tumbler need one

[cardonasharp]

My frankford Arsenal just quit working today. I would like to buy a stronger one and bigger. I clean a lot of brass any suggestion would be nice.

[rtracy2001]

I would like to buy a stronger one and bigger. I clean a lot of brass any suggestion would be nice.

Well I don't know how durrable it is (I personally have had good luck with Chinatown tools) but it is defiitely bigger...

http://www.harborfreight.com/18-lb-v...ose-96923.html

[mtgrs737]

If I had the money to spend, I would get the large Dillon and the large media seperator. Thumbler lists for $185 by itself. But they are well built!

[fryboy]

66 bucks

http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm...urbo%20Tumbler

[whitetailsniper]

i have the hornady now for going on 9 yrs,,flawless,with no problems

[mike in co]

define" a lot of brass"..................

i do brass for a living...i do a fair amount..but i'm chicken feed to the commercial brass processers.

i use two large dillons.....five lbs of ground corn cob(14/20 blasting media) a litttle nufinish car polish. up to 14 lbs of brass at a time.

almost of my brass is ready to go in ONE HOUR. only outdoor 223/5.56 brass goes longer.

if you buy the media seperator, buy a second tub to use as a cover to keep the media in the tub...


mike in co

[coleman]

I use the large dillon, got it last year and dont reget it at all. Like mike in co said 1 hour done, You can do alot of brass in a day if you keep at it and you dont have to listen to it for days on end. Coleman

[cardonasharp]

I want to buy one that I can replace the motor if it goes.

[zuke]

Get a Thumbler's tumbler and stainless steel media, you wont be disappointed!

[GBertolet]

Lyman sells replacement bases with motors for their tumblers as a cataloged item.

[cbrick]

For simply being the quietest I've seen and if I needed a third one it would be my third Dillon. Yes, of course there are replacement motors but with Dillon's new ball bearing motor it will likely be years before you need to worry about it.

Rick

[Springfield]

My 2 Lyman's are over 5 years old with no problems, and I shoot 2-3 cowboy shoots a month.

[cbrick]

Many years ago I gave away (with apologies) a Lyman simply because of the noise. People several doors down the street complained when I ran it.

Rick

[GBertolet]

The Lyman tumblers are loud, much louder than the Dillons. I have had both. One good point though, using a Lyman you are less likely to forget you left it on.

[RKJ]

I've got a Lyman 1200 that I've had for over 30 years, I cinch the rubber coated nut down and let it run. That thing usually runs all day/night in my basement garage it doesn't seem to bother anyone and it's still going strong. (Having said that and with my luck it will die tomorrow).

[cardonasharp]

I went on youtube and the Lyman 2200 seems very lound and vibrates very hard, compared to other brands. Is that a good thing.

[cardonasharp]

Get a Thumbler's tumbler and stainless steel media, you wont be disappointed!

What does a thumbler tumbler look like. Is it dry or wet media. sent me infor the brass look great

[docone31]

I use the Midway/Frankfort Arsenal vibratory tumbler.
I have five of them. I polish my silver and gold castings with them. The ones that are out of use for that, I polish my brass.
I have one that is dry, with Walnut media. Does a good job, although it is for light polishing.
The others I run wet. I run stainless media, and ceramic media. One I run both, and that is the best of all for finish.
I use Ultrasonic soap, Dawn Dish Soap could also work.
They are great. Each one has dropped the white lead in the tumbler at one time or another.
I sent one back to Midway. It was bad. They sent me a new one.
The stainless media is faster than the ceramic, but with the ceramic combined, it keeps the crud off the stainless media and the brass.
Midway has them on sale. You will have to get the stainless media on line.
I have had mine for years of constant use. I turn them on during my shop day, and turn them off when I go home. I do this day in, and day out.
Harbor Freight has the Frankfort Arsenal tumblers also.

[mike in co]

if you look closely at the pics of the brass from ss media...you will notice it is covered with small nicks.....very obvious in the pictures.
if you are doing black powder this may be ok...but for the smokeless shooters corn cob(14/20) will give clean polished brass in one hour in all most all cases.....

i cannot post pics of my brass...the glare in the flash washes out all definition.....lol

mike in co

[Rich219]

If I had the money to spend, I would get the large Dillon and the large media seperator. Thumbler lists for $185 by itself. But they are well built!

Get the Dillon, I have the tumbler and separator and they're awesome.