Guess what I'm making

[North East]

Starting to look like a small nuke???

[deye243]

nearly as exy up to about $600 or $700 now

[deye243]

orrrrrr crap wish i knew how big a 1HP motor was it's waaaaay to big now

i have to get the one i was gunna get , the little 1/3 HP bugger it

[anthillinside]

Bugger alright, looks like the moon shot is off.
The 1/3hp will be lenty strong enough, onces it's geared down to low range first to get a slow enough drum speed you'll be good to go.
Build looks like it's comming along nicely.
Keep us watching

[deye243]

with a redding die box for comparison bloody thing weighs 14KG

now what to make out of this motor

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[bigfellascott]

That's one heavy duty tumbler motor there D!

[bigfellascott]

nearly as exy up to about $600 or $700 now

Are you saying you've spent nearly $700 so far on this thing? You can buy em for around $200 for one of the red or black versions.

http://www.stainlesstumblingmedia.com/p ... el-17.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFZhQmsgkO8

[Combat_Wombat]

with a redding die box for comparison bloody thing weighs 14KG

now what to make out of this motor

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Got any elevators you need to run? Haha I think your brass will be powder if you run that full speed.

[deye243]

nearly as exy up to about $600 or $700 now

Are you saying you've spent nearly $700 so far on this thing? You can buy em for around $200 for one of the red or black versions.

http://www.stainlesstumblingmedia.com/p ... el-17.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFZhQmsgkO8

Scott that's us price and then there's $137us to get it here and at the moment that's $520 and don't forget there to small

and i had to get this haha so i added the price of it as well .

inverter welder and it's a good bit of kit better than the old block on wheels type .

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[bigfellascott]

now it makes sense!

[Redwood]

How many cases you reckon you'll fit in that thing?

[deye243]

around 300 to 400 7mm rem mag or 600 or so of 223

[Redwood]

Good stuff

[deye243]

Mock up.............now just waiting for the pulleys , as soon as they roll up i can start bolting things up and start cutting and painting....

the welding shield is for size reference ....

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[Bark]

the welding shield is for size reference ....

Took me a minute to work out what it was.

Being the same colour I thought for a second it was attached and was a fancy digital control screen or something

[deye243]

hmmmmm now that it works a lick of paint and it's finished

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[KWhorenet]

how fast do you think it spins or do you have a controller?

[deye243]

too slow i will put up the vid when all these rubber necks go to bed and i get some speed here for the computer

it's doing 40rpm so a bigger pully on the motor will fix that , it is only a 1400rpm donk .

but i may just do a batch and just see what happens after 2 hours

[KWhorenet]

just found your inspiration 'Biggdawg'

[deye243]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhyrM_dsljY&feature=youtu.be

[bigfellascott]

looks like she should do the job hey - well done mate

[anthillinside]

Well there you go!
Good work.
And people recon Ausies can't MAKE things (When you going into full production?)
Probably cost twice as much as a shiny red one but who cares.
YOU made it, it works, you can fix it, you can improve it, I'll bet that's exactly what you'll do.
When that little plastic bit breaks rendering the shiny red one useless,, who's laughing now?
Hope I'm around to see MK.II

Love it

[deye243]

all painted and finished and cost $340 and $472 with 10lb of pins and 3 times the capacity of the thumbler or the rebel 17

the thumbler from aus was $520 to me door

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[bigfellascott]

Very nice job D, well done mate, that thing will last you for years I reckon.

[deye243]

thanks Scott , thats the plan the kids can use it when i'm gone

[bigfellascott]

thanks Scott , thats the plan the kids can use it when i'm gone

I reckon they will be mate, made to last that bugger!

[pajamatime]

tbh i was thinking some sort of pipe b0mb lol...I bet the keyword sensors back at ASIO headquarters just went balistic =P

[Combat_Wombat]

Best thing about that set up is you will know how to fix it all if it ever plays up and know all the parts straight away. That's half the mucking around trying to repair anything these days.

[Oldbloke]

Dont know what u paid for the donk but I made a couple of gem tumblers 40 yrs ago, always used second hand washing machine motors. Got them free usually.

[bigfellascott]

Dont know what u paid for the donk but I made a couple of gem tumblers 40 yrs ago, always used second hand washing machine motors. Got them free usually.

Yeah I reckon I'd go that way too to keep costs down or treadmill motor or even a dryer motor might be usable.