I didn't think about it till now but I wonder if they were sending me the wrong model all three times. Doesn't the European model have the same type plug on it as the US model? If so they may have been sending me the 220 unit instead of the 110 unit. I know I have a shortwave radio that has a switch on it so I can use it in Europe as well as the US.
Thanks for that information. I am sure not going to try another FA vibrating tumbler even though my LGS now carries them, especially since they have jacked up the price. I paid $68 and some change for the complete kit tax included and they want $50 plus tax for just the tumbler that I can buy online for $38. No thank you.
Sorry to hear that you too are disabled. I too am trying to do what I am able to do to fix the problems I have but I know it will be a little over a year before some of the thing will be fixed. Some things will never be able to be fixed but it would be nice to be able to get around better at least. I got into reloading about 10 months ago and have been getting things a little at a time as I saved enough to get things. It helps that since I do all the reloading for my Dad and my Brother also that they pay for their own components, length gauges, and dies. They just give me the money and I order what is needed for what they want me to load. Building a tumbler will not only save me money it will give me something to do that I enjoy. I have always enjoyed building things with my hands since I was a little kid. Built a dog house with my Dad when I was eight and I have not stopped building things since. I had wood shop and metal shop in Jr high and in high school I did welding, wood work, power and construction for all four years. I have worked in the construction industry as a carpenters helper and as a carpenter. I have worked as an auto mechanic, and did special maintenance for an aluminum and vinyl extrusion factory, welding, designing and building things they needed built from anodizing tanks, to racks to hold the metal to go in the tanks, to hammers to break down the dies, guards for their hot saws. If it they needed it and I could build it, it got built. I figure even if I have to buy four casters for the wheels I'll only be out about $9 counting tax and my time building it. It will give me a way to do ether wet or dry polishing by just switching containers and media out. I'll still need to get the media but until I save the money to buy the things I want or need for this "hobby" I have to get by with what I can do without. Right now I am trying to save enough to build me a small portable work shop that will fit on a 8x16 foot flatbed trailer. I am going to build it so it can be used as a portable blind as well. The guys on THR have been great on getting me started in the world of reloading and for that I am eternally grateful. Without them I would still be trying to save enough brass to make one run. I am lucky if I find 4 out of 5 of my spent brass with the way my 40 throws the brass and that is with a spotter trying to watch were the brass goes.
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Ok: Here is something I did - I had some old range brass and needed to clean it up. I put it in a dry tumbler for about 24 hours and the results were "Lack-Luster". So, I had another idea. I put the brass in a large plastic coffee container and filled it with Diatomaceous Earth. This is powdered shells of dead sea creatures that is the equivalent of powdered glass. I put just enough water in it to make it a thick mud.
