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Posted: 1/18/2016 9:58:28 PM EDT
| A while back there was a post about different media separators and I can't seem to find it now. The thing that I am really looking for was someone was using screens that they use to find gold to strain out the brass and then the SS pins for wet tumbling and the screens fit on 5 gallon buckets. If anyone knows the sizes for these and or the pos that I'm talking about it would be greatly appreciated. |
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For corn cob and walnut media separation I used a simple wooden frame with 1/4"x1/4" metal screen tacked to the bottom for years Simply set the screened frame in a larger container (plastic, cardboard or wood) and dump the brass and media into the screened frame and shake it inside the larger box until all the media falls out.
I now use a Dillon separator nowadays, it's quicker and easier. My cheap home made unit worked well for me, it did the job. I haven't switched to SS pins, so I can't help you there. |
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For corn cob and walnut media separation I used a simple wooden frame with 1/4"x1/4" metal screen tacked to the bottom for years Simply set the screened frame in a larger container (plastic, cardboard or wood) and dump the brass and media into the screened frame and shake it inside the larger box until all the media falls out. I now use a Dillon separator nowadays, it's quicker and easier. My cheap home made unit worked well for me, it did the job. I haven't switched to SS pins, so I can't help you there. I use the Dillon separator for getting the pins out of my brass. It works great. I used to use the screen pans for separating out pins, was kind of a PITA, but it did work. Link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008B0T5Z2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00 |
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Quoted: My old Midway separator works great for wet and dry media. I use the one half of the basket and shake it back and forth. The pins fall through. It's also good to dry them out on a floor register. Dryflash once posted pics of his and it's the same one. Yep, 2 buckets and media separator is all that is needed. No magnets, no strainers either. In the first post here, |
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Stop............. don't buy anything for SS wet media separation until you consider the Frankford Arsenal Standard Media Separator; ten bucks at Amazon.
It's a simple plastic colander-style device, but it has deep straight sides so it fits well down inside a standard 5 gal drywall (Home Depot) plastic bucket. You can stir the brass and pins to filter out most of the pins and then shake them to get the rest. Because it's so deep, the pins don't tend to jump out while you shaking and get lost in the sink. |
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Stop............. don't buy anything for SS wet media separation until you consider the Frankford Arsenal Standard Media Separator; ten bucks at Amazon. It's a simple plastic colander-style device, but it has deep straight sides so it fits well down inside a standard 5 gal drywall (Home Depot) plastic bucket. You can stir the brass and pins to filter out most of the pins and then shake them to get the rest. Because it's so deep, the pins don't tend to jump out while you shaking and get lost in the sink. I got one for regular media and it works great. |
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