SS Media

[ovenpaa]

j0e_bl0ggs - I like it, the whole concept appeals to me as it is simple yet very effective plus I do like heading out to the shed and improvising so I can appreciate and effort like this. :goodjob: Is that a Parvalux motor? I have not seen one like that in years and do you manually time it or use a pneumatic timer for the operation?

[j0e_bl0ggs]

j0e_bl0ggs - I like it, the whole concept appeals to me as it is simple yet very effective plus I do like heading out to the shed and improvising so I can appreciate and effort like this. :goodjob: Is that a Parvalux motor? I have not seen one like that in years and do you manually time it or use a pneumatic timer for the operation?

Pneumatic timer on left hand side of base.

[j0e_bl0ggs]

My idea at first was to make either the Geneva drive or controlled motor gearbox etc, but had a couple of these 100rpm motors kicking around the linear bed and the pneumatics so basically cobbled it all together as a fix for my 17 brass which was causing problems with neck splitting.
I have machined a couple other adapters that fit on the g-box for other brass that I use.
It is actually quite relaxing to use!

[ovenpaa]

I do like wise with some 24vDC drives, they get pressed into service for many tasks and I even use on to drive a little Unimat 3 and the 24vDC 7A Omron PSU and speed control is used for a case prep station, my annealer and even as a power source for our anodising as I can control the current very accurately.

The Geneva drive was interesting to build from scratch as it needed some math but I must admit I ended up modelling it as well to confirm the operation.

[phaedra1106]

That's cool (well probably quite hot really!)

I've been distracting myself by sorting, polishing and bagging all my empty cases, it's remarkably theraputic and fills the time nicely when combined with a few cups of tea and some Pink Floyd in the backgraound

I also made the mistake of offering to use my STM tumbler on 100 x .204 Ruger cases for Iancxx, they are a pain!, about 20% of the cases had pairs of SS pins stuck together in the primer holes!. I'm sure the STM site says it doesn't happen!.

[ovenpaa]

Just remember to discard the bits of SS stuck in the flash holes

[phaedra1106]

Just remember to discard the bits of SS stuck in the flash holes

Oops!, too late they went back in with the rest!. They weren't oversized or bent etc. just got jammed in because there were 2 of them, they did come out as single pins.

[spud]

That is a handy tip for the future. I have just built a stainless steel media tumbler and will be running it all weekend to confirm operation

I'm guessing you dont need the pins now Dave.

[ovenpaa]

I will still need the SS media Spud, at present I am just interested in the maximum load so scrap brass, water and a couple of large box's of M8 stainless nuts will suffice.

[spud]

ok no probs