If you're doing wet tumbling, i.e., water, stainless steel pins, Lemishine and Dawn, you're aware of the following two things:
a) Wow, does it get the brass clean.
b) Man, the pins are annoying to separate.
Tried something new today, and it worked great. Two gold panning pans. The first one, 1/4" mesh:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008B0T5Z2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
The second, 1/50" mesh:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BP3D50S?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
My pins measure 40 thousandths in diameter, so they fall through the first pan easily, but can't make it through the second. These pans stack perfectly on a standard 5 gallon bucket if desired. Pour out the wet tumble mixture onto the large mesh, give it a stir, the pins fall through. Those that don't are stuck in the cases, run your magnet (you do have a magnet, of course...) over the cases and you're done. The stainless media is trapped in the lower pan and cleans up easily there.
Definitely the fastest and neatest way I've found; you're not finding pins everywhere afterward as seems common with other approaches.
a) Wow, does it get the brass clean.
b) Man, the pins are annoying to separate.
Tried something new today, and it worked great. Two gold panning pans. The first one, 1/4" mesh:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008B0T5Z2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
The second, 1/50" mesh:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BP3D50S?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
My pins measure 40 thousandths in diameter, so they fall through the first pan easily, but can't make it through the second. These pans stack perfectly on a standard 5 gallon bucket if desired. Pour out the wet tumble mixture onto the large mesh, give it a stir, the pins fall through. Those that don't are stuck in the cases, run your magnet (you do have a magnet, of course...) over the cases and you're done. The stainless media is trapped in the lower pan and cleans up easily there.
Definitely the fastest and neatest way I've found; you're not finding pins everywhere afterward as seems common with other approaches.