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Tumbler media seperator
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Dont get caught using the salad spinner for a media seperator
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I use the Dillon CM-500 media separator. I use for dry media separation and also for separating the SS pins and rinsing the cleaned cases when I use wet cleaning and SS pins on my Frankford Arsenal rotary tumbler. For dry media cleaning I use a 30+ year old Lyman Turbo 1200 and the Lyman Green corncob media. It works very well for both types of cleaning.
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A slotted spoon works fine.
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Quote:
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Did this involve asking anyone to hold your beer before you tried it?
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01-23-2017, 11:48 AM
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I use a Lyman vibratory cleaner with cheap lizard bedding. The lid to the tumbler is generously slotted (runs outside due to dust) so I just turn the still running vibrator upside down in a 5 gallon bucket and shake vigorously. All the media goes in the bucket and the brass stays in the tumbler. Dump the brass in another container; dump the media back in the cleaner; voila! No separate separator required. It's not hard - really.
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I use a wood box with hardware cloth on the bottom.............
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A separator beats shaking into a bucket every time! Much quicker, with better results! I'd never go back to the shake into the bucket...
I use the mid size Dillon. Not very expensive when you think about it.
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The plastic "pan" sold for that purpose, about $7, works well for me.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by elpac3
No truer words have ever been spoken than the line from the classic "House of the Rising Sun"
"Now mother tell your children, not to do what I have done - - -"
Don't get caught using the salad spinner for a media seperator
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After getting caught using the dishwasher for cleaning range brass back in the 90's, the migration of her spaghetti (aka media) strainer to the reloading room was an easy one to explain.
Set the bar high as you have the rest of your marriage to duck under it.
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Originally Posted by LAA
A separator beats shaking into a bucket every time! Much quicker, with better results! I'd never go back to the shake into the bucket...
I use the mid size Dillon. Not very expensive when you think about it.
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30 seconds isn't too long in my book
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30 seconds isn't too long in my book
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Then I suppose it comes down to how many we're doing at once. I've done it both ways. The separator is a far more efficient method. I'd almost give away those pans. Probably keep them for sentimental reasons.
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I use a plastic collander that I bought at Wal-Mart. Works great!
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Same here,the plastic colander and a plastic slotted spoon.
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I've used dishpans, colanders, kitty litter scoops, etc.
Nothing I've tried works as well as one of these. Quick, clean, easy.
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