RedHawk357Mag
New Member
Good morning all. I have a question for those that might trim brass or experience with carbide cutting tools. I use a Wilson cutter which I find does a fantastic job of easily cutting case mouths square and at desired length. As the insurance commercial goes...even a cave man can do it. My question is about the carbide cutters. I seem to dull these things much faster than I would expect. I have just ordered my fourth cutter in about 12 to 15 years. I have also used the TiN coated cutter sold by Wilson. When new my cutters cut quickly and efficiently. I set my desired length and slowly and methodically remove thin strings of brass meeting desired length with first attempt. I trim maybe a thousand and notice that I don't meet the desired length as easily or the first time I attempt to trim. It gets deceptive in trimming thing you have met the stop but in actuality you still three four thousand left to trim. During this time more pressure and longer cranking times are required to trim brass are required with additional instances of false feeling of reaching the required measurements. If I attempted to keep pushing through it the cutters give a more mashed appearances of cut as opposed to being a clean sharp cut. I have used small hand wire brushes to clean face of cutter blades and it helps some four three or four cases. The TiN didn't seem to last much longer than the standard cutters. So is this an operator thing, is my understanding of durability of carbide cutting tools in error, or have any suggestions that might help. I estimate useful life of cutters to be a thousand to 1200 cases before degrade results appear. Thanks.