Thank you, but in the interests of full disclosure, I did blow some of the dust off that had accumulated from the adjacent woodworking shop before taking the pictures!^^^THAT, my friend is a VERY Clean assembly+++ to you!!..Bill
Thank you, but in the interests of full disclosure, I did blow some of the dust off that had accumulated from the adjacent woodworking shop before taking the pictures!^^^THAT, my friend is a VERY Clean assembly+++ to you!!..Bill
Wow that's a good job.Rotating container is 6" diameter and about 20" long. View looking inside shows the PVC stirring wings as well as the SS pins (stored inside when not using them).
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Thanks for the info.I start with the Lyman sonic cleaner which gets the insides of the casings really nice and clean. Then I size, recap and trim (if necessary) followed by a quick clean of the primer pockets. Then back in the sonic cleaner to remove the case lube and the rest of the debris in the primer pockets. After about 24 hours of dry time, then into the tumbler (I have a Franklin as well as a Dillon) for between 4 and 8 hours depending on how much polishing they require. Then I hand sort and make sure that all of the flash holes are free of polishing media and finally, I put them in a ziplock bag for storage until i decide to reload them. I know this may sound like a bit much but I think case prep is one of the most important steps to reloading.
Pretty much the same here.I switched from a reworked Harbor Freight vibratory tumbler to the Frankford rotary tumbler. Using stainless media 5lbs, 2 tbs of Dawn and 1/4 tsp of LemiShine booster. For really dirty range brass I tumbled 3 hours or a bit more. Decapped brass comes out 90% like new.
very happy.
They make a magnet to separate the pins. Pull the lever up and the magnet deactivates releasing the pins in a container. Best 20 bucks everI use the frankford arsenal wet tumbler for last five years. Best choice I made to get away from dry tumble. Separating the media is a small pain in butt but it's so much nicer in the rest of the loading process.