Mark 7 Autodrive for Dillon XL 750 - first time setup and tips.

Tips on first time setup of the Dillon 750 autodrive. Click show more for time stamps
Demonstration of all available sensors • Dillon XL 750 + Mark 7...
Tips on reliable operation • Tips on Reliable Opera...
Decided to automate my Dillon XL750. Super impressed with the engineering by Mark 7. Some setup tips, and examples of how the press handle common "malfunction" scenarios.
0:15 Setup / Tips
1:53 Sample Run
3:38 Upside Down Case Feed
4:28 Crimped Primer
5:05 Lockout Die
6:13 Sensors

[@pjsiason]

have you had an issue where the brass on the first station moves back when indexing causing the brass to get crushed while depriming due to it not being centered?

[@ff4937]

Thank you for sharing. Which 3d printer bullet feeder are you using?

[@zaldyvar]

Do you need a brand new brass with Mark 7?

[@David-cd2ye]

Where can i buy the bullet feeder? Very informative video,

[@nunyabusness5685]

Put the primer in the Vice

[@darinfrantz341]

Can you tell me what die specifically you have at each station?

[@getwiggywithit2857]

I have noticed with my setup that the autoloader creates stress on more parts

[@ortho3250]

what seating/crimp die are you using?

[@gorillamotors]

Which sensors did you order? All five?

[@liftedranger]

How is this holding up. I've considered one but I'm curious as to how it works overt time?

[@snowgorilla9789]

I have unit #3 for the XL650 and have over 80,000 9mm rounds produced and still runs like new. Have to change springs on the press as required. I would buy another one without question.

[@garykfko]

Took a week or two to dial it in and work out small issues here and there to run it smoothly. It’s running awesome now, I love this thing.

[@TinkeringNoob]

send me the primer. i neeeeeeeeed

[@manoli.k]

Have you gotten any of the sensors yet? Time for an update video? :)

[@garykfko]

Yeah maybe an update video is a good idea, I will capture some vids next time I fire it up and do an batch. I ordered every sensor available - optical decap, low primer sense, bullet sense, powder sense. Optical decap doesn’t really work unless you keep it clean, and it’s a hassle to clean, but the press will get stuck at the priming station anyways if the case is not decamped. Low primer sense is awesome, it prevents the mistake of running the press on empty primer, where you end up with a bunch of seated cartridges without primer. It also stops the press every 100 rounds which I use to random quality control (pick one round from the batch and case gauge / measure OAL). The bullet sense is freaking awesome, it had caught every single upside down bullet so far. The powder sense works - I’ve actually never had it catch an actual no / double charge since I had not made that error, but in testing it works fine. Once the primer tubes are loaded, I kinda just sit there and watch Netflix while it does its thing, and feed components when necessary.

[@HotReloads]

how to break a ton of index rings and void your lifetime warranty. All in the name of being lazy and cheap (dumb because you bought an auto drive for a machine thats not rated for autodrives)

[@garykfko]

I will gladly pay ~$20 every 5-10k rounds loaded to replace an index ring (and all springs since they wear out due to throughput). That's 5-10k handle pulls I don't need to make. As for lifetime warranty, anything automated doesn't have warranty beyond 1 - 2 years anyways. I will agree that I am lazy and cheap as I see no reason to do the unnecessary work and pull the handle, and I will gladly save the $1-2k over the RL1100 or Apex 10 since I don't really need the extra stations when I am only loading 9 major.

[@HotReloads]

@@garykfko you get zero warranty the minute you put an automated bot onto your machine. hopefully your machine lasts that long, the xl750 and 650 have aluminum bodies and link arms that aren't meant to handle automation no matter how "sensitive" your sensors are

[@garykfko]

@@HotReloads Turn down the digital clutch and torque sense and I even stopped breaking indexing rings because the machine stopped before damage could occur. My current indexing ring is probably 15k rounds in. If I tuned it to the point where it’s not even breaking plastic indexing rings anymore, I don’t see how metal hold up worse than plastic. I suppose if someone decide to go wild with the power from automation then it can exert much more force than human can and potentially break the metal on the press. But that’s a user error and not automation’s fault. Anyways I am not going to change your mind and you are not going to change mine so we will just agree to disagree.