One tip deprime after polishing 'cause cob media is a bitch to get out of primer holes
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9 days-- ooopsHiWall wrote:As for noise, I quite often forget mine - brass gets real shiny after 2 1/2 days tumbling.
I took a sight pin off my old compound bow sight and cut the optic fibre off it. Fits into a 6BR flash hole perfectly and has a smooth round ball on the end of it so no scratching flash holes.ogre6br wrote:9 days-- ooopsHiWall wrote:As for noise, I quite often forget mine - brass gets real shiny after 2 1/2 days tumbling.
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Also using a nail to get stuck media out of primer holes is not a good idea- to easy to damage the primer hole? use some sort of round pin instead
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Wow that seems a lot Sean, are the case's wet/damp when you remove them?I was told to pour some Brasso (at least a third of a bottle)
I use a compressor, My little blower too has a rubber end. I just stick it in the bullet end and pull the trigger. One pop and their gone.Brad Y wrote:I took a sight pin off my old compound bow sight and cut the optic fibre off it. Fits into a 6BR flash hole perfectly and has a smooth round ball on the end of it so no scratching flash holes.ogre6br wrote:9 days-- ooopsHiWall wrote:As for noise, I quite often forget mine - brass gets real shiny after 2 1/2 days tumbling.
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Also using a nail to get stuck media out of primer holes is not a good idea- to easy to damage the primer hole? use some sort of round pin instead
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Knackers wrote:Wow that seems a lot Sean, are the case's wet/damp when you remove them?I was told to pour some Brasso (at least a third of a bottle)
I was advised to put brasso in my tumbler too, but only a couple of bottle caps full, case's come out dry and shiny after about two/three hours.
Thanks for the heads up on the mobile metals during tumbling.
G'day Knackers,Knackers wrote:.....Wow that seems a lot Sean, are the case's wet/damp when you remove them....
My bad mate ... same problem, different poison - but the concept is the same - outside or well ventilated and away from your kids!220 wrote:I think you will find mercury hasn't been used in primers for decades. Lead is the problem hence a number of manufacturers making lead free primers. The lead becomes airborne when tumbling without a lid and when sifting cases from media. Airbourne particals are much more easly absorbed into the body especially when inhaled.HiWall wrote:Primers etc leave some chemical residue in the cases which becomes dust (mercury to be specific), and this can be released into the air while the tumbler is operating even though most of them have lids.
Simply a matter of running it and sifting in a well venilated area.