Brass tumbling marathon

[Swan]

So I had a lil emergency this weekend and left town forgetting to turn my tumbler off. Came home to it still humming along on 100 pcs of federal brass. This brass is ridiculously shiny. I'm talkin some serious bling brass. Total tumble time is approximately 30 hours! I am looking every piece over and measuring them as well. They look ok. My question is should I be concerned about this stuff?

 

[Topstrap]

Re: Brass tumbling marathon

Probably should warn everyone before you pull them out of the box to put on their sunglasses.

I can't imagine anything that would be wrong with them other than they may come to expect a good massage like that everytime.

Topstrap

 

[Queequeg]

Re: Brass tumbling marathon

Safest thing to do would be to send a representative sample (say 75 -80, in the interest of scientific rigor and statistical significance) of them, loaded with 44.9 grains of Varget, 175 gr SMKs and either BR2 or 210M primers to,

The Queequeg Institute of Technology (Q.I.T.)
Tampa, Fl.
C/O QQ

I'm assuming this is .308 Win., if not your favorite load will be fine!

 

[Swan]

Re: Brass tumbling marathon

I must add: it's a Hornady tumbler and it fired right up an hour later. Thought for sure it'd be a goner.

And I already loaded em up with my Scenar load, or else I would definitely send em ur way so u could drool over the Sparkle (which I think will add 50fps).

 

[MitchAlsup]

Re: Brass tumbling marathon

I generally run my tumbler for 10 hours after all the pre-load process is complete.

I like-em shiny brass.

 

[rrflyer]

Re: Brass tumbling marathon

I left mine cheapo one on overnight a couple weeks ago. Bucket broke and dumped all the media all over the garage floor.

150 pieces of .308 lapua brass dented, nicked, and beat to hell.

Dammit.

 

[Hink]

Re: Brass tumbling marathon

I've got Midway that ran for three weeks straight over the summer, tumbling some older brass clean.

Only problem I've had is where the factory crimped the connectors on between the motor and electrical power wire. After I had two of the four wires break right at the crimp, I removed the blade terminals and did an environmental splice with heat shrink. No more problems, and the repair was done prior to the summer marathon.

Only thing is, the tumbler gets hot after running for a day or two. Not hot enough to cause any problems, but hotter than I'd care for. A small desktop fan was also employed during the summer session. Unsure if it had any effect.

 

[nicholst55]

Re: Brass tumbling marathon

If I had a tumbler that <span style="font-style: italic">couldn't</span> run for 30 hours continuously, it would be for sale.

 

[oldgrayone]

Re: Brass tumbling marathon

+1

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nicholst55</div><div class="ubbcode-body">If I had a tumbler that <span style="font-style: italic">couldn't</span> run for 30 hours continuously, it would be for sale. </div></div>

 

[Ted_D]

Re: Brass tumbling marathon

I dont know about the rest but Thumlers and Lortones are made to be run for months

 

[Jim the Plumber]

Re: Brass tumbling marathon

I've had my Thumblers for 18 years or so with no problems at all, I'm guessing I have well over 3000 hours on it.
OP, what brand are you running?
JtP

 

[M855]

Re: Brass tumbling marathon

What are you guys running for media I use 50/50 of corn and walnut with some metallic catride polish and a dryer sheet and in 2 hours its clean and shiny,let it run for 6 hours with no difference

 

[Queequeg]

Re: Brass tumbling marathon

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: rrflyer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I left mine cheapo one on overnight a couple weeks ago. Bucket broke and dumped all the media all over the garage floor.

150 pieces of .308 lapua brass dented, nicked, and beat to hell.

Dammit. </div></div>

Q.I.T. researchers can solve this problem too!

 

[ranger1183]

Re: Brass tumbling marathon

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Jim the Plumber</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I've had my Thumblers for 18 years or so with no problems at all, I'm guessing I have well over 3000 hours on it.
OP, what brand are you running?
JtP </div></div>

3000 Hours? what brand make/model of tumbler are you running?

Wow!