Media Separator - Recommendation?

Shooter ----/ said:
I'm using the RCBS for my SS tumbling. If you use the big pail separators, you have to fill the pail with water until the rotating basket is partially submerged. You have to do the same with the RCBS but it is much smaller requiring much less water. I actually use the "lid" side to do mine. Least amount of water required.
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My experience exactly.....I have a Frankfort, and you have to fill the whole pail with water to make it work right.......wish I had gone RCBS.......

OP, where you at, I got a good deal for ya.....
 
Dmay said:
My experience exactly.....I have a Frankfort, and you have to fill the whole pail with water to make it work right.......wish I had gone RCBS.......

OP, where you at, I got a good deal for ya.....
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I actually ended up ordering a separator from custom reloading service. I am in Toronto btw.
 
I use the frankford seperator for both stainless and walnut media..I use a small drywall bucket for the stainless media as it uses less than half the water than the 5 gallon bucket.
Also I don't think its messy with walnut I just rock it back and forth a few times to remove 80% of the media before I rotate it and half the time I don't have the side pieces attached to the bucket
 
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"Dear,....do you know where the spoon went?"
 
X2 for the collander, although I went out and bought my own $1 at the dollar store. I can seperate my brass from a 10lb bucket of media in about 2 minutes
 
I bought a Lyman 'collander' type device that works slick. I use it over an empty kirkland dishwashing detergent bucket. :) Works perfect.

THe very last step involves tossing the brass in the air like flippin a pancake. It can get a bit messy (i do it in the garage), but it sure gets all the media out!
 
Ok so I received my Dillon media separator. The smaller one. I am glad I went with the smaller one, as it is pretty big. The large one must be huge.

It is really solid and well put together. I can't see anything about it that should break. I gave it a test run with about 400 9mm cases tumbled in the lyman green corn cob media. Turned it slowly for about 15 seconds. It seemed to remove all of the media from the cases. It will save me a lot of time in the long run.

So far I am happy with my purchase.

I am also very happy with the help I got from Brad at custom reloading service. Thanks again.
 
I also use a colander and shake it over a kitty litter box. Then dump the crushed corn husk back into my Dillon vibrator. Very cheap - very quick and no mess.
 
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