Looking for ideas

[WhiteMikeCN]

I have had 2 lyman pro magnum 2500 for about 3 months now and my second one that they sent me after the first one failed has just taken a crap. Lyman says that they have one in their office that has been running for the last 2 years and to be completly honest have seeing their reliability in my house i just dont believe it. I need some ideas as I am cleaning about 10,000 peices of brass a month. Im not even gonna give lyman another chance to replace it. It is too much of a hastle to send mine back and then wait for them to send me another one.

Has anyone tried this. I wanna build one but I cant find a pump motor like that with out spending an arm and a leg.. here is the youtube link..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPa1vT6NPCs

I need the threads of the motor to be below where I would mount it.

Thanks
Chris

 

[LiveLife]

I think the $50 tumbler from Cabela's maybe an easier and still durable option. It will hold 650 .38Spl cases compared to 1000 for Lyman 2500.

 

[qajaq59]

You might think about getting one of the small cement mixers from Harbor Freight. There's a lot of guys that use them.

 

[oneounceload]

Were you overloading the bowl and burning up the motor? Real easy to do.

 

[WhiteMikeCN]

No I was not overloading it....

 

[Bula]

Look at the HUGE Dillon Precision Tumbler. Your kind of volume warrants the price.

 

[RB98SS]

Were you running the tumbler on carpet? I know my Cabela's tumbler has the air vents on the bottom and I only run it on the cement floor in my basement.

 

[Roccobro]

Check your local pool or spa store for used take-off stuff. I asked once for an obsolete pump to go with my old pool-on-a-spa motor. They came out with a box of pieces and they found the perfect impeller. I'm sure they had obsolete motors if I had asked. But I've saved motors all my life.

I'm currently trying to adapt a spare garbage disposal motor for some other hobby use, and a less than stellar 1/2 horse swamp cooler motor for anything. Maybe I should hook up my junk Lyman 2500 I have here. lol

Justin

 

[Maj Dad]

I have to second the Dillon - I have a Dillon CV-500, but the new CV-750 & CV-2001 have the newer and much heavier motors (made to Dillon's specs to avoid the problems of the Mexi-motors that failed con regularidad). I don't need the CV-2001 as I don't do that much brass but I think this is the one you should consider ( http://www.dillonprecision.com/#/co.../Dillon__039_s_CV_2001_Vibratory_Case_Cleaner ). Read the description - I'm sorely tempted to get one just because it's the Boss Hogg of the vibatories...