Thread: Little Crow Worlds Finest Trimmer.. initial thoughts

I don't know if these WFT dongles are particularly popular around here.. I don't know anyone else that has used one. So I thought I might interject my 0.2c after having owned one for a whole week.
For all other calibres I load, Lee case length gauges do the trick nicely for trimming operations -as I aren't usually prepping more than 50 cases at a time. Even trimming 50 cases gets a tad uncomfortable on the tendons in the thumb while holding onto the bits and perfoming the same minor motor function repeatedly 50 times. Two Two 3.. on the other hand, I load in batches of 1-200... So, I thought I would try the LC-WFT and see if it alleviates the process. At a cost of $70ish in US monies from Brownells, it works out about 100 of our sheckels, with a shared postage cost split among all the other things in the box, because you can't stop at just one item when ordering a box of goodness from Brownells.
First thing I found, was that it requires 'setting up' or adjusting to correct trim length. If you dont have a correctly trimed-to-length case to use for the setup.. the trimmer will be out of operation. So I had to trim a couple of cases using the tried and trusted lee gauges, and use those trimmed cases to adjust the LCWFT.
Once adjusted and gripped in the chuck of the battery drill, the next point of note was gripping the cases in hand while the trimmer spins.. as I trim my cases right after sizing, tthe brass is still covered in redding sizing wax, and although it didnt make it impossible to grip the brass, they did need to be held in hand with a piece of paper towel or the like to stop them spinning in my fingers as the cutting blade dug into the case mouth.
Once these minor inconveniences are sorted, the trimmer worked its way through the first lot of 50 cases easily, and I have no regrets with the $100 investment.
Would I buy one for every calibre? Nope, the lee trim gauges work just fine for small batches of brass and I'd rather spend the money on projectiles and powder. Should I have invested the monies in a do-all universal trimmer instead? Perhaps, I don't know, I've never used one.
Anyway, thats that.
-BW