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« on: May 14, 2009, 04:29:11 pm »
Bruce & Ken,
It's interesting to hear the nuances involved in the use of these machines by various operators. I'm confined to a wheelchair and have seriously deteriorating shoulders form their (over)use over the yrs. Star being a benchtop machine is much more convenient. The indexers allow for one handed operation while the off hand is used to steady myself. Just makes life easier. I'm not sure my production is much faster than without. Surprisingly the biggest gain was from the setup to auto-eject.
I too have observed that changes to the machine setup are noticeable to the operator and are well worth giving attention to!
My universal has seen use since 1973 & I notice more jams, rounds loaded w/o primers, etc, than some yrs ago. I don't know if it's me, if I tend to miss some of the little things, or I just don't remember! maybe the latter as my scores haven't kept pace w/ my age!
Ron