Case Media Separator basically made from junk.
I got tired of knocking the walnut media out of each case by hand, so I made a media separator out of stuff I had laying around the house and shed. Bonus, the Lyman tumbler fits in the bucket perfectly for storage.
Materials
2x Five gallon buckets (can prolly use 2.5G buckets)
1 10” diameter piece of perforated sheet metal (scrap)
Glue gun. (better to use epoxy)
Tin snips
Saw
Using an oscillating multi-tool, I cut the bottom out of bucket A (black), leaving about an inch around the perimeter. I then cut a 10” diameter piece of the perforated sheet metal (originally I used wire mesh but the 223 casings slipped through). Because I am impatient, I used a glue gun to attach the metal to the inside bottom of the bucket.
I separated a batch of about 100 pcs of .223, and it worked beautifully. Put bucket A into bucket B, dump the cleaned brass in, and shake (and twist) vigorously. It makes a terrible racket but only takes a minute or two to get all the media out. When I tap the case necks, almost no dust comes out.
POUR
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SHAKE
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DONE
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I got tired of knocking the walnut media out of each case by hand, so I made a media separator out of stuff I had laying around the house and shed. Bonus, the Lyman tumbler fits in the bucket perfectly for storage.
Materials
2x Five gallon buckets (can prolly use 2.5G buckets)
1 10” diameter piece of perforated sheet metal (scrap)
Glue gun. (better to use epoxy)
Tin snips
Saw
Using an oscillating multi-tool, I cut the bottom out of bucket A (black), leaving about an inch around the perimeter. I then cut a 10” diameter piece of the perforated sheet metal (originally I used wire mesh but the 223 casings slipped through). Because I am impatient, I used a glue gun to attach the metal to the inside bottom of the bucket.
I separated a batch of about 100 pcs of .223, and it worked beautifully. Put bucket A into bucket B, dump the cleaned brass in, and shake (and twist) vigorously. It makes a terrible racket but only takes a minute or two to get all the media out. When I tap the case necks, almost no dust comes out.
POUR
SHAKE
DONE
