Mark 7 Dillon 650 Auto drive

[DaFadda]

Reloading Porn.

Auto drive for Phil and Ellison.
Specs found here:

http://www.markvii-loading.com/Mark-7-650-PRO-Autodrive_p_39.html

up to 1400 rounds per hour.
Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD2N7qNB7HA

Go ahead and drool. You deserve to buy this for yourselves!

[RKP]

:eek:
Damn, they're coming out with all kinds of goodies for the 'BIG BLUE' machines. :cool:

[sdmc530]

WOW....WOW. That is an awesome rig. The aftermarket goodies for the Dillon have just gone crazy in the last few years. I have seen a device such as this but NOTHING as nicely done as this one. I am in awe!

Let me break this down before you can purchase this press you need to have:
Dillon 650 - $600
Case Feed - $200
Bullet Feed - $475 (per caliber)
Primer tube loading machine ($100)


then the actual machine of $2100!

So the total would be: $3500

I would take the $2100 and buy another complete Dillon 650 and set up another caliber and then take the extra $1300 and buy a nice 1911.

BUT if I had money to burn I would buy this thing for sure. IMPRESSIVE!!

[Gatorade]

I guess that would make its money back if you were a commercial reloader or if you reloaded for a club or other group and had it running every weekend.

[sdmc530]

I guess that would make its money back if you were a commercial reloader or if you reloaded for a club or other group and had it running every weekend.

Yeah, I am thinking that is the market for this. If you had 10 guys and you were reloading a lot this isn't to impractical but for a couple of guys or a single person like most of us loading 3-6 times a year its a no go.

I rarely have to reload more than 5 times in one year. Its pretty nice too!


there is a gun shop by my brothers house in a small town called Cottonwood Minnesota that has 4 or 5 presses set up and they are run on air pressure with a foot pedal. You just have to push the pedal and it goes. They owner of the shop is a competition pistol guy so he shoots a lot so its for his own personal benefit BUT my brother said you can use his presses at no charge if you buy all your reloading supplies from him. I am going to go see this someday, its not close to me at all and I don't get home to MN very often so when I do I don't go running around to gun shops but I need to get there and see this. Think it would be cool to have the ability and know how to make such devices work. Some people are much smarter then we can even understand I think.

[skosh69]

Man, I could make squibs faster than Phil could wipe out a donut shop....WOO HOO.

[sdmc530]

Man, I could make squibs faster than Phil could wipe out a donut shop....WOO HOO.


Challenge excepted

[RKP]

...... The aftermarket goodies for the Dillon have just gone crazy in the last few years......

They must have a very good reason for investing their engineering time/monies on the 'Big Blues' ;)

[Gatorade]

I Think it would be cool to have the ability and know how to make such devices work. Some people are much smarter then we can even understand I think.

Reminds me of a story. Found a copy of it online from a Texas A&M page but not sure of the actual origins:

A toothpaste factory had a problem: Due to the way the production line was set up, sometimes empty boxes were shipped without the tube inside. People with experience in designing production lines will tell you how difficult it is to have everything happen with timings so precise that every single unit coming off of it is perfect 100% of the time. Small variations in the environment (which cannot be controlled in a cost-effective fashion) mean quality assurance checks must be smartly distributed across the production line so that customers all the way down to the supermarket won’t get frustrated and purchase another product instead.

Understanding how important that was, the CEO of the toothpaste factory gathered the top people in the company together. Since their own engineering department was already stretched too thin, they decided to hire an external engineering company to solve their empty boxes problem.

The project followed the usual process: budget and project sponsor allocated, RFP (request for proposal), third-parties selected, and six months (and $8 million) later a fantastic solution was delivered — on time, on budget, high quality and everyone in the project had a great time. The problem was solved by using high-tech precision scales that would sound a bell and flash lights whenever a toothpaste box would weigh less than it should. The line would stop, and someone had to walk over and yank the defective box off the line, then press another button to re-start the line.

A short time later, the CEO decided to have a look at the ROI (return on investment) of the project: amazing results! No empty boxes ever shipped out of the factory after the scales were put in place. There were very few customer complaints, and they were gaining market share. “That was some money well spent!” he said, before looking closely at the other statistics in the report.

The number of defects picked up by the scales was 0 after three weeks of production use. How could that be? It should have been picking up at least a dozen a day, so maybe there was something wrong with the report. He filed a bug against it, and after some investigation, the engineers indicated the statistics were indeed correct. The scales were NOT picking up any defects, because all boxes that got to that point in the conveyor belt were good.

Perplexed, the CEO traveled down to the factory and walked up to the part of the line where the precision scales were installed. A few feet before the scale, a $20 desk fan was blowing any empty boxes off the belt and into a bin. Puzzled, the CEO turned to one of the workers who stated, “Oh, that…One of the guys put it there ’cause he was tired of walking over every time the bell rang!”

$8 million vs $20 Hmmm! Money well spent?

[sdmc530]

Reminds me of a story. Found a copy of it online from a Texas A&M page but not sure of the actual origins:

A toothpaste factory had a problem: Due to the way the production line was set up, sometimes empty boxes were shipped without the tube inside. People with experience in designing production lines will tell you how difficult it is to have everything happen with timings so precise that every single unit coming off of it is perfect 100% of the time. Small variations in the environment (which cannot be controlled in a cost-effective fashion) mean quality assurance checks must be smartly distributed across the production line so that customers all the way down to the supermarket won’t get frustrated and purchase another product instead.

Understanding how important that was, the CEO of the toothpaste factory gathered the top people in the company together. Since their own engineering department was already stretched too thin, they decided to hire an external engineering company to solve their empty boxes problem.

The project followed the usual process: budget and project sponsor allocated, RFP (request for proposal), third-parties selected, and six months (and $8 million) later a fantastic solution was delivered — on time, on budget, high quality and everyone in the project had a great time. The problem was solved by using high-tech precision scales that would sound a bell and flash lights whenever a toothpaste box would weigh less than it should. The line would stop, and someone had to walk over and yank the defective box off the line, then press another button to re-start the line.

A short time later, the CEO decided to have a look at the ROI (return on investment) of the project: amazing results! No empty boxes ever shipped out of the factory after the scales were put in place. There were very few customer complaints, and they were gaining market share. “That was some money well spent!” he said, before looking closely at the other statistics in the report.

The number of defects picked up by the scales was 0 after three weeks of production use. How could that be? It should have been picking up at least a dozen a day, so maybe there was something wrong with the report. He filed a bug against it, and after some investigation, the engineers indicated the statistics were indeed correct. The scales were NOT picking up any defects, because all boxes that got to that point in the conveyor belt were good.

Perplexed, the CEO traveled down to the factory and walked up to the part of the line where the precision scales were installed. A few feet before the scale, a $20 desk fan was blowing any empty boxes off the belt and into a bin. Puzzled, the CEO turned to one of the workers who stated, “Oh, that…One of the guys put it there ’cause he was tired of walking over every time the bell rang!”

$8 million vs $20 Hmmm! Money well spent?

funny that is a great read. I guess all brains don't work the same way

[TLE2]

industry is full of such stories. The bigs generally don't talk to the production folk.

[RKP]

...... The bigs generally don't talk to the production folk.

.... and that's too bad too, probably learn a few things. ;)

[pitor]

Great video for a robotic-style of reloading. Not my thing though (and I haven't even started reloading yet, LOL).

[RKP]

Great video for a robotic-style of reloading. Not my thing though (and I haven't even started reloading yet, LOL).

Nor mine, but one has to marvel at the technology involved. Anyone with any machining background realizes what's involved with the billet aircraft aluminum pieces, among other attributes, in that kit. :cool: