Thread: Case Tumbler

Originally Posted by steven

Rotary Tumbler Case Cleaner | Trade Me

Yup that's what I picked up. Only down side to them is the drum can slip sometimes if it's overloaded.

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.

Originally Posted by Tommy

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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Ha Classic Kiwi ingenuity!
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

Originally Posted by longrange308

We just need the stainless pins to be readly available in nz

Serious Shooters has them and the shine additive
Serious Shooter Stainless Pins for Tornado Tumbler - tumbler, pins, tornado, extra, supplied, ... - Serious Shooters

Originally Posted by Tommy

They are. If you're careful they last forever too

yep, sinks stolen a couple off mine,

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,

I got bored and semi inspired...


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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