Wet tumbler funnel

[Brad]

I wanted a large mouth funnel to aid in getting brass into the wet tumbler. I like to resize a bunch of cases at a time. I want to be able to quickly and easily get them into the tumbler. Using my hands is just a pain.
About 10 min with Fusion 360 and I had this designed. Took over night to print but I was sleeping and didn’t care.

 

[glassparman]

That looks like a whole roll of filament!

 

[Brad]

That looks like a whole roll of filament!

Nope, only 140 grams. I can get 7 from a roll. I am paying 22 bucks a roll so only ran me 3 bucks.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

That's a good solution.

 

[glassparman]

I just start dumping them in the tub and spend the next 15 minutes chasing all the ones i dropped that rolled under the workbench.

 

[Ian]

The extent we will go so we can be lazy, LoL! I would have spent two hours cobbling one up out of scrap flashing tin and bucking rivets or spent 20 bucks on flue reducers just to save 30 seconds loading the tumbler...

 

[RicinYakima]

The extent we will go so we can be lazy, LoL! I would have spent two hours cobbling one up out of scrap flashing tin and bucking rivets or spent 20 bucks on flue reducers just to save 30 seconds loading the tumbler...

I have money, don't have much time left!!

 

[Wasalmonslayer]

Making them for sale yet
That’s a dang good idea!

 

[Brad]

It would require a medium flat rate box. Add in the shipping and it quickly becomes a $30 item.
I would be willing to make a few if people are interested. I will be tied up with vacation and work for most of September,

 

[Wasalmonslayer]

I am in no hurry if you can fit it in between now and December I am good

 

[KeithB]

That is the kind of thing I was hoping people would share the file for on this forum.

 

[Petrol & Powder]

The extent we will go so we can be lazy, LoL! I would have spent two hours cobbling one up out of scrap flashing tin and bucking rivets or spent 20 bucks on flue reducers just to save 30 seconds loading the tumbler...

/\ That is precisely what I would do, and I would do it poorly....... /\

Brad's solution is far more eloquent.

 

[Brad]

That is the kind of thing I was hoping people would share the file for on this forum.

Anyone who wants the file- just ask.

 

[Ian]

Hold on, let me spend a grand on printer, software, supplies, and add on to the house to have a place to put it, spend the hours and materials to learn how it works, and THEN I'll ask for the program...

Kinda sounds like the first muzzle I threaded, cost me $1,200!

 

[Brad]

This printer was about 350. The software I downloaded free, Autodesk does that for hobby users.
Ian, this would right up you alley, except you would need to rebuild it before you used It.

 

[Ian]

You're probably right, might have to do the Rich Harter rebuild/ extend rails and bed and upgrade it to run on weed eater string....you know, so I could print new rifle stocks and so forth.

 

[Snakeoil]

Not sure how big that funnel is as nothing to serve as a reference. But for big funnels, I find that there are quite a few large plastic jugs, like liquid laundry detergent bottles with huge necks that make great funnels. That's what I used when I was shooting BPCR to clean my brass. Most have handles molded into them to make using them easier. I even saved the caps and drilled holes so I could dump a load of brass and alcohol into the funnel and the alcohol would drain out into another jug, leaving just the brass.

Cheaper than buying a 3D printer, Ian. Although you might have to get the wife to change detergent brands to get the right jug.

 

[obssd1958]

You need to be careful when you tell the wife that you want to put her jugs to a new use...

 

[david s]

Half a 5-gallon water cooler jug would work for pistol brass.

 

[fiver]

2.99 in the canning section.
specifically made to get wet sloppy stuff in a jar.