Greetings All,
I'm new to this forum and after reading about the benefis of ss media and how its used, I've come up with my own version that has worked for me. I'm rather frugal and a bit of a tinkerer so this did not cost alot to set up. Basically I went to Home Depot and bought several meters of 6/7 copper multi strand grounding wire (bare) and cut the pieces with a bolt cutter mounted on a vise. It took me about 1.5 hrs. and I ended up with about 4lbs. of .60in copper wire pins. I think that the copper being softer than the brass will have no effects with scratching, wear, etc. and have the same effect as the ss pins.
I tried this out and it works exactly the same with the same results as with the ss pins and I only tumbled for 1 hour (home made tumbler) using the dish soap & lemishine mix. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
R.