Your "spaceship", actually L.E. Wilson, tools are easily ruined if you turn them backwards. Like a drill bit, they only cut one way. If you stick it over the neck and grind if back and forth, you just turned the cutting edge over. FWIW
Now I want one too. My #2 trimmer is the same as yours.I bought the Tri Cut at a gun show 20-25 years ago, I think it was made locally (Montana) but can't say for sure now. It uses the standard Lyman pilots.
Thank you for mentioning Varmint Al. I'd forgotten all about him. While I'm unable to digest his really technical stuff, he really helped me to be a more accurate shooter and loader.I'm more of a manual guy... but I recall a guy.. Varmint Al, used what looked like a socket, stuffed with steel wool and powered by a hand drill. This was for deburring outside and inside... a quick press while it's up to speed is all it took.
I shelved it. Bought a standard 3 blade and it perfect...hmm.
mine don't work nuthin like that.
I retired it and bought a new three prong and it works perfectly!CW, I think you got a bad tool, and you were turning it a lot faster than the guy in the rebuttal video.
I got into using the WFT, setting the cutting depth using a drill then chucking it in my lathe for effortless trimming. and like you I use an RCBS powered case prep center to spare my hands.