Some real grungy brass turned to Bling

[alec.mc 180]

My fist run of tumbling ever. I picked up a slightly used thumler tumbler on arfcom for 100 bux.

200 rounds of 9mm bling

 

 

 

looks good, but damn - just 200 rounds you ran? How many rounds of 45 will that thing hold ? 

[carl_g 568]

I need to play around with it. The instructions say 230 pieces of 9mm with 5 lbs of media and a gallon of water. Max weight is 15 lbs. I have read people doing 300 9mm with 5 lbs, I have also read people cutting the media in half and running 500 pieces. So I have some experimenting to do. I am totally new to reloading and just have a lee turret press so, I wont be churning out large amounts of ammo for a while.

 

the seperator is just a simple Franklin arsenal thing that fits over a 5 gal bucket. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/731116/frankford-arsenal-standard-media-separator?cm_vc=subv1183204

[Heavyopp 167]

Kinda warm tonight --  Been out in the garage working on my 1st 8" drum --  Bought enough fittings to make 4 of them --

 

5 agitators looks right...

 

[NickC 23]

Kinda warm tonight --  Been out in the garage working on my 1st 8" drum --  Bought enough fittings to make 4 of them --

 

5 agitators looks right...

 

 

 

Cool!  That ones mine right?

[Heavyopp 167]

Cool!  That ones mine right?

Could be.....

[alec.mc 180]

8" drum? jeebuss...

 

Rarely do I find the need to tumble every peice of brass I own.

 

nor the patience to de-prime all of them first.

[Heavyopp 167]

I just did that 30 pound swap of 223 for 9mm --  I don't think I'll be able to fit them all but I'll give it a try -- Plus I want to know how it works

 

I'm thinking of putting together a double drum tumbler with two 8" drums -- see if I can sell it -- I need a drum 1st to design the tumbler around

 

Then I'm building a quadcopter from scratch...

[NickC 23]

 

Then I'm building a quadcopter from scratch...

NICE! I was thinking about that too.

But might as well build a hex. Much more stable.

[Heavyopp 167]

But might as well build a hex. Much more stable.

 

More lifting power but I'm not so sure a hex is more stable -- I haven't read anything to support that but I am still learning -- so much to process

[tony357 386]

Kinda warm tonight --  Been out in the garage working on my 1st 8" drum --  Bought enough fittings to make 4 of them --

 

5 agitators looks right...

 

 

Go Big or go home...LOl..

I might just have to make one out of a front loading washing machine with glass window to watch it.. HAHAHA...

[Heavyopp 167]

Go Big or go home...LOl..

I might just have to make one out of an old dryer drum!! HAHAHA...

Tony, I have 10" and 15" pipe -- could really get big -- but the fittings for that stuff will run in the hundreds per fitting

[tony357 386]

it does get expensive when the pipe gets large, i use 6 inch pipe for my shrink wrap gun extension to  store it, the pipe, end cap, end cap and plug ran me 95.00

[Porthole 15]

Tony, I have 10" and 15" pipe -- could really get big -- but the fittings for that stuff will run in the hundreds per fitting

 

Who ya got to pick it up and drain?

[AverageJoe 95]

Go Big or go home...LOl..

I might just have to make one out of a front loading washing machine with glass window to watch it.. HAHAHA...

Like this? http://ingunowners.com/forums/ingo-real-world-reviews/164886-review-homemade-brass-tumbler-5-gallon-capacity.html

[Kingsoverqueens 10]

nor the patience to de-prime all of them first.

My kid will work for cheap.

[alec.mc 180]

flat rate of 40 dollars per 5 gallon bucket work for him ?

[tony357 386]

Like this? http://ingunowners.com/forums/ingo-real-world-reviews/164886-review-homemade-brass-tumbler-5-gallon-capacity.html

That cracks me up....

[Heavyopp 167]

Like this? http://ingunowners.com/forums/ingo-real-world-reviews/164886-review-homemade-brass-tumbler-5-gallon-capacity.html

 

Thats from 2010 --  I wonder how it worked out...

[Heavyopp 167]

Here are some pictures of the 8" drum -- finished and a load running now...

 

8" next to the 6" 

 

 

Filled to this level is exactly 3 gallons of water

 

 

Almost 35 pounds with just water...

 

 

A little over 18 and a half pounds of de-primed 9mm brass -- I have no idea how many are in there

 

 

Fills the 8" drum about halfway 

 

 

A little more than 20 pounds of media

 

 

 

Almost 50 pounds without liquid -- It's filled to there --

 

 

water and the detergents filled almost to the top

 

[Heavyopp 167]

 

Capped ready to roll --  Almost 72 pounds total -- I ended up cutting the 6" portion of the reducer fitting down an inch so I could put a piece of 6" pipe in  -- 

 

Did this so the rubber fernco cap would fit easier --  The cap fits easily over 6 " pipe -- it was a real wrestling match to get it over the actual reducer fitting -- nothing like how the 4" fits on the 6" drums

 

 

On the machine, running --  the machine didn't even hesitate to start with the 72 pound drum on there -- should be no issues

 

[RS1200XL 4]

Just got all my tumbling stuff in so I did my first attempt at tumbling.  I threw about 100 rounds of .45 into my Harbor freight tumbler and this is what I got:

 

 

 

 

 

Bling bling for my 1911.

[carl_g 568]

Just got all my tumbling stuff in so I did my first attempt at tumbling.  I threw about 100 rounds of .45 into my Harbor freight tumbler and this is what I got:

 

 

 

 

 

Bling bling for my 1911.

 

lookin' purdy!

[AdamM 42]

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