer that you only took 1-2 measurements, very close together. The true test of a neck turning process is how precise and how concentric the resulting case neck is. If you were to measure your case neck, rotate the case just a smidge, take another measurement, rotate another smidge, take another measurement, etc., etc.... until you've captured 10-12 measurements around the entire case neck circumference, you'd be able to see what the minimum and maximum neck thicknesses are. The obvious desire is to have zero variance, to have a dead-even thickness all around the neck. Producing that requires a dead-straight case neck before you begin, however. And then a tool/process which maintains that. That's the rub. If you decide to do that, to make those kind of measurements of brass coming out of the IDOD/ADOD, I'd love to hear your results.
That is a very nice piece of machinery. I have been wanting to get that for awhile, and I will soon😊. Great review John. Oh, it is a crochet hook according to my wife. 🤣
Thank you John for use my 🔺Delta No OIL Lube🇮🇹 …. I really appreciate 🍷👌 For better use and less waste you can use a simple plastic cap to wet the neck since IDOT works on both the outside and the inside and leave to dry upside down without washing. Once dry you will find a constant closure of the ammunition with a very low SD. Sandro.
As always great job John, thank you I've had my Autodod for a few months now and for the first time in my short reloading life I'm looking forward to turning necks
Sweet machine,but,it sounds like the motor bearings are a bit " sloppy" ? Have you ever taken a dial indicator and checked the runout on your 5C collet assembly. This will affect how true your neck remains to the cartridge wall. Just wondering??
@F-Class John, great overview of the AUTODOD. I'm glad to see you finally got one. The T Handle is a nice new addition. I got mine in 2022 and it only had the hex wrench. It would be great to see your next brass prep and loading steps after turning. Do you Neck size ect. ect? What neck tension do you apply? I've done all kinds of experiments including AMP Annealing after turning. It's really interesting to see how smooth the curves are when using the AMP Press after using the AUTODOD.
Nope, just shoot it and turn is what they recommend. That's about the straightest the brass will get. You're actually more likely to run into problems if you try running brass through a die before turning.
Hi John,, question time! After neck turning, the inside dia of the neck is obviously too big for a bullet, so how do you get it back to the correct size [2-3 thou less than bullet dia] Do you then use a bushing sizing die, or some other method.?
the cnc controller is just to throw away your money for nothing, manualy you can do the same job, i did now thousands of pieces from 223 up 30 without this toy 😂
WOW! Just $2700.00. Must be nice to have some excess cash or have someone give you the product to use and evaluate. Wonder if the improvement in accuracy will actually allow you to win back the money spent?
