powder drop tubes ?

[meetyourmaker]

ANYONE make a drop tube abd what materila did you use.... i guess i'll use copper tube

 

[swiss1.5]

An old aluminum arrow shaft works great.

 

[vagrantviking]

Copper water line. You can flair the end to seat over the case mouth.

Rigging up a stand is helpful.

 

[Rod B]

I used a long toilet tank supply tube & epoxied a funnel to it.

 

[meetyourmaker]

thanks guys....jus heading to hardware store now !

 

[BCRider]

Model railroad and some model airplane hobby shops will have racks of K&S brass tubing in 1/32" size steps from 1/16 to around 1/2 inch. The walls are all just a hair under 1/64 so they telescope into each other. So a good fit is pretty easy to find.

They come work hardened from the drawing process. But if they are annealed with a propane torch the brass becomes very workable for flaring or crimping down.

 

[stubblejumper]

A drop tube funnel cost me about $15 from Sinclair. For that price, I couldn't be bothered to go to the effort of making one.

 

[orgrabbit]

If you knew someone in the propane business, liquid withdrawal tubes in pig tanks are brass and just the right size.

 

[oldrodder]

I used a long toilet tank supply tube & epoxied a funnel to it.

This. For a stand, I duct taped a "C" clamp to the tube and clamp it to a shelf above my bench.
To be effective the tube needs to be at least 12" long........................longer is better!! LOL!!
Mike

 

[meetyourmaker]

A drop tube funnel cost me about $15 from Sinclair. For that price, I couldn't be bothered to go to the effort of making one.

I havn't had a chance to look at the what's on the market... it's too simple a device to buy when I can make soemthing in 5 minutes for 50 cents...and it wouldn't be plastic !

 

[stubblejumper]

I havn't had a chance to look at the what's on the market... it's too simple a device to buy when I can make soemthing in 5 minutes for 50 cents...and it wouldn't be plastic !

The funnel is plastic, the drop tube is metal. And the $15 included the funnel and the drop tube.

As to the funnel being plastic, I have had the same funnel for several years, and it being plastic, certainly hasn't been an issue.

 

[Ganderite]

A drop tube funnel cost me about $15 from Sinclair. For that price, I couldn't be bothered to go to the effort of making one.

I use one of these now. I used a small nail to tack it to the front of my bench. Instant stand...


In years past, I used an old primer tube epoxied to a funnel.