Sun Apr 30, 2017 7:49 am
PMB wrote:Pablo wrote:The screen is AWESOME.
1/30" MESH is all you need. Hat is completely off to Steve. This idea is WAY better than I thought. Works for media and pins. I am washing my new oily media right now. $14.71 delivered and they gave me a gold mining pan.
Can you describe how tough / durable they seem to be?
How is the mesh "welded" into the plastic?
Sun Apr 30, 2017 8:16 am
Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:12 am
lamrith wrote:CON - Media is cumbersome to work with compared to std pin SS media.
This media is so fine and light that the molecular cohesion of water will make it stick to things.
Being so fine also makes it difficult to drain off water after tumbling and after rinsing. If you are not super careful some ends up down the drain. This was in the sink when I tried to drain to quickly.
Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:23 am
Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:32 am
MadPick wrote:Screen strength was one of my big concerns, but it's pretty tough.
MadPick wrote: Once I pour the contents of the tumbler (five pounds of media plus brass)
Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:52 am
PMB wrote:What is your total weight?
Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:40 pm
MadPick wrote:Screen strength was one of my big concerns, but it's pretty tough. Once I pour the contents of the tumbler (five pounds of media plus brass) into it and rinse it out, I pick up the screen by the edges and I don't worry about the bottom falling out. I do put a support hand under the center of it when I carry the whole mess out to the garage, but I don't think I really need to.
Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:37 pm
MadPick wrote:SixPointEight wrote:I've done about that many and had probably a couple hundred pins stick in cases, necks or pockets. Not a lot, but it's still some. I just worry one will stick, I won't notice, and I shoot the thing!
Is there a particular caliber that causes your pins to stick? Or all of them?
What size pins do you use?
I've tumbled a lot of calibers, and I've never had a stuck pin. Sometime soon here I'll be doing some 6.5 Carcano and 6.5 Jap, and the 6.5 calibers might have the best chance of a stuck 0.255" pin. We'll see.
Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:27 pm
Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:42 pm
PMB wrote:I think that looks real nice. Has a nice symmetry. Keep up the good work.
Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:28 pm
MadPick wrote:PMB wrote:I think that looks real nice. Has a nice symmetry. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, man. I appreciate the experienced reloading advice!
Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:09 am
Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:50 am
Pablo wrote:Once case where the chip media would have been better
Thu Jun 22, 2017 7:34 am
MadPick wrote:Pablo wrote:Once case where the chip media would have been better
Yeah. Well, at least it wouldn't have stuck.
By the way, my check for stuck pins was deliberately done AFTER the brass came out of the media separator, so obviously all that rockin' and rollin' wasn't enough to dislodge the pins.
Thu Jun 22, 2017 10:49 am
PMB wrote:Do you count your turns on the media separator?
PMB wrote:The easiest lesson to learn was to NEVER mix cases.