XxWoodsHunterxX Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 http://www.harborfreight.com/garage-shop/tumblers-vibrators/18-lb-vibratory-bowl-with-liquid-drain-hose-96923.htmlI can do big brass loads with this one. If it dies, I'm buying another just like it. I just got this as a gift from my father. He ended up getting it on sale for $120. I have to admit this beats Dillion's cv-2001and FA by a mile and to top it all off its so quite and sturdy. Ran 2500 9mm through with walnut and nu shine for 6 hours yesterday and man it's a gem. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brassaholic13 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) If you are considering Stainless / wet tumbler - I went with http://www.biggdawgtumblers.net and seems to be built for a lifetime of use. I have now built two tumblers. One for personal, one for business. The personal tumbler, which I built from 1" square tubing, 3/4" rollers, 1/2 HP motor, 5" and 1.5" pulleys, and 8"x18" sewer pipe. I have about $100 in it since I had the motor and sewer pipe laying around. The end caps were the most expensive part @ $25.00/ea. The other tumbler is built on a stronger frame, for tumbling two of the 8"x20" drums at a time. I have considerably more, around the $500.00 mark invested, but then again, I can tumble near 4k pieces of brass at a time. For the money, and size, the Big Dawg tumblers are pretty competitive in price. Edited June 10, 2014 by Brassaholic13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorfish Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I have two Frankford Arsenal tumblers. I would prefer a better brand, but the Frankford's keep running year after year. First Tumbler has crushed nut. Brass goes in the nut first for a quick cleaning. The Second Tumbler has corn cob. After the nut the brass goes into the corn cob with a bit of NuFinish to get polished. Little to no effort to clean my brass using the two tumblers and cheap Christmas light timer. My media separator is a Dillon. Everything else is toy by comparison. I also have a Thumbler with stainless pins. Rarely get's used and when it does, it only get's used on de-capped rifle casings. Too much of Pain in the Assss to use on pistol brass. I like shiny brass, but not worth the effort for pistol brass. Also, I load on a Dillon press. The powder funnel sticks to super clean pin-tumbled brass. The little bit of carbon left on the inside of "normally" tumbled brass helps to limit the powder funnel drag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxWoodsHunterxX Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Now I have a good question. Since we discussed tumblers. How about separators. I have Dillion's small one and the FA bucket one but both too small. Any good ideas on building one if anything Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthshine402 Posted June 11, 2014 Author Share Posted June 11, 2014 +1 on the Berrys, they make a lot of private labeled ones. I really like their seperator with the lid, works great with stainless pins as you don't have to worry about chasing/losing them with it. I like this one. I have one of these with a Cabella's stamp on the lid, pretty nice. Keeps most of the dust contained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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