FW Arms Swage Hold Down and Level 10 Innovations Primer Hold Down on a Dillon RL1100 set up for 9mm

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Couldn't find a video with both of these units in action and with a good description, so I decided to make my own video.
This is probably overkill for my manual operation of my new Dillon RL1100, but I listened to some friends who already automate their presses and prepped my RL1100 with the intentions of going full automation at a later time, but gathering parts for making life easier now.
The purpose of the Swage Hold Down is that during the swage operation on Station 3, there is a considerable amount of force being applied to the primer pocket of the brass to remove crimping, and the shell plate will flex upwards on this station. The swage hold down counteracts this force, and in the case of FW Arms it is dynamically spring loaded so that mixed brass with differing flash hole wall thicknesses can be accomodated.
The Primer Hold Down sort of does something very similar to the Swage Hold Down, but the Priming Station (Station 4) is not threaded to accept any dies. Level 10 Innovations makes a custom hold down that is sized to your toolhead's unique priming station hole. Apparently this hole on the Dillon Super 1050 and RL1100 is not the same/consistent due to manufacturing tolerances. You will need a pair of calipers to get the correct body size made for your toolhead. When setting up the Primer Hold Down, the new instructions have you set the tension spring to .85 inches as a starting point, not the .6250 in their video.
As you can see in the video, there's very little flex on the shell plate during the Swage Operation, all of the force is on the brass and swage with the help of the Swage Hold Down. And during the Priming Operation, you can see that the case gets leveled when the priming operation gets finished, which helps with primer seating evenness.
FW Arms Auto-Case Centering Dynamic Spring Hold Down Unit:
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Level 10 Innovations Priming Support Die:
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