aerod1
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Did you do all of that for grins or was you really trying to save $40.00? it sure seems like a lot of effort to save $40.00.
My homemade vibratory tumbler
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scrat
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mop top that is sooo cool. Wow great job. Can you make a whole bunch of them and send them to us. you can put me on the list
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Moptop, I can see many just don’t understand that it not all about the money. Funny thing is these are the same guys that will pay $10 for a micro waved / heat lamped hamburger instead of cook a $9 steak for themselves…different strokes, I guess.
Good job.
Good job.
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can't call yourself a "gearhead" untill you play on a IM hockey team called "The Gearheads" 
Moptop
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Well I can't play hockey but I do play guitar in a band....hence my nickname!
I tried out my tumbler today and it worked great. I used corncob, which I borrowed from my cockatiel, and a small amount of Wrights brass polish. Only took a couple of hours to put a shine on the 9mm brass I used a guinea pig. I'll pick up some lizzard walnut bedding this week and see how that works.
I tried out my tumbler today and it worked great. I used corncob, which I borrowed from my cockatiel, and a small amount of Wrights brass polish. Only took a couple of hours to put a shine on the 9mm brass I used a guinea pig. I'll pick up some lizzard walnut bedding this week and see how that works.
FlyinBryan
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i like home built stuff too.
very cool. ive been thinking about building a rotary type like a thumler tumbler.
love your motor mount, lol. great looking rig.
very cool. ive been thinking about building a rotary type like a thumler tumbler.
love your motor mount, lol. great looking rig.
Remo-99
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ar10 ya might wanna leave some fins raised just above the drum surface, in order to help rotate the brass mix around a little, otherwise you'll just end up polishing all the cases on the bottom. I'm just guessing though.
helz_mcfugly
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great enginuity moptop. I love it. It damn sure shows we can make it through a resession and still enjoy our passions.
helz_mcfugly
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hell me and flyinbrian make all kinds of homemade gear. you should see his loading station. and hell I use my old guitar cases as gun cases when we go to the range. I wont even go into our minnow net brass catchers. keep it up mate.
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Moptop
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Once again guys, thanks for the good words. It's not that I don't have the 40 clams to buy one, now I can't "redirect" those funds for umm... 500 9mm or .38 bullets, powder, primers, or a heck of lot of .22 rounds! I've always loved building stuff from junk & scrap, which amazes my friends to no end. Just my way of stretching the financial power!
...but I still use guitar cases for ....guitars! With my luck, I'd grab the wrong case and show up at a gig and pull out an 03A3, Won't that go over great at a Bar.
...but I still use guitar cases for ....guitars!
With my luck, I'd grab the wrong case and show up at a gig and pull out an 03A3, Won't that go over great at a Bar.shinz
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Moptop, cool thread & cool gizmo, thanks for the inspiration, I'm going to have a go myself.I think I've tracked down a place that does crushed walnut shells, but can someone tell me what size the crushed shell you guys use is?
Thanks,
Steve
Thanks,
Steve
I think it is 12/20.
You can get it from a Sandblast supply house
Called a local place they had it. 12/20 is the only size they have. Was around 15 bucks with tax. I got a bag gave 15 pounds to a friend with the receipt.
It appears nearly identical to the Kaytee brand for pets. There is a slight color difference & that is about it. It worked fine. 30 vs a 1.00 plus per pound.
Grainger & Harbor freight have something also.
I just saw you are in New Zealand. Had some friends that went there to hunt.
Ignore the US references about price & place to buy.
You can get it from a Sandblast supply house
Called a local place they had it. 12/20 is the only size they have. Was around 15 bucks with tax. I got a bag gave 15 pounds to a friend with the receipt.
It appears nearly identical to the Kaytee brand for pets. There is a slight color difference & that is about it. It worked fine. 30 vs a 1.00 plus per pound.
Grainger & Harbor freight have something also.
I just saw you are in New Zealand. Had some friends that went there to hunt.
Ignore the US references about price & place to buy.
Moptop
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Hey AR10
AR10, in re-reading one of your posts I see that you are going to convert a cement mixer for tumbling. I live very close to Sedalia where there is a Sierra Bullet factory and had the privledge of touring their facility last summer. Very nice folks there. My father & I go there to buy bulk bullets they call "seconds". They are sold by the pound and usually have most cals in stock. These are only called seconds because they are not up to Sierra's cosmetic standards. They are perfectly fine performance-wise. Heck of a price if you don't mind the appearance. Anyway... Cement mixers is exactly what they use to polish the finished product before packaging. As slow as the turn they did not use any kind of cover or lid and had no problem with losing anything out the front. They also used walnut shells as their media. They also added a small amount of some kind of oil but I can't remember what it was.(sorry) I do remember the man saying that the shells lasted a very long time before they needed to be changed.
Just thought I'd drop in a little encouragement here!
AR10, in re-reading one of your posts I see that you are going to convert a cement mixer for tumbling. I live very close to Sedalia where there is a Sierra Bullet factory and had the privledge of touring their facility last summer. Very nice folks there. My father & I go there to buy bulk bullets they call "seconds". They are sold by the pound and usually have most cals in stock. These are only called seconds because they are not up to Sierra's cosmetic standards. They are perfectly fine performance-wise. Heck of a price if you don't mind the appearance. Anyway... Cement mixers is exactly what they use to polish the finished product before packaging. As slow as the turn they did not use any kind of cover or lid and had no problem with losing anything out the front. They also used walnut shells as their media. They also added a small amount of some kind of oil but I can't remember what it was.(sorry) I do remember the man saying that the shells lasted a very long time before they needed to be changed.
Just thought I'd drop in a little encouragement here!
scrat
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i think you need to hook us up with some of those bullets.
shinz
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WNTFW, thanks for the ideas, we have sandblasting outfits nearby so I'll make some phone calls, hopefully they use something similar, I'll keep the size thing in mind too, I found some other threads since I posted that & have a better idea of what I'm after now.
Hope your friends enjoyed their time in NZ & that they had a good hunt.
Steve
Hope your friends enjoyed their time in NZ & that they had a good hunt.
Steve
Quoheleth
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Not to hijack, but do you think this would work???
Don't mean to hijack this thread, but my question has to do with home-made tumblers...
I found my old electric ice cream mixer in the garage the other day. The canister is rusted, so I don't really want to use it for food anymore. The motor runs, though, and this thread got me wondering:
Do you think this would work as a tumbler for pistol cases?
I've been saving my nickles and COULD buy a tumbler, but the idea of throwing out a "good" ice cream mixer galls me...and for the price of buying a new canister, I can get the whole new thing at Wally World for the same $$. So, I could be Al Gore's friend...recycling not only my brass but also my ice cream machine!!!
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Don't mean to hijack this thread, but my question has to do with home-made tumblers...
I found my old electric ice cream mixer in the garage the other day. The canister is rusted, so I don't really want to use it for food anymore. The motor runs, though, and this thread got me wondering:
Do you think this would work as a tumbler for pistol cases?
I've been saving my nickles and COULD buy a tumbler, but the idea of throwing out a "good" ice cream mixer galls me...and for the price of buying a new canister, I can get the whole new thing at Wally World for the same $$. So, I could be Al Gore's friend...recycling not only my brass but also my ice cream machine!!!
Q
Moptop
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Quoheleth, I haven't made too much homemade ice cream in my day but the last time I saw one I remember it turning kinda slow....and wouldn't that paddle thingy inside crush the cases or get them caught in between it and the canister? Maybe if you put it on its side it might work okay but I'm think'n it would be sloooow going.
Just my 2 cents worth.
Just my 2 cents worth.
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