A little something I dreamed up one night and I thought I would share with you in return for all the help I received in the past.
One problem with using SS media is rinsing the brass clear of all that soap/Lemishine/dirty water. The way I used to do it before was to use my gloved hand to hold back the brass/media while pouring the stuff down the sink. It’s a dirty job and most of the time at least a few piece of brass media will get out and you can never pour all the water out.
This is a simple device I thought of after seeing an ad for a new SS media cleaning machine that CED was advertising a few months ago. It had a screen setup on their drums that would allow you to rinse and pour without losing pins. My thought was I could build a similar device pretty easily. What you see in the photo is the result.
I used some waste 35 thousands thick steel from an old kitchen project and a small kitchen splash screen. Using the lid from the Thumbler tumbler and the shape of the drum internals as a guide, I cut out the bracket and drill the holes for the hold down screws. The hardest part is cutting the steel which I use a combination of a small cordless sawsall and tin snips. A few bit of quick grinding with the Dremel removes any sharp edges/burrs.
In the photo you can see the splash screen’s handle is still on. I left it on for this photo just so you can see its source and cut it off afterwards – it’s not needed. I will probably paint this red to match and also to give it additional protection against rusting.
The device works great! The screen is more than strong enough to hold both the media and cases back while allowing an almost complete draining of the drum. One advantage of this type of draining method is any sand that gets into the drum also comes out with the rinse. Water can be added easily through the screen, a few swirls and you can drain again. This way after 5 wash and drain, your brass is 100 clear of the nasty stuff.
Hope this helps you guys. FWIW, the whole project once you have the parts and tools only toke me about 2 hours to do.
One problem with using SS media is rinsing the brass clear of all that soap/Lemishine/dirty water. The way I used to do it before was to use my gloved hand to hold back the brass/media while pouring the stuff down the sink. It’s a dirty job and most of the time at least a few piece of brass media will get out and you can never pour all the water out.
This is a simple device I thought of after seeing an ad for a new SS media cleaning machine that CED was advertising a few months ago. It had a screen setup on their drums that would allow you to rinse and pour without losing pins. My thought was I could build a similar device pretty easily. What you see in the photo is the result.
I used some waste 35 thousands thick steel from an old kitchen project and a small kitchen splash screen. Using the lid from the Thumbler tumbler and the shape of the drum internals as a guide, I cut out the bracket and drill the holes for the hold down screws. The hardest part is cutting the steel which I use a combination of a small cordless sawsall and tin snips. A few bit of quick grinding with the Dremel removes any sharp edges/burrs.
In the photo you can see the splash screen’s handle is still on. I left it on for this photo just so you can see its source and cut it off afterwards – it’s not needed. I will probably paint this red to match and also to give it additional protection against rusting.
The device works great! The screen is more than strong enough to hold both the media and cases back while allowing an almost complete draining of the drum. One advantage of this type of draining method is any sand that gets into the drum also comes out with the rinse. Water can be added easily through the screen, a few swirls and you can drain again. This way after 5 wash and drain, your brass is 100 clear of the nasty stuff.
Hope this helps you guys. FWIW, the whole project once you have the parts and tools only toke me about 2 hours to do.
