survivalshop Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 (edited) This is a real nice Tumbler , the capacity is about the same as my Lortone , but shaped much differently . My first batch of wet tumbled 44mag & 45 Colt brass came out stunning , no black water , which I though you always get , may have something to do with my older tumbler Barrel breaking down . Water after three hours was slightly reddish in color & murky , but the Brass was Beautiful . The six wing nuts are different to me , my Lortone only has a single nut or knob to tighten & seal the Drum . Makes more noise then my Lortone , but not much more , I think its the more aggressive flats on the inside of the Drum . Except for the six win nuts , its great ! Edited December 15, 2017 by survivalshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Funnk Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 29 minutes ago, survivalshop said: This is a real nice Tumbler , the capacity is about the same as my Lortone , but shaped much differently . My first batch of wet tumbled 44mag & 45 Colt brass came out stunning , no black water , which I though you always get , may have something to do with my older tumbler Barrel breaking down . Water after three hours was slightly reddish in color & murky , but the Brass was Beautiful . The six wing nuts are different to me , my Lortone only has a single nut or knob to tighten & seal the Drum . Makes more noise then my Lortone , but not much more , I think its the more aggressive flats on the inside of the Drum . Except for the six win nuts , its great ! Nothing like Christmas before Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 I did around 300+ 9mm last night & the water was a little black . Wonder if the small load the first time was not enough to get the water black . I will be using this Thumblers Tumbler for water & SS media & the Lortone for Dry Media tumbling . I did notice the Motor on the TT never gets hot like the Lortone when water & SS tumbling , after three hours of water& ss tumbling with the Lortone , you cant touch the Motor , the TT, It barely gets warm . 5.56 Brass next . Yes we kinda don't follow protocol for Christmas Day opening of presents , the wife has been riding her new Christmas Bike present for about a week now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 ss can you take a pic of the water bath before and adding of brass and the final water color.. i need to get something bigger and the stainless water bath might be the ticket. i have a concrete mixer needing use... id love to heve 200lbs of clean brass over dirty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted December 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 11 hours ago, sketch said: ss can you take a pic of the water bath before and adding of brass and the final water color.. i need to get something bigger and the stainless water bath might be the ticket. i have a concrete mixer needing use... id love to heve 200lbs of clean brass over dirty! Not sure what a all Metal drum of a Cement Mixer will effect the Brass , these Rock Polishers have a Rubber compound of some sort as a liner or Drum . Of course the water is clear when starting , my old Lortone , the final water is as black as the drum when the three hours are over , so far I'm not seeing that with the Thumblers , at least not as deep dark black , so far . I have 5.56 next & then 308 , so it may be the amount of fouling & size of the Brass that make the difference in colors . I do wash & degrease the Rifle Brass before I Tumble them , to get rid of the Sizing Lube . Even when the water is deep black , the Brass looks like new, inside & out . I had issues with a black slim on the Lubed Brass , but the degreasing before tumbling took care of that . Photos shortly . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted December 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 This Tumbler does run much faster then my old Lortone , now that i have had time to run them both side by side . Everything added before tumbling After three hours of tumbling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 damn that is shiny brass! thanks brother? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survivalshop Posted December 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 11 hours ago, sketch said: damn that is shiny brass! thanks brother? Yes it is , its why I use this method of tumbling . There are around 200, LC 5.56 & 25-45 Sharps in there , a light load of 5.56 brass , I could of doubled that load , but its all I had ready to tumble . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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