If you wet tumble or thinking on getting into it, get a media separator. I started wet tumbling last weekend and did not have a separator on the first batch. Was time consuming afterwards. But shiny clean. So I picked up the cabelas media separator for $40 and a release magnet from princess auto for $10. Ran another batch tonight and the brass and media were separated in 5 minutes. Much dryer as well than laying on a towel and easier to rinse off the soap in the separator. Never read much on separators so thought I'd post.
If you wet tumble.. go the little extra distance get a separator
- Thread starter ice2152
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I went the same way it's much easier..
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- Jameson, SK
Oh god ya. Spend the 40$, it's 100% worth it. The RCBS separator is nice and not expensive.
Has anyone seen what WSS wants for the RCBS wet tumbler????!!!
750$!!!!!! HahahahahhHHhhH
Has anyone seen what WSS wants for the RCBS wet tumbler????!!!
750$!!!!!! HahahahahhHHhhH
A rotary separator pays for itself the first time you use it in terms of avoiding annoyance. This applies whether you are using dry or wet media.
The RCBS Sidewinder rotary tumbler has been around for a long time and they have always been exorbitantly priced compared to an equivalently functional rock tumbler.
The RCBS Sidewinder rotary tumbler has been around for a long time and they have always been exorbitantly priced compared to an equivalently functional rock tumbler.
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- Jameson, SK
That doesn't make it acceptable.
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I use the same. Takes a little longer, but it works just as well.
I got a fruit washer of ebay,the colander part has the right size of slots in it,and once the pins have fallen into the bowl I slip a strainer bag (available at wine making stores) over top,turn the bowl upside down and all the pins are in the bag ready to be washed under the tap.
I use a permanent magnet in a small container until I get better. I still handle the brass one by one to inspect them for cracks at the mouth and make sure there's no pins stuck inside before I put that brass on the press. I wonder what having a couple pins mixed with the powder might do on firing the cartridge? Throw them down the barrel? Weld them under pressure? Nothing? I'd rather not find out, lol...
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- West Quebec
Lots of light and a magnifying glass lol
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- Jameson, SK
Good.
Only problem I see is it takes up shelf space from something I might actually buy.
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My issue with my wet tumbler is that I made the drum so big its heavy and bulky. I need a smaller container of similar width for smaller batches. I think that i could fit 2000 cases of 223 in mine. Its useful for batches of 1000+ but its only trouble for smaller batches.
As for the motor, its a 1/3 hp with the drum mounted on steel rollers in industrial bearings so it could probably spin a 300 pounds drum all day....
I have to look into this, i made a smaller container but I think that I did not have time to attach an agitator in it.
Corncob tumbling is just trouble.... Takes long, does not clean well, cases are dusty and you get contaminated dust everywhere. Much easier to just rinse cases and dry, and get fully cleaned no dust cases.
As for the motor, its a 1/3 hp with the drum mounted on steel rollers in industrial bearings so it could probably spin a 300 pounds drum all day....
I have to look into this, i made a smaller container but I think that I did not have time to attach an agitator in it.
Corncob tumbling is just trouble.... Takes long, does not clean well, cases are dusty and you get contaminated dust everywhere. Much easier to just rinse cases and dry, and get fully cleaned no dust cases.
I gave my new Lyman tumbler away, always made a mess in my gun room. Then tramp corn cob media around my house.
I need to get a separator. It took me a solid hour hand seperating and I'm still finding pins around my kitchen.
I need to get a separator. It took me a solid hour hand seperating and I'm still finding pins around my kitchen.
The key is getting a separator that allows you to have the batch submerged while spinning. No surface tension when everything is underwater so you get 100% of the pins out. Don't need to be cranking on it either the way you do with corncob or walnut. Just a gentle few rolls in alternating directions and you're done. Dump the brass in the dehydrator straight out of the separator basket and set it for an hour or two. Then empty the water out and use the magnet to transfer all the pins back to the tumbler drum. Pop the lid back on and leave it for next run.
