I continued doing little mods to my Lee Load Master.
I saw someone who did this already but I forget who and where (possibly on YouTube).
I had some LEDs laying around so I figured, why the hell not? I drilled a hole into the underside of the shell plate holder and put the LED in there. I found that green works the best for visibility. Eventually, I will use some hot glue to set it in place. I also purchased a 9v battery holder with an on/off switch for the power source.
As you can see it works quite well to ensure that you have another fail safe to prevent you from dropping powder into a casing with no primer; waste not, want not.
I am also waiting on a cheap endoscope from Amazon that will be mounted above the powder drop area to assist in avoiding double charges. I've never had issues with dropping powder without a primer or double charges, but why leave things to chance, right? I'll be hooking the endoscope up to my 8" fire tablet I have mounted at my work bench area for when I am in need of YouTube University when it comes to reloading or repair work referencing.
This isn't really a "mod", more like a repair. My son picked up a used Lee Pro 1000 cheap, after cleaning and looking it over I found why so cheap. The two bolts that hold the ram toggle to the red frame were all boogered up, the threads in the red aluminum base were stripped out rendering the base unusable for anything other than parts! Or was it? I looked it over and took some measurements and did some brain work, then decided to make some new pins that would be held in place with 'C' clips. While looking for some stock for the pins I came across some extra GM brake caliper slider bolts, the exact diameter I needed! At about 4" in length the were a tad to long and the treaded end was also to long. It's good to have a lathe! I bet that $1000 dollars I paid for it has saved $20 so far! Anyhoo, I turned down the threaded portion to the same dia. of the shaft and drilled and tapped the frame and now he has a working Pro 1000 in .45 acp for next to nothing. So I guess what I'm getting at is make sure those two bolts on either side of the base are kept tight!