My Faithful old hornady media tumbler blew it's ring today after many years of use.
Time I got a new one anyway.
Thinking of a stainless pin one.
How do they go and where is a good place to buy one?
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My Faithful old hornady media tumbler blew it's ring today after many years of use.
Time I got a new one anyway.
Thinking of a stainless pin one.
How do they go and where is a good place to buy one?
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Re loaders Auckland, mate just got a good deal there, I got the old one to rewind!:wtfsmilie:
My tumbler must have overheated it's going again😆
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Yeah there's a couple of choices, Reloaders have the Frankford Arsnenal brand, Serious have CED.
Frankford Arsenal Platinum Rotary Tumbler #909567 - Accessories - Reloading - Reloaders Supplies Ltd
$399
CED is usually NZ$550, US$300 from CED Hong Kong
CED Brass Tornado
Also pick up a cheap food dehyrdator from TM, they're fab for drying cases out.
Shifted to wet tumbling last year, wouldn't go back to rotary now ;) ps package arrived safe thanks ....
Does cleaning your brass increase case life or something?
It is it for the bush cred of having shiny brass?
I use wire wool when the case is in the drill while doing length cut and chamfer. Shines em up in 3 seconds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmay
that CED tumbler looks nice.
:thumbsup:
No real advantage, is just nice to work with clean cases.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmay
Kj
It's also good for getting rid of the lube after sizing
Helps in a few ways:Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmay
Makes them nice and sparkly;
Cleans off debris/grime before being sized, thus keeping dies cleaner;
Easier to spot flawed/damaged brass during case inspection;
Cleans the lube off after sizing;
Clean brass also chambers easier;
Did i mention it makes them nice and sparkly... :D
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Originally Posted by Bryan
Cleans off grime before resizing- cleans off lube after resizing?
You do it twice? Too much spare time ;)
Not all the time. Only if i am F.L. sizing. I tend to load my batches over a couple of nights.
@Kscott how long do they take in a dehydrator to dry out?
Usually @30 mins for a tray, which is @250-300 9mm cases.
Yup that's what I picked up. Only down side to them is the drum can slip sometimes if it's overloaded.Quote:
Originally Posted by steven
Knocked up my own. It's basically a 150mm round Sistema food storage container with a couple of agitators glued to the inner walls, whacked in the lathe. Tried it today, worked great. It also cost $6.50, although it helped having a lathe
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you use that lemi-shine i gave you?
Aha! Yep, half a teaspoon and a little squirt of Palmolive dishwash for good measure. Ran it for 2.5 hours, and I'm pretty sure the last hour wasn't needed.. Figured out a good way of separating the brass and the pins too -without the fancy separator. To rinse I just tipped it all into a 20l bucket, half filled with water, sloshed it about, tipped most of the water out, repeat. Then, once I filled it up again I just picked up four or five at a time loosely and shook them a little as I lifted them out. Takes a couple minutes to do the lot but once I'd got them out and into a container with the lid on - not one pin in the container :)
I got one of these:
Thumler's Tumbler Model B Rotary Tumbler : Cabela's
Works bloody well.
Ha Classic Kiwi ingenuity!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommy
Wish I had a lathe.
yep, you can use more Palmolive, about 2 table spoons is what i use,
Sweet will put more green goodness in the next batch ( in the morning)
We just need the stainless pins to be readly available in nz
They are. If you're careful they last forever too
Serious Shooters has them and the shine additiveQuote:
Originally Posted by longrange308
Serious Shooter Stainless Pins for Tornado Tumbler - tumbler, pins, tornado, extra, supplied, ... - Serious Shooters
yep, sinks stolen a couple off mine,Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommy
if you ever find it not coming up as clean just run it with some simple green for a hour or 2, (no brass) it will clean up the pins nicely,
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I got bored and semi inspired...
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whats going on with your thumb
NICE!,
i started making a home made tumbler, but in the end i bought one, a Extreme Tumblers Rebel 17, from Stainless Steel Reloading Supplies | Tumblers, Separators, Media, Brass & More!
the NZ$ was way stronger, and i picked it up while holidaying in the US, brought it back in our luggage
Getting firewood and driving home and she's black... I must be getting old...that's what happens to old people isn't it...Quote:
Originally Posted by stub
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Is there any reason for tumbling other than to have shiny brass?
Does the cleaning of the inside make reloads more acurate or more consistent? Does the clean inside give less wear on seating dies?
There is nothing I have seen to confirm this. I have not cleaned my brass in 3 years, LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beetroot
Probably not too much of a concern with reloading dies but the crud can be a problem with your firearm. I remember having problems with .308 getting sticky due to the powder and lube mess. It can build up in your chamber.Quote:
Originally Posted by steven
Why would you not want to reload with clean brass? This isn't cleaned with a store bought tumbler either, it's just a rangi home job with $40 worth of media. Attachment 39247
Hope you are going to remove the pins b4 loading them.....
Yeah took a few mins, just poked them back in with a disposable chopstick. That's what happens with 7mm pins and 6.5mm brass ;) The 223 had no such issues.
Have just got going with SS tumbling - what a superb result. My US tank has been retired. A very short time fad.
What's a US tank? I've found that a hefty squirt of dishwash is key, esp if I've used that spray-on Dillon case lube
Im seriously thinking about making my own Rangi case tumbler. Decided to search on Youtube and a aussie guy made one exactly like i was thinking from a windscreen wiper motor, looked sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommy
