You could ask your buddy to come over and help you set up your first set of dies so you don't destroy cases from mistakes that could have been avoided and he watch you load and point out any mistakes. The resizing die is the biggest pain to set right without messing up the decapper or crushing cases.

Like R.R. said read the manuals, but they don't tell you when your screwing up until it's to late. Your playing with a "controlled explosion" and shouldn't be done halfway or you can end up paying for the consequences.