Ok, I think I understand your neck procedure. Myself, I'd skip all that and get a die sized (bushing or honed) to give you the correct neck diameter without an expander ball. This has a couple of advantages.

1. You're working your brass less. This will be good for brass life.
2. You won't need to lube the inside of the neck. I find this to be key to making loading on a progressive press work. Lube in the neck will catch powder and make a mess. Stick powder is not so bad, but with ball powder it's a real problem.

I have a Giraud and wouldn't trade it for anything. It integrates into my process perfectly.

BTW, here's my process starting with dirty brass.

1. Anneal in the AMP annealer
2. Trim in the Giraud. I had shell holders reamed out to hold fired brass.
3. Tumble clean (wet or dry depending on my mood)
4. Lube with OneShot

The following 3 steps all happen simultaneously on the Dillon
5. Size. No expander ball.
6. Powder. Weighed charges for bolt gun ammo and load development on AR's, thrown charges for production AR ammo.
7. Seat a bullet. I use Forster or Redding micrometer dies

8. Tumble for 5 minutes in corn cob to remove the lube