Thumler's Tumbler

When I was doing my research into getting set up for SS media, I saw the CanadianTresureSeekers website as well and ended up buying direct from the states at SSmedia.com or whatever their website is. I did not buy the media separator, big mistake. BUY THE MEDIA SEPARATOR. It's worth it.



I love the set up though, totally worth the ~$300. I used to measure out the soap and lemishine as suggested but now just guestimate the volumes. Time is the big factor in getting the brass brand new looking. Time and also the amount of brass you jam in there. A few weeks ago I cleaned ~1000 30-06, 2000 9mm, and about 400 303Brit. Some of the larger loads I think I put 200 pieces of 9mm instead of the recommended 150, brass looked alright but not brand new. Some of that old crappy looking military 30-06 came out shinier than new!


Oh, my big complaint is the tumble gasket that is put between the end plate and the barrel body. My rubber gasket is warping and the seal between the 6 main screws is degrading. Not a huge fan of that design flaw but the gasket should be easy to replace.

Anyway, hope that helps.
 
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About your gasket complaint, same thing with mine. Made up another ring to slip over drum bolts, same O.D. as drum, and used hex nuts instead of supplied wing nuts. Drum seals tight now.
 
Chinbullco said:
High speed tumbler, now there's an oxymoron. I use STM in low speed tumblers to prevent peening thin neck cases and cases finished with 22 degree chamfer. I have high and low speed tumblers and side by side they do the same job in the same time, less damage with low speed.

Another use for tumbler is applying case lube to brass. Find a piece of heavy duty foam cut into 2" X 2" square .5" thick and apply case lube to pad. Use a scale to weigh foam before lube is applied. Lube it sparingly. A tiny amount goes a long way. Lube that I use requires 8 gr. of lube for 500 223 cases. Run about 20 minutes in low speed tumbler.
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Whatever work's for you,keep doing it.
 
Sealing Tumblers

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Lids on Thumblers tumbler are fairly wimpy. If you don't have four lids to use a lid made from 1/4" plate will keep gaskets seated square and won't leak.
 
chalkriver said:
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Hi speed tumbler,5lbs of pins,media seperator and the lemishine $254.95

I will be reloading.308 , 30.06, 9mm and 45ACP


Has anyone purchased one of these kits from this company ,if so how much for shipping ?
How does this compare for price ....anywhere else sell these kits ?
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I was just told by STM its $76 to ship the tumbler, media and Lemishine. $35 to ship the separator.

Sinclair is about $75 for shipping.
 
A separator is not needed.

After the last cold water rinse fill the barrel/tub about ¾ full of clean water and by holding the cases upside down and shaking them in the water, all the pins fall out of the cases.

I then carefully pour out the water from a corner into a hand held face cloth to catch any floating or straying pins. I do the same when rinsing the dirty water from cleaning the cases. A magnet is used to pick up the pins from the cloth.
 
sail32 said:
A separator is not needed.

After the last cold water rinse fill the barrel/tub about ¾ full of clean water and by holding the cases upside down and shaking them in the water, all the pins fall out of the cases.

I then carefully pour out the water from a corner into a hand held face cloth to catch any floating or straying pins. I do the same when rinsing the dirty water from cleaning the cases. A magnet is used to pick up the pins from the cloth.
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Sure, your method is ok for big stuff like 30/06 but have you tried doing that for 200 peices of 9mm? I use a salad spinner & magnet right now and it works, but I wish I had bought the separator.
 
Does anyone sell real stainless pins or what is the life span of the "unpure" pins.
I noticed Acklands Grainger sells pins....has anyone tried theirs?
 
Just an FYI in case no one's mentioned it...

Lemishine costs about $4 a can at Cdn. Tire..

I avoided most if not all the short comings of the Thumbler Tumbler by building my own device...

It doesn't leak and can handle wayyyy more volume/weight than the Thumbler.
It also cost much less to build.

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the results..

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667 said:
I avoided most if not all the short comings of the Thumbler Tumbler by building my own device..
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I have no idea about the short comings of that unit, but I liked your idea, so I spent some time on youtube and decided to find a used treadmill.
Found a Leisureworks 1200 and did some cutting, a little welding and voila
I still have a few finishing touches, but it is fully operational.
So far I have 0$ invested.
Now I just have to find a tub/pipe and the media.
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MikeTheRock said:
FYI
- Pellets LLC has stocking dealers in Canada, including one in Calgary. So you can avoid the expensive shippings on the stainless steel media / pins.
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I will check them out Mike...thanks for the heads up.

I posted a questions about the quality of the magnetic pins a few posts back, bot there have been no comments on it. Perhaps I worded it wrong.
Stainless steel in not magnetic, so the "magnetic pins are not pure stainless.
I have experienced rust issues on occasion with other items that claim to be stainless that is not pure so to speak.
So I guess what I would like to know is if anyone has had any issues with corrosion on the magnetic pins or can I expect them to last?
 
Wired leader said:
I will check them out Mike...thanks for the heads up.

I posted a questions about the quality of the magnetic pins a few posts back, bot there have been no comments on it. Perhaps I worded it wrong.
Stainless steel in not magnetic, so the "magnetic pins are not pure stainless.
I have experienced rust issues on occasion with other items that claim to be stainless that is not pure so to speak.
So I guess what I would like to know is if anyone has had any issues with corrosion on the magnetic pins.
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I've had my pin's for more then 2 year's and no rust problem's what-so-ever
 
Thanks zuke, I don't believe I've read about any such situations, but I figured that if anyone here has had any issues, they would pipe in.

Can't wait to try it out!
 
Pellets LLC is the company that supplies Sinclair International in the US as well (you can see the packagin on the soncalir website for the combo packagae). I've contacted Pellets and they are pretty helpful, but I didn't ask them this specific magnetic/non-magnetic question or about rusting issues.

Let me/us know what they say if you ring them up.
 
Pellets LLC. Magnetic and will NOT rust.
I bought 5 lb's for a friend a year ago and gave them the corrosion test and they passed.
 
Thanks for the input guys. I just fired off an email to them in regards to Canadian dealers and the corrosion/life expectancy of the pins. Hopefully, I'll be tumbling soon...
Mike, I'll let you know what they say.
 
I guess the don't sleep at Pellets
Here is the response regarding the magnetic properties of their pins

"Our pins are only produced from 302 or 304 alloy stainless steel wire. The magnetic property of the pins is actually the result of the cutting process. It is a simple test you can try on your own if you have access to stainless steel wire and a pair of wire cutters."
 
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