Stainless steel pins question

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I currently have a Vibrating tumbler (A Thumlers Tumbler Ultra Vibe 18 that I bought about 35 years ago from Stalker Sports in Saskatoon) that I have only ever used Corn cob media or Crushed Walnut media in. It still works great and gets everything shiny.

I am wondering if I can use Stainless steel pin for media in this tumbler.
Or do I need a specific type of machine?

Comments please.
 
I can't see this working but have never tried. I feel the pins will settle out on the bottom and the brass on top. Maybe if there's just enough pins in there but not too much it could work??? Not sure what kind of results you'd get. I use the frankford arsenal rotary tumbler. My Lyman vibratory tumbler just collects dust now.
 
I doubt a handloading tumbler would have the horsepower needed to manipulate the weight of brass plus media in any quantity.

There are certainly commercial grade units that can, but not the reloading grade versions. You would just wear it out.
 
I think it won't work dry in a vibratory but have never tried.
Wet tumbling has some advantages, biggest one is no dust.

Built my wet tumbler for about 50 bucks and very happy with it, gets it very clean very fast.
 
When wet steel media became so popular, just out of curiosity, I tried steel shotgun shot with water in a vibratory tumbler. Worked fine.
 
Make a pvc pipe, seal one end, screw cap the other. Put in brass, pins, water, soap, lemme-shine, screw it shut. Place on treadmill, with a 2x4 hovering above belt to stop it. Run it a couple hours. Bonus points if you stay on the treadmill yourself the whole time :)

Or thumbler model b. I think frankford has a rotary as well.
 
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