Memory Loss & Tumbling Brass

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I've left mine on overnight a few times to get the brass shiny. Should I not be doing this?
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I do it all the time. Run it while I am at work or sleeping at night. No big deal. It does wear out a tumbler faster I am sure. I don't like the brass sitting in a tumbler while it isn't running. AC
 
Uniquetek has a great digital countdown timer that can handle heavy amp loads and you can set it for minutes to hours. They are so good I have two of them. One for a 3/4 hp water transfer pump and the other for my tumbler.
You don't need any box just plug in the timer and it plugs into the wall outlet.
Considering there have been some tumbler meltdowns and even fires with some of the cheap tumblers like the ones that were from the Frankford Arsenal I wouldn't feel comfortable with leaving anything that can get hot that long and be a risk. The timer is good cheap insurance and is super easy to use.
 
I run mine in the middle of a thick industrial mat away from combustibles, but that is a very good point.
 
I try to tumble too many cases at one time, and what I end up with is clean cases, however they are not shiny, instead they are kind of a dull-clean finish and upon close observation I can see extremely tiny scratches in the cases.
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When I get that dull-but-clean result, often the medium is used up and too dirty.



I'd rather have memory loss and tumble the brass, than have brass lost and tumble my memory.
 
I have left mine go for a coulple of days with no harm to the tumblers. My wife gets annoyed at me when I call her 3 days later, and ask her to go to the basement to turn them off.
 
ants said:
When I get that dull-but-clean result, often the medium is used up and too dirty.



I'd rather have memory loss and tumble the brass, than have brass lost and tumble my memory.
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You are right. It is the original media I got with the tumbler.
I've treated it five different times with those little packets of white powder, however I think I need to order new media.

Thanks!

Oh, and LOL on the bottom remark - pretty clever play on words there!
LOL
 
i think id have to wear surgical gloves when loading that batch id be to scared to leave a fingerprint, who needs a hot load, WHEN YOU CAN BLIND THEM TO DEATH!
 
When I get that dull-but-clean result, often the medium is used up and too dirty.


Nick, I always thought that stuff was called MEDIA. You must be right up there in years too!:neener:
 
Singular versus plural. I'm just sayin' technically....

Ground walnut is a medium.
Corncob is a medium.
Ceramic grit is a medium.
Walnut, corncob and ceramic are media for cleaning. Grammar uses the plural when we're talking about more than one medium.


Example:
Television is a communications medium, even though there are many television stations.
Radio is a communications medium, even though there are many radio stations.
Newspaper is a communications medium, composed of many different newspapers.
Together they are the media.



I suppose we get confused about the plural because a tumbler full of ground corncob contains thousands of particles. But similarly, the atmosphere contains thousands of particles, yet we don't pluralize it. Same with the Atlantic Ocean, a body of particles but we don't pluralize Atlantic Oceans.

On the other hand, we do enjoy a bowl full of grits or corn flakes. So we can pluralize a bowl full of walnut or corncob without being wrong. At least in the reloading world, we all know what we mean by tumbling media.
 
I have left mine go for a coulple of days with no harm to the tumblers. My wife gets annoyed at me when I call her 3 days later, and ask her to go to the basement to turn them off.
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Gee, I can't understand that......LOL
 
At least in the reloading world, we all know what we mean by tumbling media
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Thank goodness. :D

Is it moose, mooses, meece, or moosi? I've always wondered about that one too. :evil:
 
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i think id have to wear surgical gloves when loading that batch id be to scared to leave a fingerprint, who needs a hot load, WHEN YOU CAN BLIND THEM TO DEATH!
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No, you use silk gloves that they use to handle old documents, old films and such like that!

Silly you :-D

Hey, sell those cases each one, individually-wrapped in non-tarnish packaging - perhaps you could fetch a dollar or two per case!
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Hey, I have an idea!
I'll turn our washing machine into a HUGE TUMBLER!
LOL
I can start with all our silverware and fancy plates~!
 
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I'll turn our washing machine into a HUGE TUMBLER!
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Better yet, you could probably pick up a used dryer with broken heating element for cheap (or free) - fill the holes and presto, high volume tumbler!
 
Since I switched to Graingers 20/40 my tumbler is much quieter. I have it in the attached garage & can't hear it when I'm inside.

With the old Cabela's corn cob I couldn't forget!
 
I run mine in the middle of a thick industrial mat...
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It's tough to criticize your results, but that mat abosorbs some of the vibratory force. You might get those great results faster without the mat.

The instructions suggest running the tumbler on concrete floor.or other rigid support.

My Cabella's with Graingers 20-40 (another of your good suggestions) on the garage concrete floor is not that noisy, even in the garage.
 
It probably does absorb some of the energy, but the bowls are on isolators as well. I would rather do it this way than run it on the wood floor of the shed, just in case. Excellent point though.
 
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First time in 27 years. I realized it the next morning at work. :eek:

Yes, I am still in the "doghouse". :eek:
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My wife's birthday is 4 days before our anniversary. 4 days before we got married I forgot her birthday. Well partly...I had her wrapped gift in my closet at home...I just forgot to take it with me when we got together that evening. When we said good night, just before she went into the dorms and locked the door, she said, "You forgot my birthday, and I'll never forgive you.":eek: I went home that night thinking the whole thing was off. Didn't sleep much.:banghead: Next morning she let me know she was kidding. I may have Alzheimers, and I forget something important most days, yet I guarantee you, I have NEVER forgotten her birthday since, in 42 years!:D

Your brass looks great! I'll have to try that. My master bedroom is above my reloading room/garage, so I'll have to find another spot to try the 26 hours...you don't think I could get away with an overnighter of hmmming under her bed you ya?:rolleyes:
 
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My remember isn't near as good as it used to be. Last Thanksgiving I forgot our anniversary. My wife asked if I had forgotten something, to which I had a deer-in-the-headlights look. :confused: She understood, I had just wrecked my back and was loaded on Percocet. :uhoh: Next year I had better not forget. :eek:

How many of y'all will admit to running the tumbler, forgetting to turn it off, then finding that you didn't have any cases in it? :banghead:
 
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