cheap way to clean brass

[colddeadhands]

does any one know of a good way to clean brass, or make a tumbler without spending a bunch of money?

thanks

[Jicko]

does any one know of a good way to clean brass, or make a tumbler without spending a bunch of money?

thanks

A tumbler is one of the cheaper reloading equip! Check the FA from midwayusa....

You can always put pet media + your brass into your drying machine.

[Technical Ted]

http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=Tumbler&Submit=Go

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/productview?saleitemid=587176&t=11082005

[anotherted]

You can just put it in a bucket with hot water and some soap. thats about as cheap as it gets.

[proraptor]

I bought the midway tumbler for $30 and 25 lbs of crushed walnut from harbor freight for $25

[Technical Ted]

Oh yeah. I linked to the Harbor Freight page to show their Rock Tumblers. They're similar to the Lortone rock tumblers which were once recommended to me. The containers are hard rubber and seal to contain liquid cleaning/tumbling solutions. The hard rubber also isn't as annoyingly loud as the vibratory tumblers.

The Lortone's are pricey though

http://www.lortone.com/tumblers.html

[wilit]

Check out the local gun shows. I picked up a Lyman 3200 for $20. The thing works perfectly. Only problem was it had a cracked lid, but I fixed that with some MEK I had laying around.

[ar15barrels]

The hard rubber also isn't as annoyingly loud as the vibratory tumblers.

I put my Midway tumbler inside one of those hinged-lid plastic storage boxes and then throw a furniture pad over it.
That quiets it WAY down, enough that it can run overnight and I can't even tell it's running without getting within about 5 feet of it.

[ibanezfoo]

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpag...176&t=11082005

I got that tumbler a few weeks ago. Works great! Put about 200 rounds of 9mm and about 300 rounds of .223 through it so far. Its really loud though.

-Bryan

[Mssr. Eleganté]

If you are worried about the cost of electricity you could always rig up some kind of "Gilligan's Island" style wind powered tumbler. Or connect it to the wheel of your stationary exercise bike.

This guy rigged up his pet hamster's wheel to a paper shredder, so the hamster can make its own bedding material...



I don't see why the little guy couldn't tumble brass too.

[colddeadhands]

thanks guys those are much better prices than ive been seeing.

[Ghugly]

Harbor freight rock tumbler and corn cob media from Petco or Petsmart, they use it for some kind of critter bedding. Cheap and works great.

[rkt88edmo]

If you are worried about the cost of electricity you could always rig up some kind of "Gilligan's Island" style wind powered tumbler. Or connect it to the wheel of your stationary exercise bike.

This guy rigged up his pet hamster's wheel to a paper shredder, so the hamster can make its own bedding material...

I don't see why the little guy couldn't tumble brass too.

Now you just need to rig that up to a bicycle power harnessing unit, like the bicycle guys who go around and sharpen knives, you can pedal to run your tumbler and/or run a trim, chamfer, debur station on the handlebars. Or margarita blender when you aren't reloading.

[Mr. Beretta]

Check with this guy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98I1i8Toj8E

[ccampbell]

The cheapest way is to just wipe them off (to save you dies). Next cheapest is hot water and soap. But if you want them shiney, tumbler and walnut shells is the way to go. You could always try putting the brass in an icecream maker with wanut shells.