Thread: Shed built SS tumbler (Photo Heavy)

Well mine's more agricultural than both of yours, bucket with a Dremel cable tied to the bottom. Off center bolt attached to the chuck for vibration, normal short grain rice as media.
Brass comes up bloody nice, rice lasts about 200rnds with some strips of tissue paper to pick up the residue. Only nuisance is having to tumble it once to polish then about half hour tumble with no media in to vibrate the rice out of the cases. Cleans primer pockets perfectly

Motor, drive elements and steel frame

1/4 or 1/3 Horse power single phase motor. Got mine for $40 off trademe
25mm Box section, need about 2.5m
12mm Solid bar. Best to get all metric or all imperial parts to match pulleys to bar, unlike what I did and had to shave down 1/2 to fit 12mm
12mm Pillow block bearings
8x50mm Bolts, penny washers and nyloc nuts x 8
8x30mm Set screws penny washers and nylocs for the motor
Adjusta feet x 4
12mm ID Heater hose or similar hard wearing hose 1mtr
6x75mm bolt with standard washers and nyloc
6mm bearing for tumbler to run against
1/2 or 12mm pulley for motor
1/2 or 12mm pulley for roller ( there is plenty of info and workings from uncle google on how to work out the rpm)
2mm plate steel for the motor to be mounted to.

PVC Tumbler

6' Marley Stormwater pipe cut off at flared end (handy if you know a drain layer or plumber for this)
6' Marley Flat end cap
6' to 4' Off Set reducer (I tried in vain for ages to find a central reducer but they are not a standard item)
Fernco Qwik Cap 4' with pipe clamp
2' PVC pipe cut in half length ways to act as agitators
CSK Drill bit
CSK SS 5x16mm Socket head set screws with washer and nyloc nuts
Roof and gutter silicone
PVC Pipe cement
Hard 2mmx50mm Rubber strips glued to tumbler exterior

Here are the exerts from my little black book of weird creations that may give you an idea on sizing and other things I have missed from the list.

The timer is the next addition so I can program the 2, 3 or 4 hour tumbles, was $5 off ebay