Frankford Arsenal Rotary Tumbler and Accessories with Media Separator, Cleaning Essentials, For Brass Cleaning, Reloading, and Gunsmithing

This is a new review, as I have used it more. Does it clean? Very well, I have always used walnut and corn cob media in a vibrating cleaner. Difference night and day. The vibrating cleans, but primer pocket and internal portion of the case still dirty. This cleans inside and out, including primer pockets. It also gives your brass that new look. Does all this in 3 hours. I vibrated some 45 cases for about 5 hours, looked at it later and tried another 5 or 6 hours still unhappy. Ran the same 45's through this for 3 hours and wow, finally got what I wanted, shiny new looking 45 cases. My formula, a squirt of Dawn dish soap, and a dash of lemishine . I don't measure, just a squirt of soap, and then pour a little lemishine in Palm of my hand, add water a few inches above the brass and it gets the job done nicely. I have read about tightening of the lids. Some reviews claim you you have to really tighten hard to keep from leaking. That concerned me, I don't like torquing down hard on gaskets, afraid of splitting them. I noticed the problem is initial filling. You get water on the threads and on top and when you first start the tumbling it appears to be leaking, but it is usually the excess dripping off and stops quickly, so unless it is really losing water, just let it run for a minute until you see it stop dripping the excess. I tighten well but I don't stand there applying all the torque I can and it works fine. Watch YouTube in the drying methods, I usually spin awhile in a media separator and it separates the pins and excess water. Shake in a towel and then set by a fan. It dries fairly quick. I don't get water spots (I think the lemishine helps with that). Should you buy this? Yes I say do it. The only way you will get brass this clean is to buy new brass. Should you get the Frankford arsenal tumbler? I say yes again, large capacity, timer, built for brass cases not rocks, gets the job done with minimum effort.

This thing works fantastic. It cleans the outside, inside, and primer pockets very well. Like everything in life, getting better results usually requires that you put in a bit more effort. I cleaned some brass for a friend of mine, and he was ecstatic about how polished and new it looked. But after watching the process I went through post-tumble, he concluded that he'd never do "all that" just for cleaner brass. So if you're reading through these reviews on Amazon, whether this is your first tumbler, or you're making the switch from dry tumbling, you need to be real about what kind of reloader you are. If you are competing or training several times a week, shooting thousands of rounds each month, then you probably don't care to spend any MORE time loading than you already do. This method is going to add more time. If you are reloading for a hobby, as much as you are for the cost savings, then you probably don't mind spending a little more time for a nicer result. But you should be aware up front that separating the stainless steel media from the brass is a little more time consuming than with dry media. To speed this up a media transfer magnet helps, as does an ENCLOSED media separator. Having everything in water as you agitate it really helps the stainless steel media find it's way out of the brass and to the bottom of a bucket. The ENCLOSED (this is important) separator helps keep pins from bouncing out everywhere as you spin the crank, and keeps you from having to hold a 25lb to 30lb drum over your sink, shaking it till your spine is torqued. Drying takes more time. I typically transfer them to a large towel, then I grab the corners and pick the towel up with the brass hanging in it like a hammock. I do the motion as if I'm polishing a bowling ball for about 30 seconds or so. Then, I spread everything out on a table outside, allowing it to dry completely via sunlight. Also, you will have to inspect the towel for more media, as well as peek in every case before you try to cram a primer in it. Steel media pins can sometimes get lodged in the flash hole. I don't mean for this to sound like I'm complaining, I just really want everyone who spends the money on this tumbler to understand that it is going to take more work. I personally LOVE the results I'm getting. But if you agree with my friend, you might consider getting the Berry's Model 400 tumbler kit. It was the second choice on my list, and I think it's worth checking out. And honestly, if I owned a house instead of a condo, I'd probably have gone that route. Some other things to know before buying... Decapping is now a separate step done before tumbling. Otherwise, you're primer pockets won't be cleaned, which sort of defeats the purpose. Stainless media is typically $45 to $50 for 5lbs. This kit includes a 5lb bag of media. The media should last you a lifetime, assuming you don't lose half of it in your drain, yard, or somewhere else clever. Also, I'd pass on using the special cleaning solution sample they give you. I use a mixture of Dawn soap and Lemishine. The soap helps the media clean, and keeps the dirt from sticking back to the cases and media while you're pouring the dirty water off the top. The Lemishine helps clean, but mostly helps the brass dry quickly, and without spots. Be sure you don't add these to your drum until it's almost full of water. Otherwise, you'll be dealing with a TON of overflowing suds from the soap. And one last thing to know is that it's still pretty loud. I bought this thinking it would be a great way to keep from disturbing my neighbors with a vibratory dry tumbler. It's really not that much quieter, if it even is at all. The flat sides of the tumbler sound like a redundant stomping noise to my downstairs neighbor unless I run it on a shelf in my outside patio closet. No biggie. The motor unit is powerful, yet also noisy. Again, solved in my specific scenario by keeping it outside in a patio closet with the door shut. I really think the Berry's Model 400 tumbler is probably quieter. I hope at least some of this information is helpful, and I'll try to answer any questions left as comments. UPDATE: It's been almost a year since I purchased this tumbler. I've run thousands of cases through it and it's still going strong. I still love the results I'm getting, and I still stand behind my original statement that it takes a little more work post-tumble. Just thought it's good to know that it still runs great after a year of continual use.

... attention, l'appareil est en 110 v et la prise nécessite un adaptateur, ou un transfo 220 110 déjà équipé (500 va largement suffisant) La difficulté survient lorsqu'on doit séparer les étuis des aiguilles inox ... utiliser un aimant ! et beaucoup de patience ! je n'ai pas acheté le "panier"

Den Tumbler habe ich am Black Friday in der US Version mit 120V zum super Preis gekauft. Zum Betreiben dieser Version ist ein Spannungswandler 230V auf 120V erforderlich. Gibt’s bei Amazon für 50.—€. Im Lieferumfang waren auch die erforderlichen Stahlpins. Für den Reinigungsvorgang rate ich einen Schuss Spülmittel und Zitronensäure zu verwenden. Behälter mit Hülsen, Wasser und Pins füllen und Reinigungszeit einstellen. Das Gerät wird mit dem Spannungswandler eingeschaltet und kann auch mit dem Schalter unterbrochen werden ohne die Laufzeit zu verändern. Sehr praktisch! Die Laufzeit habe ich auf 150 Minuten gestellt. Das Ergebnis war genial. Die Hülsen waren außen und innen blitz sauber und glänzten mehr als neu. Kein Vergleich zum Vibrationstumbler. Zum trennen von Hülsen und Pins bietet sich das Lyman Doppelsieb für Rotationstumbler an. Es ist die einfachste Lösung zum Trennen von Hülsen und Pins.

This is great got this to get that really good brass shine and at less than the price of the uk version ( less than half the size ? ) purchased a 500 watt transformer/ dropper to use on 240 volt and works a treat . Recleaned my dry tumbled brass and what a difference This is a cheaper way to go to get into a wet tumbler dropper pins and unit less than the uk spec version ( the lite ? )

el producto es vendido para españa y viene para corriente de 110v, por suerte revise antes de conectarlos y no lo queme

Have used a Lyman Turbo tumbler for years with dry media to clean my cases then added a ultrasonic cleaner a couple of years ago to improve the cleaning process. I thought I would buy this tumbler because it seems it would simplify the process and I am amazed at the difference! I really wished I had bought one of these a long time ago! Cleans cases using Dawn soap and hot water along with some Lemi Shine and steal media and makes them look brand new with less effort than using dry media! Now I am going to have a a tumbler and a ultrasonic cleaner for sale!