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I had thought that this unit was only a couple of years old. Turns out from looking at Midway's archives that I got it in January 2009...I guess time does fly when you're having fun.
Today I had a load of about 200 cases of .45 ACP and a few .44 Magnum mixed in and after running for about 2 hours I noticed a change of pitch in the vibrations (it runs in the basement...that's a room under the house for you Texans
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I unplugged it to run out for lunch as I hate to leave appliances running when I'm away and when I came back started it up again to finish them while I loaded some rounds. The thing started bogging down, almost like someone grabbing a flywheel on an electric motor, then would rev back to normal.
This vibratory tumbler is not used that heavily. I would guess maybe 50 times per year tops although I do run it for 6-8 hours at a time cause I like shiny brass. When I extend that out it is a fair amount..maybe 1200 hours.
So...if it's your tumbler do you:
Try to source out a replacement motor at Grainger's? (which would probably run 30.00 +/- on a guess)
Head to Harbor Freight and look for a sale?
Get another Frankford unit?
Switch to a wet unit, either with steel pins or ultrasonic? If this last option, what's the estimated cost of getting up and running/
Lastly, because I am a fix it and keep on rolling kind of guy (some say cheap), if you had one with these symptoms were you able to repair the sin of a gun?
Today I had a load of about 200 cases of .45 ACP and a few .44 Magnum mixed in and after running for about 2 hours I noticed a change of pitch in the vibrations (it runs in the basement...that's a room under the house for you Texans
I unplugged it to run out for lunch as I hate to leave appliances running when I'm away and when I came back started it up again to finish them while I loaded some rounds. The thing started bogging down, almost like someone grabbing a flywheel on an electric motor, then would rev back to normal.
This vibratory tumbler is not used that heavily. I would guess maybe 50 times per year tops although I do run it for 6-8 hours at a time cause I like shiny brass. When I extend that out it is a fair amount..maybe 1200 hours.
So...if it's your tumbler do you:
Try to source out a replacement motor at Grainger's? (which would probably run 30.00 +/- on a guess)
Head to Harbor Freight and look for a sale?
Get another Frankford unit?
Switch to a wet unit, either with steel pins or ultrasonic? If this last option, what's the estimated cost of getting up and running/
Lastly, because I am a fix it and keep on rolling kind of guy (some say cheap), if you had one with these symptoms were you able to repair the sin of a gun?