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3. This electric tool complies with the relevant safety rules. Repairs should
only be carried out by qualified persons using original spare parts, other-
wise this may result in considerable danger to the user.
4. If the replacement of the supply cord is necessary, this has to be done by
the manufacturer or his agent in order to avoid a safety hazard.
Operation Instructions
There are two methods of cleaning cases when using the Cyclone Rotary Tum-
bler. The first is to tumble fired cases with water and solution only, before
any resizing or decapping operations. Then after cases are resized, deprimed,
trimmed and deburred; they can be tumbled a second time with water, solution
and pins. This will remove case lube from the brass, clean the primer pockets
and the inside of the cases, as well as polish their outside surfaces. The advan-
tage to this method is that the initial cleaning will remove the bulk of the dirt
from the cases, as well as remove lube and further polish the cases in the sec-
ond step. It will also reduce the total time needed when tumbling cases. A 15
minute initial cycle will be all that is needed to remove the bulk of the dirt from
the brass. Then after resizing, tumbling with pins will only require another ½
hour to 1 hour tumbling time (depending upon how much brass is placed in
the bowl). You will however need to dry the cases twice with this method. If
using this method, you can disregard the step concerning the use of the media
pins in the instructions below during the initial cleaning cycle.
The second method would be to removing spent primers from your fired cases
first, and then tumbling them with water, solution and media pins. This will
allow the primer pockets to be cleaned and any dirt or grit removed from the
cases before reloading. It will also give the cases a bright, uniform polish. The
Lyman Universal Decapping die is a perfect tool for removing spent primers.
The advantage to this method is that only one tumbling cycle is needed. The
disadvantage is that you may need to tumble case for 1 to 3 hours, depending
upon how many cases are tumbled at one time.
The instructions below describe tumbling cases with stainless steel media pins.
1. Stand the drum on end and remove the end cap.
2. Add dirty, deprimed brass to the drum. A load that fills ½ of the drum
will provide optimum tumbling results. This level will provide that fastest
cleaning and best polish. Do not fill the drum more the ¾ of its height with
the cases, as the tumbling action will be reduced.
3. Add 2.27kg (5 lbs.) of stainless steel media pins to the drum.
4. Fill the drum with water so that it covers the cases.
Lyman Product’s Cyclone Rotary Tumbler Instructions Manual
