Dave,
When you were in Kansas this summer, Mike was going to bring you up to look at the set up and I waved him off, thinking I had it solved. Now, I wish I hadn't.
To the gentleman who said the loaders weren't adjusted right before I put them on the Auto mate........all I can say is that they were producing perfect shells before mounting to the Automate. The bar locks worked perfectly, the indexing was timed correctly, the shell lifter came up flush with the shell plate, shells were crimped exactly the way I wanted. Only the indexing was still right after setting the loaders on the Automate. I have finally gotten these pretty well worked out.
Here's a head-scratcher that I've had to deal with. I keep the heat off in my loading room until I'm ready to load and I've learned not to change loaders or make any adjustments until the room is nice and toasty. If not, then the longer the Automate runs the shorter the stroke is. It's like it needs temperature compensation.
By the way, this Automate was purchased prior to the MEC involvment. And, I've had at least 6 looooooong conversations with Jim Binn. Make no mistake, I can get it loading good shells. It's just not consistent loader-to-loader.
Russ