Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sun, 20 Mar 2011 12:30:53 -0700,
wrote:

I had the Dillon vibratory polisher.
I bought it to deburr aluminum workpieces.
It was *way too* gentle for that. It took hours to make very little
visible progress. Prolly just fine for putting the final polish
on brass, though.

Next time, I will go with a real tumbler.

I don't do tumbling, but everything I've read says that vibratory
tumblers work more quickly than rotaries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE-aHXBDO30&NR=1
This big guy seems to work more quicky.

Here's the actual cleaner. It is *dry use* only.
There is a tiny size and capability difference, IMHO.

http://www.dillonprecision.com/#/con...y_Case_Cleaner

Prolly get an old wood lathe and modify to suit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krGB_g7Dxlo

Um, that's not a wood lathe

* Built pretty stoutly,
* Says 'Logan' on the headstock,
* Has a compound instead of a tool rest,
* Capable of crawling along at ~50 RPM

You might be right, Larry.

...and I'll bet he goes through 5gal buckets
several times before he has to change media in that thing.

That HDPE is pretty stout stuff.

Can't beat the price. I got my old wood lathe and two 1/3hp motors
for $20 at a tailgate sale in Sandy Eggo.

Now that sounds promising!

--Winston