bob
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Post by bob on May 21, 2022 11:09:27 GMT -5
The eccentric weight came off the motor on my Turbo 1200 so now I have to get a new one. It will be another Turbo 1200 as the broken unit was purchased used in the '70s and I nave no idea how many thousands of cases , mostly rifle, it cleaned.
I did give some thought to changing methods of cleaning the cases but decided I'm too old to change!
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poohzilla
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Post by poohzilla on May 21, 2022 12:55:09 GMT -5
Bob, stuff has the nerve of wearing out before we do ! I have a Midway tumbler I bought back in '88, and it has some serious hours on it (This was produced before they went to the Frankford Armory name.) I think it was made by the same folks who did the Lyman. Hard to kill !
If you're still an active HE Instructor, Lyman has a discount program you might want to look into.
I still like the corncob media. In fact, I think it was you who put me on to Grainger's blasting media. That has saved some $$ over the years !
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bob
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Post by bob on May 21, 2022 15:38:33 GMT -5
Thanks for the HEI tip Pooh, I will look into that as any savings is an appreciated savings!
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poohzilla
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Post by poohzilla on May 26, 2022 10:15:13 GMT -5
Bob, FYI, the Midway flyer showed up today, and they mentioned a sale price on Lyman tumblers. I haven't checked it out, but there it is !
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bob
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Post by bob on May 26, 2022 16:22:37 GMT -5
Pooh, thank you for the thought. I ordered my new 1200 from Midway yesterday and to my surprise I got the sale price which with tax and shipping came out to the full price.
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poohzilla
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Post by poohzilla on May 26, 2022 19:24:36 GMT -5
Back in the day, one of the real attractions of Midway was free shipping. Boy, do I miss that !
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bob
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Post by bob on May 27, 2022 8:32:13 GMT -5
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Post by bob on May 29, 2022 22:39:46 GMT -5
I received my new Lyman 1200 today and started using immediately, well after I unpacked it. Boy what a difference a few decades makes, this has an on/off switch and is about 300 dbs. quieter what a blessing, I can now run it in my reloading room with out a towel over it.
4 day delivery from Midway and on a Sunday at that.
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Post by SnapShot on May 30, 2022 10:35:18 GMT -5
Sounds like even the simple tools improve with time. Many of the items in my shop have no on-off switch. After coming in to the shop and finding something that has been running all night, I finally built a short power cord with an electromechanical timer. It gives me an extra three feet of cord so I can set it out of the way on the bench and select how long I want it to run. While it’s not water proof it is made of damp location materials. The switch-timer is ratted at a full 20 amps so it's plenty heavy duty. The amazing thing back then was that I had all the necessary materials laying around and didn't have to go to the hardware store (very unusual).  |
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Post by bob on May 30, 2022 22:20:07 GMT -5
Why does it have to be water tight where you live, there aint no water any how!  |
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Post by SnapShot on May 31, 2022 10:26:53 GMT -5
GOOD POINT, Bob
I built this when I lived on the LEFT Coast and there was a possibility of tsunami over there . . .
. . . . also, just in case I knock over or spill some of Gary's coffee.
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poohzilla
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Post by poohzilla on May 31, 2022 11:21:43 GMT -5
I spaced out one time, got busy, and forgot some odd brass in the tumbler, which ended up running for a week... It had gone beyond shiny, and there was just something about it, I just scrapped it. There is apparently a point of diminishing returns for tumbling ! (It was some range salvage or something, so I didn't cry too long !)
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bob
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Post by bob on May 31, 2022 23:31:46 GMT -5
Gary's coffee and electricity, that would be catastrophic!
There is something about brass that you can see through, I've been told not to load it.
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My daughter came from Missouri, my son and grand son, my wife and I had a nice dinner of grilled "porter house" pork chops, corn on the cobb, my son, G'son and I share 10/5. G'son is 4 minutes early though @ 10/4.
Pooh I hope you find to right house . 
