Thumblers Tumbler

[survivalshop]

   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

[C Funnk]

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!

[survivalshop]

  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 .

[sketch]

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!

[survivalshop]

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 .

[survivalshop]

 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 

[sketch]

damn that is shiny brass! thanks brother?

[survivalshop]

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 .