Rotary Tumbler (Ammunition cases) Review

Review and showing how a basic rotary tumbler I bought from Ebay cleans some old dirty ammunition cases.

[@bocheef]

Uses stainless steel pins instead of ball bearings it cleans inside the case and also the primer pockets.
Cheers

[@barrycolla2506]

Thank you for this video....this tumbler is much cheaper than the ones mostly used by shooters...one question, have you considered using steel pins instead of the steel balls...i think your primerpockets will be cleaner using pins ...all the best from the Netherlands

[@bikesandbits1000]

Glad you liked the video & thanks for watching. Yes I have considered using the steel pins, probably will change over to them one day.

[@petcatznz]

I have one of these tumblers. Mine was not provided with an earth connection and is clearly not double insulated by design. Therefore, for safety I replaced its two core flex with a three core equivalent and earthed mine.

[@bikesandbits1000]

Clever thinking.

[@wkinsley99]

How clean are the cases on the inside? Also is the media likely to get stuck on smaller diameter cases like 5.56/223? Thanks

[@bikesandbits1000]

Mine come up very clean. The only part that doesn't is the primer pocket but I clean that separately anyway. Just make sure you use slightly smaller tumbling media so it wont have any issues with the smaller neck size.

[@wkinsley99]

@@bikesandbits1000 thanks for your reply

[@StonyRC]

Have you tried it with dry media - like crushed corn-cob or walnut shell?

[@bikesandbits1000]

No I haven't tried the dry media. The wet media that I use does work very well though.

[@MilanPotterSmith]

my guess is it would take a long time using soft media as the motion is allot slower than vibratory tumblers

[@wardog5073]

Is the tumbler gets hot after lets say a 3 days of tumbling constently? As a pyrotechinian i want to know if this gonna be reletivly safe to put very fpameable powders in there.

[@bikesandbits1000]

I don't know as I only use it for 30 - 60 minutes at a time.
Sounds like you might want a more dependable/mainstream unit.

[@stevedevice1866]

you get a rock tumbler for long jobs.

[@kennethcraig6439]

Harley's and reloading.....how did this video pop up in my feed? My goodness, someone is tracking me. Good info my friend.

[@bikesandbits1000]

Not sure about the Harley's, only Kawasaki's and Honda's so far on this channel. Glad you like the reloading video. cheers

[@markpayne7117]

I do between 50 to 75 shells at time the only thing is balls I thought where supposed to be stainless steel ?able
Looking at getting stainless steel pins

[@bikesandbits1000]

Today I put in 56 cases of .308, worked well. I am still using the stock BB's that it came with.

[@Jazz-ji9zu]

Anyone know where to find a replacement motor for this?

[@bikesandbits1000]

Sorry I dont. Did yours stop working?

[@Jazz-ji9zu]

@@bikesandbits1000 yes, it's dying, about a year and a half old.

[@terrymicalizzi]

I just brought one coming this week. I'm in Australia as well is your one the 220v version if did u have to convert it to 240. Great video thanks

[@naturalstatepoolandspallc338]

damn.....thats slow speed???? lol maybe 1 stands for 1 times light speed and not slow....idk lol also if you have the stainless steel pin media, it cleans the pockets pretty good.....but its like $$$ for a 5lb bag

[@bikesandbits1000]

I don't mind doing the primer pockets afterwards as I have it very quick.

[@R1j0hn]

That's way faster than other KT-2000 tumblers, when both are set to the lowest speed... th-cam.com/video/KQ3bDk-Rfhc/w-d-xo.html
* I see yours is a KD-6800, which is odd because the 2000 is rated for 5kg while you say yours is rated for only 3kg.

[@bikesandbits1000]

I would say mine is designed for smaller items, hence the lower weight and faster speed. It does the job well though.