Anyone tried Frankfort Arsenals new platinum rotary tumbler

[mdi]

Does anybody know where the Frankfort rotary tumbler is made and by whom?

[Nueces]

Does anybody know where the Frankfort rotary tumbler is made and by whom?

The box mine came in says "Made in China."

[ultramag]

I've got one. It hasn't been used a bunch so far as most all of my brass is either loaded or at least prepped and ready to load this time of year. I have run it a couple cycles though, including an initial cleaning of the pins, and no complaints so far. FWIW, it does appear to be a sturdy well built unit. Only time in service will truly tell. The Thumler and Harbor Freight tumblers just didn't have the capacity to get me off the fence....this one did. While I may have to let it run an extra hour or two with just the 5 lbs. of SS media, batches of 1000 .45 ACP are well within it's limits and that was my mark. One of my first loads was 500 .38 Special cases. I ran them 3 hours and they came out perfect.

[MDphotographer]

I have had the FA rotary tumbler for about a month it has worked perfectly and the job it does cleaning brass is amazing.My first batch was 750 .40 S&W cases handled it no problem I would recommend this product to anyone.Only time will tell how it holds up.I did a youtube video on it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbE4cJ0qy9c

[LUBEDUDE]

Very good video MDphoto...., the only thing I disagree with is pouring contaminated water in one's sink. That is adding lead to your city's drinking water! Kind of like urinating in your soup pot. Yes they have excellent filtration systems, but only so far. Why add heavy metals to the mix? And keep in mind that you are Not the Only Reloader in your area.

Dirt is an excellent filter, I just pour it in a select spot in the back yard.

I'm not jumping your case, just food for thought for everyone.

[MDphotographer]

Very good video MDphoto...., the only thing I disagree with is pouring contaminated water in one's sink. That is adding lead to your city's drinking water! Kind of like urinating in your soup pot. Yes they have excellent filtration systems, but only so far. Why add heavy metals to the mix? And keep in mind that you are Not the Only Reloader in your area.

Dirt is an excellent filter, I just pour it in a select spot in the back yard.

I'm not jumping your case, just food for thought for everyone.

Where I live we have city water but guess what? The city water is drawn from wells! I would rather not put it back into the ground water much better to put it down the sink the amount of lead I am pouring down is much less then the amount of lead from the lead soldier pipes in the 30+ year old houses in the area.At least the waste water is being treated (yes they treat for lead too). BTW I was a plumber for 15 years before I blew my back out and my father was a plumber for 50 years

Glad you liked the video

[LUBEDUDE]

Where I live we have city water but guess what? The city water is drawn from wells! I would rather not put it back into the ground water much better to put it down the sink the amount of lead I am pouring down is much less then the amount of lead from the lead soldier pipes in the 30+ year old houses in the area.At least the waste water is being treated (yes they treat for lead too). BTW I was a plumber for 15 years before I blew my back out and my father was a plumber for 50 years

Glad you liked the video

I hear ya brother!

Looks like neither of us will convince the other though. That's alright with me. Not worth arguing over in my book.

I'd be proud to buy ya a Root Beer and Moon Pie and have a chat about guns and gear and such if you're ever in my neck of the woods.

Take care!

[Pepe Ray]

Well, I received an E-mail from Optics Planet. Apologizing for the delay. Manufacturer is dragging there feet.
Latest ETA Tue, 13th May. We'll see. Guess I chose the wrong distributor.
Pepe Ray

[stanford]

I just ordered one, if push comes to shove I will just replace the motor with a bigger one. I was going to build my own, but after looking at the prices of all the items I needed to complete the project the tumbler would have cost me about $500-$600 (I like my stuff to look professional). There is a place that I found on the web that sells commercial tumbling barrels, the one I had my eye on was $250. This tumbler and price was just cheaper for me and ready to run once I receive it.

[Bayou52]

Well, I received an E-mail from Optics Planet. Apologizing for the delay. Manufacturer is dragging there feet.
Latest ETA Tue, 13th May. We'll see. Guess I chose the wrong distributor.
Pepe Ray

Reports I've read tend to be pretty positive on the FART (Franklin Arsenal Rotary Tumbler). I assume yours has arrived by now. How do you like it?

Bayou52

[EddieNFL]

I bought one a few weeks ago and finally opened the box yesterday. The 5 lbs bag of media doesn't appear enough to do an adequate job, judging by the size of the drum. Has anyone added more media? Thanks.