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Thread: Automated brass sorter by weight

  1. 08-18-2018, 03:49 PM #1
    jmorris
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    Automated brass sorter by weight

    I haven’t had much time to play with this, built the electronics part, did the programming and threw together the mechanical parts months ago.

    It’s still a long way from being a finished product but it’s also one of those projects that can get lost do to “life getting in the way” if I don’t see some sort of progress.

    Th idea is to begin the sort by a 10 grain differential with those dropping into one of 10 bins, then take all from a single bin and change the resolution to 1 grain differential, then take all from a single bin and change to .1 grain resolution.

    So in the end you can have brass sorted to the tenth of a grain without having to touch a single case.

    Proof of concept and hopefully enough inspiration to finish it out when it cools off outside.

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  2. 08-18-2018, 03:55 PM #2
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  3. 08-18-2018, 05:48 PM #3
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  4. 08-18-2018, 06:02 PM #4
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  5. 08-18-2018, 07:36 PM #5
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    Ive never seen a sorter that operated by weight. They are either by height or width. Thats interesting.
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  6. 08-19-2018, 12:51 AM #6
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    Ok, here's the million dollar question. Do you have a room big to house all the gadgets you've built over the years? If you do I'd love to see a pic!
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  7. 08-19-2018, 01:20 AM #7
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    Don't stop with the brass, set it up for your cast boolits. Find those rejects with out evening looking at them.
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  8. 08-19-2018, 11:05 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Reddirt62 View Post
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  9. 08-19-2018, 04:52 PM #9
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    JM, that is awesome!
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  12. 08-21-2018, 02:15 AM #12
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    I'm just wondering, PIC, Atmel, Arduino, or what microcontroller? Looks nice!
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  13. 08-21-2018, 06:32 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr_Sheesh View Post
    I'm just wondering, PIC, Atmel, Arduino, or what microcontroller? Looks nice!
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  14. 08-28-2018, 06:26 PM #14
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    Wow, that's cool!!
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  15. 08-28-2018, 06:56 PM #15
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    very nice invention as is a lot that ive seen you built
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  16. 08-31-2018, 09:29 PM #16
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  17. 08-31-2018, 11:01 PM #17
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    Fantastic idea! As previously stated, sorting bullets is another great use.
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  18. 09-30-2018, 07:08 PM #18
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    Put me down for one. I can rent it out to friends to pay for it, lol. This would be a bit hit with the long range precision crowd.
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