Our custom-made brass sorter

[@drd1924]

WOW! Ingenuity at its finest I have a similar type of sorter, I call him my son :)

[@jonlennon3348]

You should get somebody interested in taking over your idea especially for clubs to sort and sell their range brass.

[@josephrael3581]

Mark, Your way too cool!!! I'm 67 and a retired 40 machinist and man I wish you were my neighbor because I would love to learn and work with you. Been studying your primer making stuff and love it. Thanks for all you do. I got a couple of buckets of shells. Just need to learn how to make the compound. Still kinda confused on the epm8. Please continue making vidios.

[@helpmenowmark]

Please send email to [e-mail]

[@helpmenowmark]

U guys are so kind. But it's Marshall... Not me. Had lunch with him y'day. I always leave impressed.

[@mwills802]

You have inspired me to build one!! Hope your folks are still doing well!

[@helpmenowmark]

They are doing well M. How nice for you to comment. Ages 90/91 and they just celebrated their 69th wedding anniversary yesterday!

[@honklerton732]

This is simply AMAZING - VERY nice guys!

[@helpmenowmark]

Sold it a few years ago. It's like selling your favorite puppy. I miss it on a daily basis.

[@mwills802]

@@helpmenowmark Nooooo..... Why.... lol

[@deepwaterescue4u]

now a shaker motor hooked to the grating to make it all automatic

[@helpmenowmark]

A conveyor type belt or screw auger to get the heavy brass from floor level to the top was needed and a method to drop the brass individually was needed. Regardless - it saved a ton of time and I miss having it.

[@blueelectricfusion]

would be interesting to add a shaker table too get everything to lay flat before sorting rails.

[@helpmenowmark]

I can see what you mean ...or perhaps a slight angle toward the rails to facilitate an easier push down the chute. What we were missing was a screw auger to get the brass from the floor to the flat table. We had to lift the brass in five gallon buckets to this level.

[@deepwaterescue4u]

Looks great

[@ammodk6273]

Hi Mark, first thanks for your videos and input, that´s inspiring! I work with a upproller sorting mashine like yours too. What speed/rpm. do you use on your rollers and what angel?...I work primarily with rifle brass. Give my regards to Marshall too, Best regards Per

[@helpmenowmark]

Thats a tough question because the rpms were variable. It was mostly trial and error. I know for sure the bottom of the rollers were right at only 12" off the floor. I can only estimate the top were shy of 4 feet (the top of the rollers). The length of the rollers were approximately 5 feet long and a diameter of 2 inches. The exact angle is difficult to recreate except one thing. The brass without the machine running was just sitting above the sliding point (just shy of over coming the friction force). When the motor was turned on - it was alll that was needed to get the brass moving down-hill. I can say - once we found the "sweet spot" - we didn't fool with the speed of the motor but it was handy in fiddlin' with the optimal running speed. Hope this helps.

[@reloader3086]

Could you make a pdf on how to build this?? Thank you so much!

[@helpmenowmark]

It will take entirely too long to type or draft all of this up but I may be able to make a movie about this movie and talk in more detail (about parts and such) but this movie will be taken in 1 take, no editing, no annotations (or the like). I do my best with the time I have. In the meantime I looked through my sent emails and came up with these excerpts to others (just like you). It is relatively light being made of x channel aluminum. I'll do my best. Let me see if you have another vid (not as popular as the one you probably observed). kzbin.info/www/bejne/mquuoZylabyce68 Did you see the above and kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3O3Yp16fc6qiqc The rollers were 2inches in diameter by 5 feet. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/mquuoZylabyce68 m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3O3Yp16fc6qiqc I believe the rollers were machined down to have a shaft of 1" protruding at both ends Help me - help you www.patreon.com/primervideos I may have to be a few days from now as I've got a packed schedule and take care of my folks (both still with us!)

