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I'm looking for ideas to build a DIY case dryer. Does anyone have a design they'd share? Thanks.
 
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Put the brass on a sheet pan and put it in an oven.
Set the temp at 220 and turn it on.
When it reaches 220, turn it off and wait a few minutes and it's done.


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winter time -- wash the cases , put them into a collandor , put collandor on top of woodstove !
 
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I've used the fan from a discarded office machine. These are normally 4-6 inches square. Place them resting atop the inverted, wet, and de-primed cases and they dry in a half your. There should be such an item available for free in a dumpster near you.
 
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Hot air popcorn popper. I've been using one for years. I don't understand why anyone uses anything else. No modifications necessary for 9mm to .460 Wby - that I've tried so far. $20 and you can have a batch of 20 to 40+ cases dry in less than 30 seconds.


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Posts: 2503 | Location: Central Coast of CA | Registered: 10 January 2002Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Lots of ways to do this. Some of mine...

++Use the oven idea above. Works well. Might irritate wife.

++Cases in a dark surfaced pan. Out in the summer sunlight. Solar Dehydration.

++Rescue old electric griddle Wife is discarding after she bought a new one. Cases on the griddle surface upright or prone. Use minimum control setting [Mine was 175 F.] A light timer helps shut it off promptly.

all of the above worked for me. Helps if you shake the cases of water droplets first.
 
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Put the brass on a sheet pan and put it in an oven.
Set the temp at 220 and turn it on.
When it reaches 220, turn it off and wait a few minutes and it's done.


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I used two coffee cans. Drill a bunch of holes in the bottom of one.
Cut a hole near the bottom of the other one big enough to put a blow dryer in. Tape the one with the perforated bottom onto the top of the other one and stick the hair dryer into it.
 
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Pan on top of the woodstove works well.
 
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A collander rather than a pan is faster .
 
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I recently put a bunch of brass in a 200 degree oven and they tarnished quickly after a day or so. Now I just shake 'em out and leave in the garage for a week or so.
 
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Most newer clothes dryers have a shelf that fits in the drum for the wife to lay their knit sweaters on...

Probably shouldn't let them see, but drying brass spread out on a tray or in reloading blocks is a good second use for them.

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Some great ideas here. Thanks, Brian


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I now have a toaster oven that goes down to 85 degrees with an air fry function. The air fry tray is perfect for this.
https://www.breville.com/us/en...ts/ovens/bov900.html


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