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Posted: 6/3/2014 2:49:15 AM EDT
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OKAY.
Cheap-o butt. Probably not the best forum for that, but we do want to have at least a little fun here. AeroE |
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Posted: 6/3/2014 3:42:12 AM EDT
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I have a franklin-arsenal tumbler I paid $20 for 20 years ago.
It holds a lot more brass. Props for your creativity! If it was me I'd probably burn my house down. |
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Posted: 6/3/2014 7:42:13 AM EDT
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I have a franklin-arsenal tumbler I paid $20 for 20 years ago. It holds a lot more brass. Props for your creativity! If it was me I'd probably burn my house down. spend much time in GD?? To the OP granted it will work, but the amount of brass it can handle is very limited. Still if you don't have much you are tumbling then if it works for you that is a good thing. |
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Posted: 6/3/2014 8:08:37 AM EDT
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I must be blind or dense, I can't figure out what shakes the can.
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Posted: 6/3/2014 8:38:15 AM EDT
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I must be blind or dense, I can't figure out what shakes the can. It looks like it's a hand held orbital sander scabbed on to the can and held in a vice to me.... |
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Posted: 6/3/2014 1:06:34 PM EDT
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Sorry for the irrelevance, mods. Yeah, my tumbling needs aren't very much, so I figured I'd save some money (at least in the meantime) and just use some stuff I had laying around.
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Posted: 6/3/2014 1:09:47 PM EDT
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Hillbillies
 are creative...
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Posted: 6/3/2014 1:11:56 PM EDT
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Sorry for the irrelevance, mods. Yeah, my tumbling needs aren't very much, so I figured I'd save some money (at least in the meantime) and just use some stuff I had laying around. Your thread is fine and on topic. The title was weak, so I fixed that. |
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Posted: 6/3/2014 1:30:28 PM EDT
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It looks like it's a hand held orbital sander scabbed on to the can and held in a vice to me.... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I must be blind or dense, I can't figure out what shakes the can. It looks like it's a hand held orbital sander scabbed on to the can and held in a vice to me.... I couldn't figure what was going on there either until you pointed it out Looks like it's doing the job well enough |
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Posted: 6/3/2014 1:37:04 PM EDT
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I couldn't figure it out by the pic either. Glad you explained that it was a random orbital sander.
Not to criticize but if I was doing such a small batch and had no equipment, like a box or two of rifle, I'd simply clean up the brass with fine steel wool and a bore brush for the necks. Simple and cheap. I figure the OP will step up to a cement truck by next year. 
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Posted: 6/3/2014 1:53:53 PM EDT
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I have a franklin-arsenal tumbler I paid $20 for 20 years ago. It holds a lot more brass. Props for your creativity! If it was me I'd probably burn my house down. You don't know how much truth you speak. Go to the CPSC website. Some older Franklin Arsenal tumblers did start fires and were recalled. DO IT NOW! |
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Posted: 6/7/2014 5:09:55 AM EDT
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I tried this a few years ago, but it doesn't work that great if you need to tumble more than a handful at a time. Keep that head flowing with ideas. This county needs more inventors. |
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Posted: 6/7/2014 8:40:12 AM EDT
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I have a sander that uses a third sheet of paper, I'll bet it would tumble three cans of that size.
I doubt any of these machines will last long in continuous use. |
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Posted: 6/7/2014 8:44:01 AM EDT
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Quoted: I'd say this hillbilly tumbler works great! Pics of the brass were after 5 minutes of tumbling in walnut media. All for the great price of free-.95. Don't mind the dimmer switch, it doesn't do anything. Figured it'd be a good idea, but my redneck science only goes so far, I reckon. http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u614/BrendanPoston/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20140602_153800_514_zps301a1c49.jpg http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u614/BrendanPoston/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20140602_153943_979_zpsa386337c.jpg Title edit to add relevance. AeroE |
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Posted: 6/7/2014 12:09:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nice OP. How 'bout a vid of it working? (or do you not have enough stuff laying around to make a video capture device?) Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'd say this hillbilly tumbler works great! Pics of the brass were after 5 minutes of tumbling in walnut media. All for the great price of free-.95. Don't mind the dimmer switch, it doesn't do anything. Figured it'd be a good idea, but my redneck science only goes so far, I reckon. http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u614/BrendanPoston/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20140602_153800_514_zps301a1c49.jpg http://i1324.photobucket.com/albums/u614/BrendanPoston/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20140602_153943_979_zpsa386337c.jpg Title edit to add relevance. AeroE Remember you are in a Technical Forum, not GD.(general discussion) In this forum you will not make fun of what folks post. I have a short fuse on this. In case the Conduct Code is new to you, SPECIFIC TO THE TECH FORUMS. The tech forums (Ar15,AK47,Handgun,Armory,Training,Outdoors) are more "formal" and actions permitted in the GD forum aren't permitted there. These forums are there to share information and as a result, trolling, heated arguments,insulting others,etc won't be ignored. I saw the smiley face, doesn't change the nature of your post. dryflash3 |
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Posted: 6/7/2014 10:09:06 PM EDT
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Where did you get, or what have you shot that brass through, and how many times? It may just be the picture, but it looks like you may have impending case head failures with that strong line running across both the dirty and the clean pieces in your hand.
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Posted: 6/7/2014 10:51:40 PM EDT
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Drink more coffee for bigger can.
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Posted: 6/8/2014 4:13:28 PM EDT
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Hey guys, so update on the sander: it burnt up. I should have seen it coming, but I guess the 29 Palms heat got to it. Sorry for no video of it working, I'm gonna buy a REAL tumbler now! I did get around 800 cases tumbled through it in one day though, which isn't bad considering the size of the can.
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Posted: 6/8/2014 4:15:30 PM EDT
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Where did you get, or what have you shot that brass through, and how many times? It may just be the picture, but it looks like you may have impending case head failures with that strong line running across both the dirty and the clean pieces in your hand. Hey thanks for the heads up. Yeah this was all range pick up brass I got in an ammo can, I had to go and sort through them as some of them looked about worn out. Thanks for looking out though! |
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