[@giantpune]

Does your machine separate 40, 10mm, 357sig, 38 special, and 357magnum? Most brass sorters I've seen with the rollers like yours dump all 5 of those calibers into the same bucket. I've come up with a machine that is able to separate those 5 into their own individual bins. Now I'm searching to see what else is out there's anything like what I've done.

[@helpmenowmark]

Yes the same bucket because its the base diameter that dictates the drop point. I no longer own the machine but I miss it terribly. I will say that many times the calbers were easily separated even if like sized bases (such as 380s and 556s) are easily separated

[@Johnson308]

There was a primer compound video that was posted recently that was really valuable, i dont see it anymore though. Is there another place you posted that one?

[@helpmenowmark]

I'm trying to go to rumble or some other freedom site. I will try to repost here and hope they don't zap me. The new vid is rather large and I am doing everything I can to get it up there. Best if you email me at [e-mail]. It's EPH 20 and the documentation is www.aardvarkreloading.com/resources/Homemade%20Primer%20Course%202019-06-28.pdf

[@Johnson308]

@@helpmenowmark Perfect will do! Thank you!

[@davidemery1773]

Those 22LR’s can also be swaged into 223 bullets.

[@helpmenowmark]

Yes... I've got the Corbin Die System but no time to work on it. "Teaching Primers" to you guys takes precedence.

[@davidemery1773]

@@helpmenowmark we appreciate all your doing trust me. I personally picked up the BT Sniper die set.

[@helpmenowmark]

@@davidemery1773 i cud not decide... So I just picked one. Keep me posted

[@FC2ESWS]

This is brilliant! So this machine sorts the brass by width alone?

[@helpmenowmark]

Diameter at the base of the brass so 380's and 223/556 brass falls into the same bucket. But if you can't separate a pile of 380's and 223's ... Saves hours and hours.

[@cadeandersen8652]

Do you mind sharing info on how you found or made the rollers and the bearing ends?

[@helpmenowmark]

The rollers were custom made (expect to pay $600 each!). Approach your metal shops/fabricators in your local community. They start with ordering the roller and turn down the ends. They are expensive. I think it's a 2" diameter roller with 1" shaft protruding out at each end (see 2:42 second mark). The protruding ends fit into a 1" box bearing housing. What you have to be wary of here is the "feet". You need to order the right box bearing so the "toes" of the feet don't prevent you from mounting them close to one another. Your machinist can consult his catalog(s) and he will know what to order/look for.

[@cadeandersen8652]

Thanks for the info! Much appreciated

[@DimaProk]

@ 7:12 mark .245? What cartridge is that?

[@helpmenowmark]

Hmmm I don't remember but a 270 and 30 06 have a base of .470 so either of those may have dropped.

[@DimaProk]

@@helpmenowmark As well as .308. I think you meant to say .243

[@helpmenowmark]

@@DimaProk yes, dumb slip up

[@noneyacabbage]

Is there a way to download your videos? I want to have them offline but youtube won't let me

[@helpmenowmark]

There is an app... I'll have to find it....in the meantime... See if youtube has a tutorial. Ha

[@helpmenowmark]

I'd use osb so I could record everything on my PC's screen

[@helpmenowmark]

I'm so covered up... Depends on ur OS/device... Google it with ur specs

[@Barnes-ml9wg]

@@helpmenowmark your doing Gods work with the primers sir

[@helpmenowmark]

@@Barnes-ml9wg I'm so thankful for Jesus guiding me and giving me purpose and direction. Do you feel it!? Cause I do! Send me your email everyone. I've got great news... A non corrosive recipe (Marshall Thompson's work is paying off biggly).

[@Tunnellord]

Have you ever thought of ordering primer chemicals through Alibaba?

[@helpmenowmark]

I have not. Which one are you after?

[@Tunnellord]

@@helpmenowmark Well, the tetrazene formula. It's the aminoguanidine bicarbonate and calcium silicide from the formula is the cost barrier in the US. It is way cheaper getting it from china.