Wet tumbler accessory

[Vail Vigilante]

I have had a love-hate view of wet tumbling. Then I found a accessory from Franklin that makes it a bit better.

It is a sieve that fits under the cap of the drum.

It also fits on the RCBS unit I have. It would appear that several brands of wet tumblers use the same basic drum.

It lets the water out but contains the pins and the brass.

Hope this helps.

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

as an accessory to a wet tumbler, ......

#1 ... 3 fingers of Scotch

 #2 ............. another 3 fingers ......

 

🙃

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

1 hour ago, Vail Vigilante said:

I have had a love-hate view of wet tumbling. Then I found a accessory from Franklin that makes it a bit better.

It is a sieve that fits under the cap of the drum.

It also fits on the RCBS unit I have. It would appear that several brands of wet tumblers use the same basic drum.

It lets the water out but contains the pins and the brass.

Hope this helps.

 

Good find - but I think you mean "Frankford."  

 

Here's the link - scroll down to find the screens:  https://www.frankfordarsenal.com/case-cleaning/ 

 

 

 

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

I gave up on wet tumbling with SS pins and went back to a sonic cleaner, followed by dry tumbling with media..

Maybe this will answer. 

Thanks for the post.

[Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L]

I just use a big kitchen strainer when emptying my Rebel 17 tumbler.  Takes two times but gets all the brass and SS chips saved as water departs

 

use SS chips rather than pins--they don't get stuck in cases/primer pockets/flash holes

 

While wet tumbling is a "bit" more work I still love the looks of the shiny brass that results

 

[Eyesa Horg]

23 minutes ago, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said:

While wet tumbling is a "bit" more work I still love the looks of the shiny brass that results

Dang!! All you guys say that! I've tried everything suggested and my brass while clean, is no where near as shiny as when dry tumbling for an hour and a half with Turtle Wax polish in corn cob media. 

I've been using just car wash for a hour then rinse. Then a 9mm case of LemiShine, 3/4 12ga. hull of StratoSheen and 1 oz. Armor All car wash with wax for 3 hours.  Then still need to dry them. If left in the dirty water for any length of time, they turn black and need to start all over with the addition of pins! If I didn't have so much invested in wet, I'd go back to dry in a heartbeat!! One third the time and way shinier! Been depriming now and that's increased my lead levels a little, I think due to being right over the press doing it. Never deprimed with dry tumbling. I gotta be doin sumpin wrong.

 

The not being able to leave them in dirty water is also inconvenient as I need to be able to attend to it immediately when the 3 hours is up. No leaving it overnight like in dry media. If I start early in the day I can get a batch of mine and a batch of Ellie's done before bedtime! Very time consuming and messy!! Always water getting spilled and have to lug the buckets outside to empty as I doubt it is good for my septic!

Edited September 19 by Eyesa Horg
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[Vail Vigilante]

22 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

 

Good find - but I think you mean "Frankford."  

 

Here's the link - scroll down to find the screens:  https://www.frankfordarsenal.com/case-cleaning/ 

 

Good catch. I did mean Frankford Arsenal.

 

[Whitey James]

I've been wet tumbling for a long time. Started with the steel pins and even bought the Frankford Arsenal magnet. I have not used the pins in about 7-8 years. Just hot water, Dawn, a little Lemi Shine and run it for about 2 hours and they come out looking brand new. I picked up an old round food dehydrator for 5 bucks to dry the brass. Love it! the old vibratory tumbler with media never got the brass this clean and zero dust.