Lyman Pro 1200 Tumbler (115-Volt)

Got this at a great price on Amazon, no complaints so far. Have run about 5k of brass through it so far, mostly handgun but some rifle brass too. Does an excellent job with walnut with a bit of brass polish added. No commercial tumbler by any stretch but great product. Need to get a strainer, worst part is taking the brass out at the end of the cycle and clearing the media from them. One thing I never see mentioned with tumblers, use in a well ventilated area - preferably outdoors! There is a fine silt that is projected into the air when running, which 1) can't be good for your lungs 2) settles on everything around requiring cleaning, and 3) would not be surprised if it's a fire hazard. I've seen too many reloading set ups with the tumbler in a basement near a wood stove or oil furnace, after years of using a tumbler I can imagine the saturation point of fine media floating in the air might be a risk.

Works great with Lyman Tough walnut media. Little loud, fine in the shop. Cover mounted on screw rod with rubber washer, little slow to work on/off without any “wing-nut” style extrusions.

The Pro Sifter is a nice mid-sized option for cleaning brass. Not the largest but it works for its size range. The top is convenient, I turn it over into a bucket that I use to store my media in between cleanings and while it is still usable. Then I remove the top use a cheap kitchen strainer to poor my brass into (still pouring into the bucket). Some, if not all brass is going to have a small amount of media inside regardless of this top sifter style, a drain plug on the bowel, or a separate media separator. I then turn over each piece of brass in the strainer to ensure I am removing all the media and collecting as much as possible for re-use. So far I have not had it walk off my work bench but have started using it on the floor to free up work area space during the cleaning process.

The old ones had a solid lid, this is a mess. Im going to cut out a plywood lid to fix the problem. Lyman does make a solid cover you can pay extra for. WTF??? It does seem to have a more robust vibration and it also seems quieter, not much but some. yes, there is a lighted switch on the case.

This is a nice, fairly compact tumbler, that seems to get the job done well. It is not too loud, does not “walk” at all as some other brands have been known to, and seems to handle a relatively large load of assorted pistol brass with ease in about two hours. I was a bit skeptical of the practical usefulness of the “built in sifter” lid, and was planning to purchase an additional media seporator, but after running about a dozen loads through it, I honestly don’t see the need (as long as you don’t mind holding the whole unit upside down while you shake... but it’s quite light). Thirty seconds or so of shaking over a five gallon bucket does the trick just fine. I also haven’t encoundered the issue of dust kicking up through the slots in the lid... at least with crush walnut and little NuFinish polish added (I can’t speak for corncob). The only reason I gave four stars, is because I did encounter the issue of most of the media collecting to one side, likely to an improperly balanced bowl, however, it doesn’t seem to effect the cleaning of the brass from what I can tell. It’s just tad irritating.

Good quality

Works well so far. Much more powerful than my frankford quick-n-ez one ever was.

parts missing to attach bowl to base not useable

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Only used it once so far and works very well. It should come with a solid cover to keep lead contaminated dust in the bowl. I covered the strainer cut outs with plexiglass.

Works great, super easy to use. Not that noisy or dusty , but still set it up in garage. 2-3 hours cleaning and come out near new

Good price and works great. Surprised how quiet this one is. Using with the Frankford Arsenal Corn Cob Media Box, 7-Pound - from Amazon. As per some reloading forums added a few drops of Nufinish car polish and brass comes out amazing. Never an issue with Lyman products....so would highly recommend.

good value for the money great for small batches of cases but if you have alot to do invest in the bigger one.