Diy Media Separator

Discussion in the ammo can started by hardwarz dec 8 2008.

Diy media separator. The heavy media separation process or hms employing ferrous media usually ferrosilicon and or magnetite is the most generally used process for sink float separations. Pour your media and brass into the basket. Diy tumbling media separator lucas april 21 2014 diy reloading 13 comments after getting my reloading press all put together and ready to rock i found myself with a bunch of clean brass in the tumbler with no way to separate it from the crushed walnut media. 2 i need to epoxy the screws that seal the sifter ball and add wingnuts.

A stable medium over the range of specific gravities from 1 25 to 3 40 can be maintained within close limits and is cleaned and recovered by magnetic means. Diy powered media separator for under 5. The four that seem to be the most popular are the lyman turbo the rcbs case media separator the smart reloader sr405 and the frankford quick n easy. This video will show how to put together a home built media separator made to separate the polishing media from your reloading brass.

The notches cut in previous steps will allow the lid to stay on securely. The flat edges of the colanders hold media and fling it around as you spin. If you put a bolt in the plunger handle you can chuck it into a drill and you have a powered media separator. Page 1 of 2 1 2 next dec 8 2008 1.

If the visuals don t help i will describe what i did. Wet tumbling large amounts of brass using the f l t. You can probably guess where this is going. 3 i need to add a crank handle.

Specifically designed to deal with the water and pins of wet tumbling and the dust and media of vibratory tumbling the enclosed lid will prevent water or dust from getting outside of the unit. I have included some written instructions below any. Now put a lid onto the 5 gallon bucket. Ugly shoes beautiful brass.

Diy media separator 1 i need to add a lid. The frankford arsenal platinum series wet dry media separator is perfect for all of your brass tumbling needs. Savings of at least 40 and it takes a grand total of 15 20 minutes. Home made media seperator.

You can now shake it gently to loosen the rest of the media. Diy media separator diy media seperator home made media separator homemade brass media separator homemade brass separator. Since i will be rotating the brass. The lyman the smart reloader and the rcbs have a lid to cover the rotating separator and the frankford does not.

Don t get too aggressive here.