new Giraud trimmer (Read 6211 times)

ren

new Giraud trimmer
« on: August 15, 2014, 11:45:44 AM »
http://www.giraudtool.com/Tri%20Way%20Trimmer.htm
Its like the WFT but it chamfers and deburrs at the same time it trims. I had a gracey and it was great but I got two calibers and change for the price I got the gracey for.




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Heavies

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2014, 01:09:30 PM »
That is awesome!  I was looking for them to make something like this for a while.  This will really cut down on prep time, and at a reasonable cost..

oldfart

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2014, 01:21:42 PM »
http://www.giraudtool.com/Tri%20Way%20Trimmer.htm
Its like the WFT but it chamfers and deburrs at the same time it trims. I had a gracey and it was great but I got two calibers and change for the price I got the gracey for.

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Damn you for putting this in my brain. :shaka:
Do you or anybody in this forum have this particular trimmer yet?
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ren

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2014, 03:03:46 PM »
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Damn you for putting this in my brain. :shaka:
Do you or anybody in this forum have this particular trimmer yet?
Ships Monday.
I plan to experiment with some of my dad's sewing machine motors - he fixes sewing machines, thus I had a relatively poor childhood. I learned to improvise a lot.
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Bcspy

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2014, 06:09:40 PM »
I have the giraud case trimmer machine and love it so much. It's expensive but it's worth every penny. This new tri trimmer look great but the shaving will fly around so wear safety glasses. I also have the cts trimmer attached to my drill from eBay. It works great also, shaving flys everywhere, so I decided to get the giraud.

ren

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2014, 06:45:14 PM »
it has a clear guard
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Heavies

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2014, 08:10:40 PM »
I think I will be ordering this. Thank you for the link!

I was wanting to get the WFT, however the need to chamfer in a seperate operation killed it for me.

Right now I have my mini lathe rigged up with a plate and the forster three way trimmer when I do bulk trimming.  It is fast but the set up is not very consistent.  But for the Garand, it doesn’t seem to care.  This would make life MUCH easier!

It is able to change cartridges on the same trimmer, or do you need one for each cartridge size?

wirecounter

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2014, 04:30:32 AM »
I have the giraud case trimmer machine and love it so much. It's expensive but it's worth every penny. This new tri trimmer look great but the shaving will fly around so wear safety glasses. I also have the cts trimmer attached to my drill from eBay. It works great also, shaving flys everywhere, so I decided to get the giraud.

Do you use it for fire formed/neck-sized cases or for full length resized cases?  If the former, what is the deviation in cut lengths?  I've noticed that the instruction manuals for both trimmers state that intended use/best results is with full length resized cases.

Bcspy

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2014, 05:26:19 AM »
I fully resize full length or will not fit properly.

suka

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2014, 08:38:53 AM »
had one brand new , sold it before the price increase to a lucky person in hawaii

Heavies

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2014, 08:56:59 AM »
had one brand new , sold it before the price increase to a lucky person in hawaii



Why did you sell it?  Was there a difficulty or problem with use?

suka

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2014, 05:21:50 PM »
profit
 :thumbsup:

$350 shipped to Hawaii
sold it at $390 plus no wait


1-2 month wait was the norm

Heavies

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2014, 06:40:40 PM »
profit
 :thumbsup:

$350 shipped to Hawaii
sold it at $390 plus no wait


1-2 month wait was the norm

Oh.. my misunderstanding.   I thought you had the NEW trimmer.

suka

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2014, 07:09:41 PM »
Doug has not changed the design for over 8 years.

Heavies

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2014, 09:02:04 PM »
Doug has not changed the design for over 8 years.



Did you click the link? Its same principle as World Finest Trimmer, only it trims and chamfers in one operation.  It is not the powered version.   It is $90. My misunderstanding if you were talking about the power trimmer.
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suka

Re: new Giraud trimmer
« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2014, 09:29:10 PM »
I thought it was the powered unit.
Sorry Heavies!



The blade looks the same , so i guessing its the same unit without the heavy motor and mount.