Yes, I remember your post.....one of the reasons I sat on the fence for a while.....among others. I originally saw the 'ole steel ball and spring and assumed that would make it snap just like the Pro 2000 and other similar actioned presses. The ball does make it center but between the post that goes throught the shell plate, and the indexer that also goes through, you never even notice that the ball did anything.
Ejection wire mounting hole: I looked for it, even, thinking the same thing. I had some piano wire left over from past projects of the same diameter and put a 90 into one end and cut it off about 7/8" long. Works much better.....in fact I couldn't find the sweet spot for the shorter one.
Picture below shows the tube case feeder, drop mechanism: the cross piece a couple of inches down the alum. cylinder holds the top case hold pin. Two set screws on either side are loosened to move it up and down. Correct placement is a quarter inch above the bottom case, where the spingloaded pin will stop the stack until the single case is released and the lower stop pin move back in to stop the next one. I learned the hard way that you need the part hanging to the vertical shaft to be ........ahh......tight!
Don't focus on my mess......I for one cannot build anything any other way!
The next video is a little shaky in places, trying to get a view of the classic double-pin case stop/release mechanism. It's pretty simple....few moving parts....my kind of contraption. The lower release wheel just slides in....and moves freely in and out.
The upper pin is spring loaded and rides against the vertical bar. That pin adjusts by scewing the head in an out (the head has 2 tiny set screws to keep it set.)
I noticed some squeaking! Couldn't figure it out what it was for a while.....infuriating!
Turns out it's the steel head of the upper pin that rides on the vertical shaft! That will require grease on the edge of the vertical shaft...often, I'm afraid. You can thank me later for turning the sound off.
I suggest when you start the video, that you click on "Vimeo". That takes you to Vimeo's site where you can full screen it. Much easier to see the in/out action.
Sorry this video is short and wobbly. It's mounted rock solid, but trying to tape and run the press at the same time was hard.....the point being I was trying to move it in while things were moving so you can see better. It's short cuz I ran out of memory on my little memory card thingy...