Lyman tumbler I bought... at least 25 years ago, best I can figure. No telling how many cases have been through it. Then, a few months ago it started making bad rattley noises which I could not figure out why, and the other day it flat died.
So a new tumbler is in order. Especially since the weather and knees are becoming more amenable to such, which means I'll have brass to clean.
As a side note, the knee done last April is pretty good. The one from October is still having some trouble, mainly when the weather is changing, but it has improved a lot.
Now I need to get a couple of things done, and hopefully not forget the 7th evening stuff.
As a side note, the knee done last April is pretty good. The one from October is still having some trouble, mainly when the weather is changing, but it has improved a lot.
Now I need to get a couple of things done, and hopefully not forget the 7th evening stuff.
5 comments:
Frankford Arsenal wet tumbler is what you seek
I had TKR (total knee replacement) almost 3 years ago, at the relatively young age of 55, and it JUST started feeling "normal" (Read: Not killing me 24/7). I'll never have the flexibility that I had before the replacement, but at least I am starting to be able to walk semi-normally and not screw up my back and hips to the point of thoughts of going "postal", just to end the pain.
I hope you find relief, and soon.
A second vote for the Frankford wet tumbler.
For reference, I had two of the Lyman tumblers. If I put in a piece of brass with a severe brown range patina, a hundred honest hours starting with new media wouldn't do very much. Two hours in the wet system would clean it like new inside and outside. I use Lemonshine and a bit of Dawn dish soap.
BC, it's taken a while, but these have improved a lot. I can't squat the way I used to, but walking and so forth isn't painful anymore. Now that the weather is improving I should be able to get the bicycle out, which helped with the left last spring.
I've got a wet tumbler is use for serious cleaning, I like to use the dry to get powder fouling off before sizing and such. And with rifle cases that have to be lubed, to get the lube off. But you're right about the wet tumbler getting it REALLY clean and shiny.
Mix I use in the wet is water, two drops of Dawn dish soap, and 1/8 teaspoon of cream of tartar, and the stuff gleams. The cream can be bought cheap at the grocery store, too.
If it is the Turbo 1200 a replacement motor can be obtained from Grainger. I got one for about $26 about 5 years ago. It has probably doubled in price since then. I have had my Turbo 1200 since the early 90's.
I take all of the same caliber brass, teaspoon of Dawn, teaspoon of Lemi-shine, and cover with water. I let it run five or 6 hours, drain, and spread the brass on an old towel. This just gets rid of the excess dirt and cleans the inside of the bowl. I work the brass getting all of the moisture out twice a day for the next 2 days. It then gets dropped back in the tumbler with ground corn cob media that has been dosed with a liquid carnauba car wax. I will let it run 12 to 18 hours. I usually have two batches of brass in a cleaning cycle. I run the corn cob media until the brass comes out hazy or dull where I toss it. I bought a 5 gallon bucket from Natchez about 4 years ago and I still have half of it.
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