Cheap Tumblers?

[russian_babushka]

Hi guys, how do you guys polish your brass? Any make-it-yourself cheap tumblers? And where can I buy corn meal media in the Lower Mainland?

Thanks!

 

[bcsteve]

I got my Lyman corn media from Italian Sport.

 

[tvd]

Media...for cheap

For media I use corncob that I buy for realy cheap at the local petstore. Its used for litter for reptiles and hamsters and stuff. Costs around $5 for a 5 lb bag or $25 for a 40 lb bag!

Brass comes out shiny as new after a few hours in my Lymar turbo 1200 tumbler!

TvD

 

[woodchopper]

I use the lizard litter, crushed walnut shells, and I throw in a small handfull of that absorball clay. Just seems to work better with a little absorball

 

[Gatehouse]

You can get tumblers for $60 or so these days

Crushed walnut at the pet store is cheap

 

[HPL]

I got my Lyman corn media from Italian Sport.

Oh god, tell me you didn't get suckered into buying the RCBS tumbling media.

 

[Gatehouse]

Oh god, tell me you didn't get suckered into buying the RCBS tumbling media.

He ays it was Lyman, actually.

 

[bcsteve]

Got the Lyman treated (green) corn media. $10 for 2Lbs I think. Works great, no need to add polish. I don't see a problem so far?!

 

[Canuck223]

Guys, unless you only load a few hundred rifle cases, do yourselves a favour. Go out and get the biggest motherphucking tumbler you can find. The Hornady M3 is a good place to start. It will do 1000+ 9mm cases at a time. It's $130 from Higginsons.

If you like Dillon, there's are a good buy, and you are going to want the media seperator anyway.

The small tumblers have their place, but buy the one you really need first.

If storage space isn't a concern, look in your yellow pages under abrasives and see who's got the 50# bags of 1420 grit corn or walnut.

 

[HPL]

Got the Lyman treated (green) corn media. $10 for 2Lbs I think. Works great, no need to add polish. I don't see a problem so far?!

That's not so bad. I was afraid he had bought the RCBS stuff at around $24 for 2lbs.

 

[doc25]

Canuck223 is right I have a Lyman tumbler but it's the small one.
get the biggest you can find and if it's the self seperating ones so much the better.

 

[russian_babushka]

Does it matter if I buy the half doughnut type tumbler or the drum style?

 

[beltfed]

Guys, unless you only load a few hundred rifle cases, do yourselves a favour. Go out and get the biggest motherphucking tumbler you can find. The Hornady M3 is a good place to start. It will do 1000+ 9mm cases at a time. It's $130 from Higginsons.

If you like Dillon, there's are a good buy, and you are going to want the media seperator anyway.

The small tumblers have their place, but buy the one you really need first.

If storage space isn't a concern, look in your yellow pages under abrasives and see who's got the 50# bags of 1420 grit corn or walnut.

+2 -Awesome advice on both counts.

 

[prosper]

I wonder about tossing a bunch in sealed plastic containers of some sort, and tossing them into the dryer (on cold) for a while...


I know some of the guys (dealers) into mass quantities use cement mixers...

 

[beltfed]

I wonder about tossing a bunch in sealed plastic containers of some sort, and tossing them into the dryer (on cold) for a while...

Hey Honey, check this out!!!

 

[prosper]

Get her a Gift certificate at a spa somewhere, and have the run of the house yourself for a few hours

 

[SIGP2101]

Get her a Gift certificate at a spa somewhere, and have the run of the house yourself for a few hours

Even better, make her do it for you every week, show her who is the head of the house.

 

[Gatehouse]

I wonder about tossing a bunch in sealed plastic containers of some sort, and tossing them into the dryer (on cold) for a while...


I know some of the guys (dealers) into mass quantities use cement mixers...

For prices liek these on tumblers, why bother?

http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/department.asp?dept=RELOADING&dept2=TUMBLERS&dept3=110 VOLT

The Canadian dollar is at a record high for 20 years...

 

[kfn]

Homemade tumbler plans can be found at www.eohc.ca/reloading.asp ; 13th link at the bottom of the page. An inverted funnel in the bowl apparently helps alot.

 

[BEARMAN]

Knew a guy who fastened a large square bucket to an old record turntable then lifted one side of the turntable so it was 3 or 4 inches higher than the other side. Put in media and brass and let it run for a day or two at the slowest speed. It was cheap and seemed to work but I think it took much longer than commercial ones.