Guess I shouldn't have said anything lol, no email for me yet. I wonder if they ran out and production will have to catch back up.Cool, there's a chance I could get mine shipped out today then. We shall see.
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Guess I shouldn't have said anything lol, no email for me yet. I wonder if they ran out and production will have to catch back up.Cool, there's a chance I could get mine shipped out today then. We shall see.
Ironically, I just got my email, they said if I paid by 11/15 it would go out on the next export. I'll probably have it before thanksgiving! For those that didn't read my earlier post, mine was not a conversion, I reserved it on 3/12 at 2:15pm Atlantic time.Guess I shouldn't have said anything lol, no email for me yet. I wonder if they ran out and production will have to catch back up.
What was your email reservation date and time?Got mine yesterday
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That’s because the are manufacturing the super trickler.For what it's worth, I reached out to Area419 for an updated tray/replacement for all the 3d printed parts for the v4, and they said no plans at this time. If people are interested, you may want to reach out.
Thanks! I’m March 12 at 4:22 so hopefully in a few weeks.@Slim Reaper
I placed my order between March 12 1:58pm and 3:07pm Atlantic
Yeah, we are going to need some pictures....I ordered the 419 platter and cup after my March order of the V3. Well, I converted my order to the V4 and now own the platter that doesn't line up with the V4 drop and the cup is too far from the drop and allows the powder to spill out. I like the slot the cup slides into so I took a jigsaw to the platter and cut the excess back and front off along with the pin on the bottom. I of course lined the plate up first so the platter cup hole and cup lined up perfectly with the drop. The front curve of the platter follows the curve of the base plate cover. Using 2 sided 3M fender tape it stays on the base plate cover plus this also gets the 419 cup up closer to the funnel drop so no spillage at all. Slides in and out perfectly. As long as you zero the scale-out in the same spot you're using, it's accurate. I'll never have a V3 so I didn't mind cutting it.
I use the v4 and AA2520 without any spills at all.I finally got some free time last weekend to setup my V04. Swapping it out from the V03 was surprisingly quick and easy. All throughout this past week I spent time after work making a variety of my most common precision loads (.223REM, .308WIN, 6.5x47L, .338LM Improved, and .300NM) to get feel for how much better V04 is over V03. For the most part it's faster and more reliable to use, especially with big kernel powders like N570. But on the flipside I see a regression with small spherical powders like TAC and AA2520, with the dispenser spraying quite a bit around the platter.
Edit: yes, I realize the Area419 platter doesn’t line up with the V04 drop. I made sure the scoop was directly under the drop when I ran these.
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After about 30 drops of AA2520 - crap everywhere
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My field expedient solution to this was just just tape some paper to better guide it into the funnel. It doesn't eliminate the problem, but it does fix the problem to a satisfactory level. This is probably one of those cases where an extended drop tube like the one Area419 makes would be a better solution.
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The angle of the bottom of the reservoir seems flatter than the V03, so it prematurely runs empty. Easy fix - just add more powder than needed, but a little annoying.
All in all it's a great upgrade, but I hope Area419 makes a set of metal upgrades for this model like they did for the previous.
I knew that was coming.Yeah, we are going to need some pictures....
Looks damn fine work!I knew that was coming.
Here is the front view showing the funnel and cup clearance.
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Overhead view. The base plate cover can be rotated so you can adjust where the powder falls into the cup. But I get no spillage with it centered.
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What powder are you using?I used the V04 to load some big .338LM Improved tonight and another nice new feature stood out: no need to double drop large charges. With the V03 if I wanted to drop 106gr I’d have to tweak it to drop something like 50gr twice. No biggie if you’re dropping big charges most of the time, but adjusting from throwing 18gr here, 38gr there, and then having to drop closer to 50gr is a bit of a pain. More importantly it could be a bit slow with added trickling.
The V04 does it in one go. And to then turn around and drop 38gr for a 6.5mm is a piece of cake.
Okay, cause I am having a little trouble with H1000. Maybe I will keep that in my ATv3 and use the v4 for extruded powders only.N570 , RL33, and LRT
I just got mine this week and need to load up some 300wm with h1000. What is the problem?Okay, cause I am having a little trouble with H1000. Maybe I will keep that in my ATv3 and use the v4 for extruded powders only.
It is consistently throwing .5 to two grains over.I just got mine this week and need to load up some 300wm with h1000. What is the problem?
Assuming you ran the calibration...It is consistently throwing .5 to two grains over.
Any chance you'd be willing to share the stl?made a cover for the output
SURE, send me your emailAny chance you'd be willing to share the stl?
Ahh...I see. Great idea.live in the desert, wind blowing dust and crawling spiders
The time it takes to drop a charge seems excessively long. Is there any way you can tune it to go faster?I'm using the V4 again today. Charging 500 cases of 308 Winchester, at 250 now. Using Reloader 15, 41 grains.
Drops are 80% @ 40.98, 18% @ 41 and 2% 41.02, getting a very minor amount of kernels bouncing out of the pan.
A few drops here and there @ 41.04.
Update:
I'm @ 400 drops now and did some timing...
Most drops are between 22 and 25 seconds. Some as low as 17, and the high is 34.
Also, there is some powder kernels sticking around the small drop tube at the bushing. I've wiped them off and they return. Must be some static building up around that bushing.
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The time it takes to drop a charge seems excessively long. Is there any way you can tune it to go faster?
I’m using a food processor cover for my v3 that I got off of Amazon. Not sure if it’s going to fit the v4.Any ideas on a dust/storage cover for the v4 setup? Would like to protect it a bit when not in use.
That is the same issue I am having.What I have noticed is that when the trickler starts to get close to the target weight, it is inconsistent slowing down. Out of 10 throws, the speed would slow down pretty linear only on average 2 or 3 times. The rest, the speed would not slow down until .02 before the target weight. And with extruded powders, this means an overthrow every time. This is disappointing.
I tried to use a custom speed set-up in the menu. I slowed the trickler tube down to 3 from the default setting of 4. It didn't help. Why does this happen? If the trickler would start to slow down around a half of a grain from the target weight, with a linear pattern, then over throws would be a lot less then 7 or 8 tries out of 10.
I'm not sure why this happens. When the trickler slows properly, it really works great. With exact throws every time. And that's saying a lot for extruded powders. When it doesn't, it is frustrating because the over throw is .04 to .10 of a grain. Far from the precision I am looking for.
I'm hoping I can work through this issue somehow with the custom settings. I will report back.