Brass dryer worth it?

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It seems when I wet tumble brass, it's nice and sunny outside and I just lay my ammo out.

But, that was the summer. Is a brass dryer worth getting?
 
Interesting that you would ask this question. I have been thinking about this very matter myself. From what I have discerned thus far, a dehydrator is the way to go.

Does anyone have an opinion to help a bud out?


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I leave them all down on a towel with the mouths facing towards a box fan and just leave it running for a few hours. The air moving over and through the cases always dries them all bone dry.


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Well, I'm about to hit the 'buy' button on this: https://www.midwayusa.com/product/304424/frankford-arsenal-platinum-series-brass-dryer

(only 5 left, clearance) $37, Cabelas has it for $55.

I looked for the harbor freight one, which is $20, but doesn't seem to be available. Also, it doesn't have a fan, and the element is on the bottom while this one has it on top.

Okay, decided not to pull the trigger- though reviews were positive, it doesn't have a timer on it, which for my lazy butt would be a good thing. Looking at craigslist dehydrators instead.
 
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I'll bet you already have a cookie tray and an oven you could set to @ 150.
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Well, I'm about to hit the 'buy' button on this: https://www.midwayusa.com/product/304424/frankford-arsenal-platinum-series-brass-dryer
(only 5 left, clearance) $37, Cabelas has it for $55.
I looked for the harbor freight one, which is $20, but doesn't seem to be available. Also, it doesn't have a fan, and the element is on the bottom while this one has it on top.
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That looks like a pretty good food dehydrator!
 
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Yes worth it, either type works fine.
 
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There is a you tube video on that particular Frankford Arsenal dryer. The guy didn’t give it a good review. The only problem I had with his review was whether or not he was using Lemishine because he did complain about water spots. If you get it, let us know how it works. That is a smoking price.


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I lay mine out on cookie sheets and stack them on a shelf we have for our clothes dryer. The shelf came with the dryer, and I think it is supposed to be used for sweaters to lay them flat. I don't wear sweaters, so now it's a brass drying shelf.
 
I’ve been using my fireplace a lot this winter.

I just set the towel covered in brass in front of it for a while
 
Roll them in a towel then dump them on another towel on the floor of the garage, roughly spread them out and point a fan in their general direction. Generally leave them overnight, but they are bone dry in a few hours. I tumble several thousand cases at a time, ain’t got time for arranging them just so.
 
I am a towel and cookie sheet guy. If evening I will leave them on a towel overnight. That has always done it so far. If pushed for time. Use the oven on “warm” (200 degrees) for 30 min and done. Beware leaving in for too long. I once had friends come over and I transitioned from reloading to “gettin loaded” while they were in and pulled them after about 2.5 hours. Not a pretty color. lemishine I suspect accelerated oxidation.


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You can purchase a timer......i think they are about $20 at your local hardware store.
 
In the summer time I dump wet brass on top of my rolling trash can. See, the can is black and heats up nicely in the summer sun. Two hours and they are.nice.and.dry

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Toaster oven.
Also good for PC'ing bullets and heating kydex sheet.
Wish I'd gotten a little bigger one.
 
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I leave them all down on a towel with the mouths facing towards a box fan and just leave it running for a few hours. The air moving over and through the cases always dries them all bone dry.


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I do the same thing. No issues for me
 
Pretty sure the biggest, baddest, most tactical dehydrator at "the" walmart was less than $40 and in-stock. Mine's a 4 tier and holds a shitload of brass.
 
Usually throw a paper towel in a zip lock bag, shake it up for a bit, remove towe and leave bag open to air dry for a couple days.

However if I need brass ASAP I've got one of those dryer bags for delicate laundry which hangs on my dryer door. I set it on low/medium and let it dry for about 30 minutes and it comes out pretty good. Not energy efficient but I don't do it often....nor do I tell the wife :p
 
I've done many things to dry brass. Usually, I set the brass in front of a fan in my reloading room. I made a wooden frame with screen stretched across it, and rigged up a cardboard plenum to force the air through the screen. Only power used is the fan.

I've set the same framed screen on top of the outside AC unit, in the summer this works great, and is probably the quickest way to dry brass (as long as the AC is running). I've used the shoe rack in the clothes dryer, but I have to imagine this uses a lot of power. I've used a toaster oven. I've used a food dehydrator (with dedicated trays just for brass). I've set the brass out in the sun on a hot dry day (this, of course, is the least expensive). Recently, the cold spell has caused me to dry brass in front of the fireplace insert. This killed 3 birds with one stone - heated the house, dried the brass, and put humidity into the air.

Give me time, and I may think of other ways to dry brass.
 
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