Well "Blow me down!"

[North Idaho Wolfman]

That sneaky bugger, I found him lurking in my neighborhood too!

 

[Hugo Habicht]

That sneaky bugger, I found him lurking in my neighborhood too!
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No, not him. He is hiding somewhere else.

 

[Hugo Habicht]

That sneaky bugger, I found him lurking in my neighborhood too!
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Actually, if you want to find "Runs With Scissors", that is dead easy. Simply phone Caswells and ask them where they just delivered a 40 ton load of "Black Oxide Concentrate".

 

[Yooper]

Yooper said:
Now you are going to have to buy a vibratory tumbler to get rid of the milling marks. See, this stuff never ends! Seriously, nice job on the tee nut and that black makes it look professional!

RWS asked: Is that the same type of tumbler used for cleaning brass when reloading?

Sorry for getting back to you so late but I just finished a part out of 4140 that I tossed in the vibratory bowl and I wanted to show you the results. To answer your question, yes this is the same thing you use for brass cartridges. I used this media from McMaster in the bowl with just enough water to wet the media along with a couple of drops of dishwashing soap to make it a bit slippery so the part moves through the media better. https://www.mcmaster.com/4918A192/

This was only 2 hours in the bowl but you can see the milling marks have been softened.

Sorry for no before picture, but this is the other side.

The top on this picture was surface ground so don't get deceived about the finish.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

RWS asked: Is that the same type of tumbler used for cleaning brass when reloading?

Sorry for getting back to you so late but I just finished a part out of 4140 that I tossed in the vibratory bowl and I wanted to show you the results. To answer your question, yes this is the same thing you use for brass cartridges. I used this media from McMaster in the bowl with just enough water to wet the media along with a couple of drops of dishwashing soap to make it a bit slippery so the part moves through the media better. https://www.mcmaster.com/4918A192/

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This was only 2 hours in the bowl but you can see the milling marks have been softened.

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Sorry for no before picture, but this is the other side.

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The top on this picture was surface ground so don't get deceived about the finish.

Thanks for the pics and the link. That looks pretty nice.

I am in the market for a vibratory tumbler.

I had one at one time, but it crapped out and I switched to the “stainless pins” with “Lemi-shine” method……

However I am abandoning that method due to too many SS pins being lodged in my cases.

If some corncob accidentally travels down my barrel at 4,000 fps, thats one thing; However, a stainless pin at 4,000 FPS is an entirely different story.

So it’s back to Corncob/Walnut for me.





That looks like a Dillon tumbler? How do you like it?

I’m stilll looking at the various makers……..Kinda seems like a “6 of one, or half dozen of the other” situation?

 

[Yooper]

I’ve had this tumbler for years and I don’t remember where I got it from. Never used it for brass. Just bought a Frankford tumbler kit for my brass reloading and haven’t even opened the box yet. Probably a month or so before I do a batch of cartridges and I’ll let you know what I think of it.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

HELP……...I CANT STOP!!!!!!!

We just bought new grill grates for the cabins grill, and the Mrs. asked/ordered me to build a “grate scraper” for it, in the same fashion as I made for the “at home” grill, but she wanted it lighter.

So I dig around the scrap pile and cobbled something together that is the same “basic concept” as the original, just “lighter”.

Well "low and behold” I needed to give it some sort of "rust protection”.



Now I am “notoriuosly cheap” when it come to my supplies. I tend to try and stretch my supplies to the maximum. (arguably to a fault).

So I want to use my new “Magical Black Oxide” to coat it, however there is a problem.

I dont want to “mix up” more of my “magical solution” when I have some still left over from the last project. (thats how “cheap" I am)

I also can’t find a suitable container to accomodate the “length” of this scraper.


So in a pinch, I make a “bowl” out of aluminium foil and decide to try and “brush on” the "used blackening solution" (instead of soaking, cause I don’t have enough)


It took forever, but it “kinda worked”. The solution was clearly not as “potent” as it was originally and I blew the “5 minute maximum” time out of the water, just dabbing and brushing….dabbing and brushing….etc……It took proably 45’ish minutes…..


There were spots that I missed when prepping it, so I tried a “new technique”.

During this process, I used some Scotch Brite to “re-do” the spots I missed, and then used an acid brush to “dab” some 100% un-cut Blackening Solution onto those spots.

Then “brushed on” the 2nd “oily finish” part, as per the instructions.

Worked out FANTASTIC!!!!!!

I couldn’t take any pics due to my hands being in gloves that had that solution all over it, but here are some “after shots”

Here is how this style of “scraper” works……I like it much better than the “metal brush” styles.