400 series stainless is magnetic.
DIY Tumbler finally finished...look at the results!!
- Thread starter OEM
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400 series stainless is magnetic.
- Location
- Fort McMurray
Looks great! Good job on the DIY ... I love my SS set up also
I like the idea of a 20 liter olive jar doing 1000 9mm at a time ... For time, it Sure beats doing 220 9mm like I'm doing now
Thanks for sharing everyone!
I like the idea of a 20 liter olive jar doing 1000 9mm at a time ... For time, it Sure beats doing 220 9mm like I'm doing now
Thanks for sharing everyone!
Lotsa questions and a follow up...
OK, so I had some PMs asking me for more detailed pixes of the setup. Its not a biggie really. But here're some additional pixes...hopefully you DIY's can figure it out. Feel free to PM me if you have more questions.
Motor is screwed to wooden base. The pulley is actually 7 inches and not 6 inches as I thought. The motor came with a small pulley.
The rods themselves are standard threaded rods from HD. All the bearings are from a broken skateboard, same as the wheels. The original intent was to use (as one poster suggested) a large sewer pipe. Hence the wheels. However, the pipe whilst it could be closed tight on one side, would not close (and open again) on the other. So...I left the wheels there.
I used old fuel line to line the threaded rods and give some traction.
Last night, I just dumped a whole lot of cases in. Counted them later to be about 330 9mm and about 40 30-30. Thinking more is better (and haven't read the admonishment from someone else here that my Lemishine content was over 20 times the usual) I put in DOUBLE what put in before.
Well, guess what...
After 2 hours, I had a whole bunch of nice shiny brass, but about 20 or so badly tarnished ones!!
I guess I'll have to be careful about my quantities next time/
OK, so I had some PMs asking me for more detailed pixes of the setup. Its not a biggie really. But here're some additional pixes...hopefully you DIY's can figure it out. Feel free to PM me if you have more questions.
Motor is screwed to wooden base. The pulley is actually 7 inches and not 6 inches as I thought. The motor came with a small pulley.
The rods themselves are standard threaded rods from HD. All the bearings are from a broken skateboard, same as the wheels. The original intent was to use (as one poster suggested) a large sewer pipe. Hence the wheels. However, the pipe whilst it could be closed tight on one side, would not close (and open again) on the other. So...I left the wheels there.
I used old fuel line to line the threaded rods and give some traction.
Last night, I just dumped a whole lot of cases in. Counted them later to be about 330 9mm and about 40 30-30. Thinking more is better (and haven't read the admonishment from someone else here that my Lemishine content was over 20 times the usual) I put in DOUBLE what put in before.
Well, guess what...
After 2 hours, I had a whole bunch of nice shiny brass, but about 20 or so badly tarnished ones!!
I guess I'll have to be careful about my quantities next time/
- Location
- Fort McMurray
Just a thought ... I always de-prime first. Potential for water remaining in the pockets is higher than the risk I want to take that it may or may not happen.
Olive barrels are getting hard to get. Deli's used to get them and so did supermarkets that sold bulk foods, but nowdays olives and pickles largely come in vacuum packed plastic bags. I know our canoe club has about 20 for sale at $5 each (at least they did) they were the standard for packing food for many years for canoeists.
Yeah and now they use regular pails with the spin on cover. Yeah I thought about using that too, but couldn't find pails that would roll smoothly. They all had a lip that would make for a rough roll.
Yep an olive drum sounds just perfect. Strong, waterproof and smooth.
Yep an olive drum sounds just perfect. Strong, waterproof and smooth.
