Drying cases after tumbling.

Bavarianbrit · May 23, 2026

I had glass fibre internet cable installed last year which involved the team digging a very deep groove from the street to the corner of my house, they uncovered an unused 3 ply copper cable of single strand copper of about 1.5mm diameter that it was 2.5 metres long. I had been wondering what to do with it so after stripping the insulations off and cutting it into 75mm lengths this is what I have made up. I will use it to dry my cartridge cases after wet tumbling, stripping the insulation off and tapping the copper straight again on a flat anvil was a ball breaker though. I ran out of cable so finished off with copper brake pipe which I will never use anymore.

Salop lad · May 28, 2026

Just get a hot air blower, used for drying fruit off the bay of E, their not expensive and work a treat.

fizzbangwhallop · May 28, 2026

Salop lad said:
Just get a hot air blower, used for drying fruit off the bay of E, their not expensive and work a treat.

I bought mine from Lakeland… it’s even been used to dry fruit!

Cheers
Fizz

wytonpjs · May 28, 2026

Just leave mine in a warm oven (turned off) and “rattle the baking tray once or twice.

Bavarianbrit · May 28, 2026

So far I have used it twice, an unexpected side advantage on the second run was unexpectedly seeing four cases with 2x pins stuck together in the flash holes grinning at me. The Lyman pins were bought early 2017 so perhaps the ends/tips have worn a little round by now so are not abrading the cases as well anymore.

bowji john · May 28, 2026

I leave them by the fire place in winter and in the sun in summer

Donkey Basher · May 28, 2026

Sit mine in a tea towel between the two parts of a radiator - the tea towel sits upon the fins inside & makes it easy to lift them out when dry. Obs not doing many at this time of the year

- tend to do them in the winter when the weather is shite outside!

6.5-06 TIKKA · May 28, 2026

I put my cases flash hole facing up in a larrge plastic case holder and sit on top of a radiator or leave outside in the breeze....

cjs66 · May 28, 2026

Donkey Basher said:
Sit mine in a tea towel between the two parts of a radiator - the tea towel sits upon the fins inside & makes it easy to lift them out when dry. Obs not doing many at this time of the year - tend to do them in the winter when the weather is shite outside!

Me too

patjack · May 28, 2026

A compressor with an air blow gun gets all the water out quickly and efficiently, seems a tedious procedure making and then having to put them on an improvised pin device.

Klenchblaize · May 28, 2026

Its hugely important to ensure matching peg colour if one's mild OCD is not to be challenged:

K

Donkey Basher · May 28, 2026

Klenchblaize said:
Its hugely important to ensure matching peg colour if one's mild OCD is not to be challenged:
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K

you can’t have OCD - if you did you’d never have put an odd number out to dry!!

Mike1979 · May 28, 2026

Donkey Basher said:
you can’t have OCD - if you did you’d never have put an odd number out to dry!!

Pegs dont match either...some are square and some are curved...makes my eye twitch just looking at them

Klenchblaize · May 28, 2026

I thought I'd mentioned my number blindness.

K

old keeper · May 28, 2026

bowji john said:
I leave them by the fire place in winter and in the sun in summer

I pur mine on the woodbunerr on a rack in winter, and like BJ, in the sun in summer!

shakey jake · May 28, 2026

Klenchblaize said:
I thought I'd mentioned my number blindness.

K

I thought you were just colour blind?

Klenchblaize · May 28, 2026

shakey jake said:
I thought you were just colour blind?

Its a long list!

K

andy R204 · May 28, 2026

wytonpjs said:
Just leave mine in a warm oven (turned off) and “rattle the baking tray once or twice.

This

Leec6.5 · May 28, 2026

What’s the matter with a regular tumbler, corn cob media and a dollop it T cut?

Cooorrr you lot make hard work of it

Bavarianbrit · May 28, 2026

Norfolk Deer Search said:
What’s the matter with a regular tumbler, corn cob media and a dollop it T cut?

Cooorrr you lot make hard work of it

The corn cob in my experience got mucky quickly and seemed to have lost the cleaning power so I sold all my old tumblers. The wet 3 drum tumbler set I bought in the UK around 1987 and it is still going strong, it was made in GREAT back then BRITAIN.

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