I hope you guys will join me in posting on the other forums in support of this effort. I don't understand why people are hating on this. I wish somebody would have handed me some money when my herpes rash was so bad i couldn't make any movies for a year but nobody stepped up. I had to...
There ain't no secrets that I have ever heard on looking at brass. I guess it depends how clean you get it so you can easily see a crack or whatever may be failing. My brass looks line new before the go to the press with 4-8 hours of tumbling in the Nu car polish and mineral spirits.
The only reason I like the BS area is for things like discussion a place to find a good plumber or where you got your car fixed. The stupid polls and stuff about big foot are useless.