John how many times can you reuse the same media in it? Pretty cool toy.

Mike - I'll find out as soon as I have to clean lugs with bad chrome!

Backbeatkeeper - I needed a machine. The Chinese make one I can afford that works well. I bought it. Wasn't a 'political' decision as much as it was a practical one. Not many of these models around made by anybody. Limited set of suppliers. I bought it through Harbor Freight... and American company. -"When you need money, you go to where the money is at!"-

Glenn - I'm on my second use of the first batch of media that I made up. I'm going to go for three before changing it out. I think I can run one more batch with no problems. Because the walnut bits are starting to break down from two uses, I'll probably have to run the third pass a little longer to get the same result. Still, very economical if you ask me. I'm loving the results.

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John

Relax Purdie, it's a joke.

man, those turned out nice. thats probably the one thing i hate about doing a restoration, is rusty and tarnished tension rods. they are a pain on the butt in my opinion. ive got a few methods but nothing fancy. those look good.

mike

That's a great tool! It's the nuts!! Very unSHELLfish of you to share this with us. Just throw the parts in and go eat a SANDwich. The price is nice enough that your finances won't TUMBLE.

Maybe this?

Puter is acting up so sorrry if not revelant.

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=35545&highlight=Tumbler&page=2

Creighton - It was you! I thanked you in my first post without remembering who it was that posted originally. Thanks again for the heads up on these machines. What a great time and labor saver. Like Mike said, the worst part of doing any restoration is cleaning up 50 year-old tension rods and casings. This thing eliminates the nasty and labor intensive part of the job. With this machine, it's all fun!

Backbeatkeeper - I responded because I actually feel bad about buying Chinese goods. Should all be 'made in USA' by American workers. A lot of our guys are out of work because of all the manufacturing that has been moved overseas. Wish it was different, but that is where my 'sensitivity' about the subject comes from. Nothing personal taken. It was a sharp observation on your part. It's true!

From the research I've done, these vibrator units do a faster and more effective job than the tumblers can. If you're going to invest in one of these, stick with the vibrator machines. There are a bunch of rotary drum tumblers, available for $50. and under, don't be sucked in by them, or the low price. Spend a little more up-front for a good vibrating parts cleaner.

I'm going back to cleaning every spare drum part in the house! Detailing old, rusty metal parts is now as easy as flipping a switch on and off.

John

Do you have to fill the media to 2/3 full or can you use it with a smaller amount of media? Just wondering as most times it would seem a waste to use all that media when doing only real small parts and not that many at a time.

Just wondering if you have tried it with less media.

I see they make a 5# model also but my local branches of Harbor Freight are out and don't know when they will get more.

Thanks

Myron

No surprise here for anyone that reloads their own rifle or pistol cartridges.

A link to several different models; http://www.midwayusa.com/find?userSearchQuery=tumbler

I've been using the Lyman Turbo Twin for years now, with corn cob media. Does a great job on brass!

Of course, I'm at a total loss as to why I never thought of using it when I re-furbed my WFL's,,,,,Doh!

John try rotten stone with a oil it will work better as a final polish

gary