wet ss tumbling starting to piss me off

Kryogen said:
Even 275 would not hurt brass

Optimal Case Temperatures for Successful Annealing

Brass is an excellent conductor of heat. A flame applied at any point on a case for a short time will cause the rest of the case to heat very quickly. There are several temperatures at which brass is affected. Also, the time the brass remains at a given temperature will have an effect. Brass which has been "work hardened" (sometimes referred to as "cold worked") is unaffected by temperatures (Fahrenheit) up to 482 degrees (F) regardless of the time it is left at this temperature

Regarding tumblers, I made one myself with a 1/2 hp motor, pulleys, and pvc pipe.
I can clean 100 pounds worth and the motor is not working hard.
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You should NEVER put brass in an oven to dry. Every reloading manual states this for a reason...
 
Moosifer1 said:
You should NEVER put brass in an oven to dry. Every reloading manual states this for a reason...
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Brass is not annealed before 482F. 40 minutes in a preheated convection oven, middle grill, at 200F has no effect on the brass, even if it stays there for 10 days.
You should know that manuals are written for idiots and companies cover their asses. Do not oven dry if you don't feel secure doing it.
Now, unless you can give me any proofs to back your statements, your personal opinion has no value to me, or this discussion I guess.
 
667 said:
As far as drying goes... You guys are impatient.
I roll the brass around in a towel then dump them onto a boot tray.
Leave them overnight and they're dry.
Usually mine sit for a couple of days anyway so no matter.... They just dry sitting there.
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Yep but for those in a hurry, a covered plastic container 1/3 filled with corncob and brought to 1/2 full with brass can be shaken by hand for about 2 min and this will dry the brass. You'll have to deal with picking out a bit of stuck media here and there and some inconsequential dust, but that's it; dry brass, no heat.

Oh, for some reason, the cob media self dries,, I've never replaced any.
 
kryogen, you must be doing something wrong. I clean mine twice, once to clean, then deprime and size then clean all the lube off. Once the wet brass is done, I dump it in a collander with large holes ( brass can't fall through) toss it around a bit while rinsing with very hot water and have a cookie sheet under it catching the pins. Then dump the hot brass in a beach towel, and really roll it around, swap towels, and roll it around some more, let sit overnight and dry as a bone. I roll the brass around when dry and all the pins fall out on the towel. its very easy to dump those pins back into a container. It just takes a few minutes, not hard at all. i can clean near 1000 pistol rounds in little time.
 
dizzy said:
kryogen, you must be doing something wrong. I clean mine twice, once to clean, then deprime and size then clean all the lube off. Once the wet brass is done, I dump it in a collander with large holes ( brass can't fall through) toss it around a bit while rinsing with very hot water and have a cookie sheet under it catching the pins. Then dump the hot brass in a beach towel, and really roll it around, swap towels, and roll it around some more, let sit overnight and dry as a bone. I roll the brass around when dry and all the pins fall out on the towel. its very easy to dump those pins back into a container. It just takes a few minutes, not hard at all. i can clean near 1000 pistol rounds in little time.
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I grab the towel by the corner's, and go up and down to move them around.
I also picked up a 1 inch square rare earth magnet to get the missed pin's. I toss that magnet intothe pile before I start rolling the brass and I alway's get a few I've missed that way.
I put the brass in a screen bracket that happen's to fit the heat register snugly and dry my brass that way.
 
Moosifer1 said:
You should NEVER put brass in an oven to dry. Every reloading manual states this for a reason...
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canoetrpr said:
Really appreciate you posting my friend. Your experience with it is worth a lot. I think I'll just get me a media separator in that case.
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When I bought it it looked like a good idea. It's not awful but by the time you drain the media into a separate bowl, then shake the remaining media out of the brass cases into another container and then pour the media from both containers back into the tumbler it's just as fast or faster to just dump everything from the tumbler into the media separator, give it a few spins & dump the media back into the tumbler.
 
Red Herring said:
I'm going to make this one. Was them with H2O, a little soap and some vinegar.

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yea....only problem with that setup is that the drill motor is that its a brush motor, which means, continuous duty will wear out those brusheh in a jiffy, and two, the motor is really not designed for continuous use like that.

a furnace or dryer or washing machine motors with a pulley setup are the best...

I used my old furnace motor and pulley set to make a tumbler out of a 5gal bucket with a gamma lid....
 
This whole thread seems to be how to clean and dry your brass faster.
I have extra brass and if it takes a day to dry who cares, to me this sport is relaxing.
Why the heck would I what to worrie about how fast I can dry some brass, (that would not be relaxing)
Have a good day all and the hell with the brass, keep your powder dry.
Ron
 
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