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Post by MyNewHobby on Jan 7, 2010 20:25:54 GMT -5
I got home from work tonight and smelled something very similar to something too warm.
I sniffed around the house and my snoot brought me to my tumbler.
So now I have it on the table unplugged getting cool and will hopefully be able to service it Saturday and get back on track.
Luckily a while back I bought new rods and pins (round cotter pins?)
But until then, I am dumping the two barrels tonight and take a look see what is going on and will post pictures probably Saturday morning before I fire the old girl up.
As always
Julie
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Post by 150FromFundy on Jan 8, 2010 12:18:56 GMT -5
Not sure if you have a Thumler, or a Lorotone. One advantage of the Thumler is the electric motors are thermally protected. If they get hot due to a "barrel jam" they shut down until you tend to them.
This has happened to me a few times in the past year and the thermal protectuion has saved me from buying new electric motors. Hopefully, you will will rolling again soon.
Darryl.
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Post by Toad on Jan 8, 2010 22:04:11 GMT -5
Hope all turns out well.
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Post by scared0o0rabbit on Jan 9, 2010 17:51:08 GMT -5
My thumler actually just did this last night. I came out to check on it and the barrel wasn't turning. Motor was quite warm to the touch. I took it all apart and cleaned it up and re-oiled it. Here's to hoping it will work better now.
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Post by scared0o0rabbit on Jan 11, 2010 1:38:45 GMT -5
Well things ran alright for a couple days, but I just checked them this evening and it's sitting there stopped again. The motor is hot to the touch (I can touch it, but if I left my finger on it I'd get a good burn). I'm going to let it cool overnight and see if it will start up tomorrow, as trying to restart it unloaded resulted in the motor not turning. I have no idea how long it was sitting there not turning, as I hadn't checked it in 24 hours.
Just like last time when it stopped, I noticed this time also that my barrel almost felt wedged between the two rails. I'm running a thumler model T. I'm almost wondering if perhaps my barrel i getting wedged for some reason and that's what's jamming it up?
If so, does anyone have any suggestions on what to do about it? I'm planning on building a tumbler myself that I'll be able to drive several of these barrels on at the same time in the near future, but I don't want to be dead in the water until then.
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