I just bought one of these 2 days ago and it's great!!!!!!!!!!! I t has a on/off button on the side and is very quiet. Just 2 or 3 hours away from shiny clean brass!!!!!!!!!!! It came with the polishing media so that saved me money right there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if you got a shed just tumble in there, or can build an insulated box with some mattress pad foam and make sure it sits on the foam as well would be the best option if you really need to do it inside. cant use a cooler as the plastic blocks the insulation from absorbing and dissipating the sound waves. so need a raw foam surface, egg crate side out.
I found that tumbling with walnut media left quite a bit of dust inside the case, and had to then clean the dust. I continued using this method, but, am thinking I'm switching to stainless. But, now with stainless, I'm concerned with brass life! I don't like the chemical methods, because the chemical residue HAS to have an effect on the combustion. So, live and learn!
Do you find using walnut better than corn cob? In your video you showed two bowls of brass which one did the brighter of the two? Was it the nu finish make it like newer than the other bowl?
Can't believe no one suggested putting in 3-4 "used" dryer sheets, these collects a lot of dust and dirt. A full load with 4 sheets and all the sheets are black when done. Using new sheets will add some polish to the brass. If you have a few kids, then your pile of used sheets will grow faster than you can use them up.
@@fit4duty724 this was quite some time ago but I learned the hard way you do not want to de cap and size before tumbling. You ever pick out tumbling media from 500 primer pockets before? What a pain! Never again lol.
*impressed with quality. my unit came 🔎🔍 **allabout.wiki/Lyman** with a pound or so of what looks like stainless steel shot and more importantly a spare o-ring for the access hatch and a toothed-belt for the motor-drum drive. Nice touch.the drum and base are both larger than I expected and heavy.the materials and build quality seem good to very good.it's been running on the slowest speed for the last couple of hours with2 pounds or so of my steel parts to be deburred,4 pounds or so of 1" ceramic stars andwater with a little bit of dawn soapfilled to 1/2 the drum volume.I weighed the drum half filled with the previous mentioned items and it came out a little under 9 **pounds.like**: I like the way the drum hatch gets locked.the robustness of the build and motor.con: no instructions that I can see on how to work the base dials/controls, but I got it running by just turning the knobs.grin.not sure if the timer is on or what the 1/0 switch does (it's not on/off to the motor), timer use maybe ??I'll have another look in the box for the instructions or maybe on line .... this is not a big enough of an issue to take rating stars off my initial 5 star rating.update 10.1.2017: ran it 24hrs/day for 4 days straight with 4 different batches of parts and it worked without issues. My a36 steel parts came out as expected with a nice even finish.BTW not mentioned but as I state in the previous line, I've been running it without a 'timer' limit. I suspect the '1/0' switch when switched to '0' disables the timer ... however I got it to work this way, it's the way I wanted, so I can run it overnight without a 3hr reset of the timer.*
Your video pushed me off the fence and got me to order one. I didn't even know about the auto separating feature. Thanks for the excellent review!
I just bought one of these 2 days ago and it's great!!!!!!!!!!! I t has a on/off button on the side and is very quiet. Just 2 or 3 hours away from shiny clean brass!!!!!!!!!!! It came with the polishing media so that saved me money right there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks mate, very good review
Just got one love it
awesome review. Thanks for posting this up
My. Lyman tumbler died today... 30 years of good service. Bought another one.
Thank you. I just ordered a 1200 tumbler and will try the KayTee media.
Thank you again,
Jim
Thanks, you will love it it's a great tumbler.
if you got a shed just tumble in there, or can build an insulated box with some mattress pad foam and make sure it sits on the foam as well would be the best option if you really need to do it inside. cant use a cooler as the plastic blocks the insulation from absorbing and dissipating the sound waves. so need a raw foam surface, egg crate side out.
Just ordered on of these, myself. Im excited to see the outcome ).
I found that tumbling with walnut media left quite a bit of dust inside the case, and had to then clean the dust. I continued using this method, but, am thinking I'm switching to stainless. But, now with stainless, I'm concerned with brass life!
I don't like the chemical methods, because the chemical residue HAS to have an effect on the combustion. So, live and learn!
@Castleknight ....yes it has a push botton on/off
Nice one thanks 😀
Do you find using walnut better than corn cob? In your video you showed two bowls of brass which one did the brighter of the two? Was it the nu finish make it like newer than the other bowl?
It is pretty loud but if it is in a closed room and you are watching tv or somthing in another room it is ok. About as loud as a dishwasher.
you must of had a lot of fun sorting that .380 from the 9mm
Very helpful video. Thank you.
how much material is taken off by the polishing?
no you do not need to dust off the cases it's not a problem.
Cool, thanks for the info.
Do you actually need to dust off the case interiors before loading the powder or not after coming out of the tumbler?
Can't believe no one suggested putting in 3-4 "used" dryer sheets, these collects a lot of dust and dirt. A full load with 4 sheets and all the sheets are black when done. Using new sheets will add some polish to the brass. If you have a few kids, then your pile of used sheets will grow faster than you can use them up.
Do you size and decap before cleaning then size again???
no reply? maybe its me and I'm a rookie at reloading. why not decap before cleaning.... please explain
@@fit4duty724 this was quite some time ago but I learned the hard way you do not want to de cap and size before tumbling. You ever pick out tumbling media from 500 primer pockets before? What a pain! Never again lol.
have u ever tried SS media with dawn,water,and lemi-shine? I know someone with 1200 that does that. Looks like jewelry.
Thanks for watching.
Looks like it has an on/off switch,right? I had read on a forum someone complaining that you had to plug and unplug a Lyman to turn it off and on.
How quiet is it. I'm going to be using a spare room to reload and was wanting something fairly quiet.
Nice
can you reuse media??
*impressed with quality. my unit came 🔎🔍 **allabout.wiki/Lyman** with a pound or so of what looks like stainless steel shot and more importantly a spare o-ring for the access hatch and a toothed-belt for the motor-drum drive. Nice touch.the drum and base are both larger than I expected and heavy.the materials and build quality seem good to very good.it's been running on the slowest speed for the last couple of hours with2 pounds or so of my steel parts to be deburred,4 pounds or so of 1" ceramic stars andwater with a little bit of dawn soapfilled to 1/2 the drum volume.I weighed the drum half filled with the previous mentioned items and it came out a little under 9 **pounds.like**: I like the way the drum hatch gets locked.the robustness of the build and motor.con: no instructions that I can see on how to work the base dials/controls, but I got it running by just turning the knobs.grin.not sure if the timer is on or what the 1/0 switch does (it's not on/off to the motor), timer use maybe ??I'll have another look in the box for the instructions or maybe on line .... this is not a big enough of an issue to take rating stars off my initial 5 star rating.update 10.1.2017: ran it 24hrs/day for 4 days straight with 4 different batches of parts and it worked without issues. My a36 steel parts came out as expected with a nice even finish.BTW not mentioned but as I state in the previous line, I've been running it without a 'timer' limit. I suspect the '1/0' switch when switched to '0' disables the timer ... however I got it to work this way, it's the way I wanted, so I can run it overnight without a 3hr reset of the timer.*
Do your friends call you safety Sam? Gloves for touching brass? Scared of dust?
I just tumble my cases without decapping or sizing.
I'll bet the motor is made in China.
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You're muslim? (: