Separating range brass by caliber
Quote from Reloader on May 1, 2013, 11:40 pmThis works for me. The other day I had about 4M .40 cal brass casings and some nine and .223. I took my large vibratory unit and removed the cover. I then placed the first of the three separators (yellow) on the threaded screw that the lid attaches to. The bottom washer is rubber washered as well as the top one. I put it through the off set yellow separator and hand tighened the rubber based knob. Make sure the yellow bowl is not in contact with the center lid screw as vibrations will eventually eat through the plastic. Tighen it down. I then filled the bowl with the range brass and turned it on. All the .223, 9mm, .40 as well as range dirt and debris went right through and into the blue bowl. I then took all the .45,.308 and .30-o6 and dumped it into a bucket. I then replaced the yellow bowl with the blue one. Everything that was not .40 went right into the blue bowl. As this ran I stirred it by hand and then began removing only all the .40 brass. I then replaced the separator with the black one. I captured all my.223, 9mm, and allowed all the dirt and extra crap to pass on to the blue bowl. I found that most, but not all 9mm casings stuck in .40 brass was shaken out and passed to the bottom. This entire process took about 20 minutes with no damage to the vibratory bowl and then all I had to do was separate the smaller groups that the machine didn't catch. Is it perfect, "no", but it sure saves time. I then took a damp rag and wiped the bowl to remove range dirt and dust.
This works for me. The other day I had about 4M .40 cal brass casings and some nine and .223. I took my large vibratory unit and removed the cover. I then placed the first of the three separators (yellow) on the threaded screw that the lid attaches to. The bottom washer is rubber washered as well as the top one. I put it through the off set yellow separator and hand tighened the rubber based knob. Make sure the yellow bowl is not in contact with the center lid screw as vibrations will eventually eat through the plastic. Tighen it down. I then filled the bowl with the range brass and turned it on. All the .223, 9mm, .40 as well as range dirt and debris went right through and into the blue bowl. I then took all the .45,.308 and .30-o6 and dumped it into a bucket. I then replaced the yellow bowl with the blue one. Everything that was not .40 went right into the blue bowl. As this ran I stirred it by hand and then began removing only all the .40 brass. I then replaced the separator with the black one. I captured all my.223, 9mm, and allowed all the dirt and extra crap to pass on to the blue bowl. I found that most, but not all 9mm casings stuck in .40 brass was shaken out and passed to the bottom. This entire process took about 20 minutes with no damage to the vibratory bowl and then all I had to do was separate the smaller groups that the machine didn't catch. Is it perfect, "no", but it sure saves time. I then took a damp rag and wiped the bowl to remove range dirt and dust.