Brass Drying Rack - 3D Printed

[b-harvin]

I put together this 3D printed brass drying rack and thought I would share the files in case anyone else wanted to print one. I'm not an engineer, and know there are other options out there, but I like the design and wanted to share. If you have any ideas for improvements, let me know.

You can download the .stl files here (most 3D printers and online printers will take .stl)

LINK: https://goo.gl/mySOjN

Here's what it looks like

 

[DeadEyeDick45]

Sweet!!

 

[Mozella]

Um.................. I guess it's pretty nifty............ but WHY?
I do everything possible to minimize individual handling of my ammo components. When I finish wet SS cleaning my brass, I shake them in a plastic colander for 10 seconds to get rid of most of the water, tumble them back and forth in a towel hammock-style for 15 seconds, dump them into a metal baking pan, and finish drying them on the shoe rack of my wife's clothes dryer for 20 minutes. Quick, easy, no water marks, and minimum handling.

 

[CJ6]

Lots of uses that I can see, inspection,sorting,staging, pretty much anything short of having powder in the cases. I also like the segmented "poles" making it easy to trim to different length cases instead of modifying the program.

 

[Joe Salt]

Sorry I just blow mine out with an air gun and put them in my tumbler!

Joe Salt

 

[rockable]

Best idea I've heard of is to buy a $30 dehydrator and put them in that.

 

[JBO]

Best idea I've heard of is to buy a $30 dehydrator and put them in that.

=1

 

[jds holler]

200 degree oven. Cookie pan. Hundreds at a time. Half hour. jd

 

[jlow]

It does look nifty but a number of problems. One is capacity – being able to do 16 at a time at least for me is a no go, I need more like at least a hundred, even then…. As others have said, there are more efficient, cheaper, and faster way to dry brass. The fastest I know is to use a towel, roll the brass around to quickly dry the outside and blow all the water inside out with an air compressor.

On the subject of water inside the case, you will find this method is slow since the rod will impede air flow to the inside of the case. However, one way to turn this around is to put a large opening on one side of that box the thing sits on. If the inside of the box is empty, the opening if it face the fan will catch the air from the fan and channel it up into the inside of the case. Assuming the cases have been deprimed, this will dry the inside out fast.

 

[ljmontano]

I towel dry and then set my heat gun to 350 and start drying rotating my cases on the towel there dry in less then 10 minutes and no water stains

 

[savagedasher]

Sorry I just blow mine out with an air gun and put them in my tumbler!

Joe Salt

Joe thats too simple. Larry

 

[300 RUM]

Kind of sliced bread, sweet!

needs a fan mounted underneath , hahaha

 

[hogpatrol]

I put mine in the microwave. 30 seconds and they're done. I buy a lot of microwaves.

Seriously, to the OP, that's a neat idea.

 

[Jay Christopherson]

Though I use a food dehydrator, because I'm lazy, making a rack like this was worth it because, 3D printed drying rack. If it wasn't an existing skill, now you have a new one. Worth it.

FWIW, my feedback is to lose the columns. You don't need them to hold the cases upside down. Just make the holes in the base slightly larger than the necks and they'll stay upright just fine. I've used loading racks in a similar manner and even though the cases lean like drunk camels, they still stay upright pretty easily.

 

[Just Dave]

I took a square plastic bucket, and found an old ventor/;blower assembly off of a water heater, and bolted it to the side of the bucket .
Cut a piece of wood to fit the top, and drilled a whole bunch of holes thru it..
I can do 60 - 50BMG cases at a time, (more than my tumbler holds) and almost a hundred smaller cases..
The air forced up thru the primer pocket dries everything in about 10 minutes

 

[dickn52]

Every one of these ideas work. But the OP was showing a high tech answer that he had worked out and was willing to share. I personally like them.

 

[michaeljp65]

Good on you b-harvin for having a go. But after wet SS tumbling my brass i put brass in a large sieve dunk the brass in a basin of metho the use a hair dryer to dry them. All done in about 5 minutes.

 

[MislMan]

Pretty cool idea and application. I don't have a 3D printer but was wondering what does something like this cost to print? Just the material cost. Does the media come in different colors?

Thanks ... Larry S.

 

[b-harvin]

Pretty cool idea and application. I don't have a 3D printer but was wondering what does something like this cost to print? Just the material cost. Does the media come in different colors?

Thanks ... Larry S.

Most 3D printers use 1.75mm PLA Filament (about $25 for a 2lbs roll). Off the top of my head I think this part used about 4oz, which is roughly $3. I'm lucky to have access to a printer at work, so I didn't factor in the coast of the machine and maintenance (machines cost anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars).

 

[b-harvin]

On the subject of water inside the case, you will find this method is slow since the rod will impede air flow to the inside of the case. However, one way to turn this around is to put a large opening on one side of that box the thing sits on. If the inside of the box is empty, the opening if it face the fan will catch the air from the fan and channel it up into the inside of the case. Assuming the cases have been deprimed, this will dry the inside out fast.

Hey jlow, thanks for the suggestions. The inside is actually hollow and the side facing the fan is open to force air up through the case. The pillars are also hollow and perforated.