anothernewb
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The house goes quiet, and there's this incessant background noise you can't identify.
Then you realize you've been tumbling 308 cases for 27 hours.
Then you realize you've been tumbling 308 cases for 27 hours.
That moment when..
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badkarmamib
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This made my day, thanks for the laugh 
I can deal with all of that; the problem is the wife, she opens the door to a faint sound and then when she opens the door she finds three tumblers running with a loose lid on one of them. And then there are things that 'go bump' in the middle of the night. Long story.
F. Guffey
The Bushmaster
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Been there...Done that...
morcey2
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I forgot about some 8mm Mauser cases for a full weekend + monday. You had to wear sunglasses just to look at them.
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Zendude
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Still happens to me... Reloading is not just a hobby, it's a culture that changes an entire household.
devils4ever
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Yep. Done that before I got my lamp timer. Worst case is it runs for 2 hours every day!
KeithET
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As I tumble my brass in a unattached garage I would not hear anything until I entered the garage. Have done that several times. I think the longest I ever tumbled brass was 2 or 3 days. Was reading some posts by RCModel one day when he mentioned this very topic and he suggested to use some kind of timer. Darn why did I not think of that before. Found a neat little timer on Amazon for $10 or $15. Have not had the problem since.
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Found a neat little timer on Amazon for $10 or $15. Have not had the problem since.KeithET
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anothernewb
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link to the timer, if I may ask?
WestKentucky
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A man may take vacation time and leave himself a day to pack and decide to multitask... 357 and 270 win in the tumbler Friday night, Saturday morning when I left for the mountains wife was fussing about leaving at 7:04 instead of 7:00 and the tumbler stayed on. That brass was pretty when I got home on Thursday evening.
And yes, a day or two is kinda normal around my house. I usually turn it on as I leave for work and try to turn it off when I get home, but something always distracts me...mail, feed the critters, now the lawn, hide from the talkative neighbor, need to poop, whatever...and I end up turning it off the next morning or when I get home the next day.
And yes, a day or two is kinda normal around my house. I usually turn it on as I leave for work and try to turn it off when I get home, but something always distracts me...mail, feed the critters, now the lawn, hide from the talkative neighbor, need to poop, whatever...and I end up turning it off the next morning or when I get home the next day.
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anothernewb
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ah, light timers. got a few of those. was thinking there was some other form of countdown timer people were finding.
JimKirk
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I like to use the ones that have the little green & red tabs that you push on the dial ... I only put the "off" tab on ... I manual start ... then the tab turns it off!
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That's a good idea Jim.
The one I had been using wasn't designed so it could work like that but it had to take on a new job controlling the automatic door on my chicken coop. The replacement will be a style I can do that with. I had thought about replacing it with a "one shot" timer like this. http://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-In-Wa...gclid=CJqJ1ojfns8CFdgJgQodT60BNA&gclsrc=aw.ds But the other style timer is more versatile.
Speaking of green and timers or lack there of, this is what happens to brass that has been tumbled for 24 hours wet with stainless pins.
OD green everywhere the pins can touch and will never shine again...
They all loaded and shot fine though.
The one I had been using wasn't designed so it could work like that but it had to take on a new job controlling the automatic door on my chicken coop. The replacement will be a style I can do that with. I had thought about replacing it with a "one shot" timer like this. http://www.homedepot.com/p/GE-In-Wa...gclid=CJqJ1ojfns8CFdgJgQodT60BNA&gclsrc=aw.ds But the other style timer is more versatile.
Speaking of green and timers or lack there of, this is what happens to brass that has been tumbled for 24 hours wet with stainless pins.
OD green everywhere the pins can touch and will never shine again...
They all loaded and shot fine though.
JimKirk
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This is the timer like I use ... non Digital .... plugs into a outlet ...then plug tumbler into the timer.... I pull all the green tabs and leave only the red ones ... I turn it on with a knob on top ... I set it where "run time" is what I want .... turn it on ... as soon as the amount of time passes .... it cuts itself off ....
entropy
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BTDT!
Hardtarget
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I ran some .40 S&W brass for a ...long ...time. They looked "frosted" or satin when I finally checked. I've never loaded them. they're sitting in a box...waiting.
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jmorris
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I admit to not being very diligent at cleaning my cases correct but I go to greater lengths for my dinner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMZ9voAORYc
Sunray
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So you gonna tell us what was going on that you didn't hear it for that long. Or will we just make stuff up? snicker.
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