I've also found that I can use this method to debur flash holes. I have the Midway Flash Hole Deburring Tool. I use the Lee Lock Stud and shell holder in an electric drill to spin the cases, and I thread the Midway tool through the mouth of the case into the flash hole. This method makes flash hole deburring very fast.

The only difficulty is that frequently you have to wiggle the tool around for awhile before you get the point of the drill to find and enter the flash hole.

Whatever works!

Don

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Originally posted by boltman:
Le270, I've got the midway flash hole deburring tool and tried to deburr with the cases chucked in a drill with the lee lock stud and case holder. It didn't work for me because the brass kept building up in the end of the flash hole deburring tool. I had to pick it out with a needle on every case I deburred. I gave up on it and went back to doing it by hand.

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It builds up to some extent for me too. I pick it out with a wooden toothpick. But it seems to me that, if one is really cutting all of the burr out of the case, then whether you do it by hand or with the power tool, the amount removed should be the same.

These results -- both yours and mine -- suggest to me that if you do it by hand you aren't really getting the entire burr cut out. In fact, I'm considering going back and re-doing some new cases that I duburred by hand because I suspect that they aren't done well enough.

[This message has been edited by 35nut (edited 12-28-2001).]