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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 27, 2017 19:58:23 GMT -5
No affiliation to the seller. Just seen it pop up on Ebay. Three 12 or 15 pound barrels. 8 hour drive for me so I am out. If it were 3-4 hours I would probably of hit the buy now already. Ebay rock tumbler Chuck |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 13:18:13 GMT -5
May I point out that this machine has gravity belt tensioner and posi-drive. Both rods driven by the motor. I'm running far more tumbler on 1/9 HP I would bet this would run well on 1/20hp and save big on electricity.
Looks like a terrific buy.
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Post by droseraguy on Oct 28, 2017 13:40:35 GMT -5
Dang, nice price too. Just a bit far me too.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 28, 2017 14:05:30 GMT -5
May I point out that this machine has gravity belt tensioner and posi-drive. Both rods driven by the motor. I'm running far more tumbler on 1/9 HP I would bet this would run well on 1/20hp and save big on electricity. Looks like a terrific buy. All commercial style tumblers seem to go with at least 1/3 hp. Even the Lortone dual 12 pound C200 uses 1/3. Not sure if there is an advantage to the overkill. Edit: I take that back. They changed them and now up to three 12 pound barrels they use 1/6 hp motors now. Good change. Chuck |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2017 14:13:13 GMT -5
May I point out that this machine has gravity belt tensioner and posi-drive. Both rods driven by the motor. I'm running far more tumbler on 1/9 HP I would bet this would run well on 1/20hp and save big on electricity. Looks like a terrific buy. All commercial style tumblers seem to go with at least 1/3 hp. Even the Lortone dual 12 pound C200 uses 1/3. Not sure if there is an advantage to the overkill. Edit: I take that back. They changed them and now up to three 12 pound barrels they use 1/6 hp motors now. Good change. Chuck Thanks Chuck. My purple rock eater is running on 1/9 and with 60# rolling the motor is not overheated. Likely the 1/3 HP motor, due to volume, costs less than smaller fractional HP motors. |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 28, 2017 16:59:09 GMT -5
All commercial style tumblers seem to go with at least 1/3 hp. Even the Lortone dual 12 pound C200 uses 1/3. Not sure if there is an advantage to the overkill. Edit: I take that back. They changed them and now up to three 12 pound barrels they use 1/6 hp motors now. Good change. Chuck Thanks Chuck. My purple rock eater is running on 1/9 and with 60# rolling the motor is not overheated. Likely the 1/3 HP motor, due to volume, costs less than smaller fractional HP motors. When I built mine I followed what the big companies were using and 1/3 HP motors are a dime a dozen in metro areas. Check the link below. Lortone even changed to 1/6 on there big stuff like the C40 now. I have a brand new 1/4 Hp sitting around and should swap it out but I am waiting till It needs other maintenance done like bearings or belts. www.lortone.com/commercial_tumblers.htmlLooks like covington followed suit. 36 pound capacity is now a 1/6 hp covington-engineering.com/lapidary-equipment/roll-n-tumble-gem-tumblers/#moreinfoChuck |
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Post by salpal48 on Oct 29, 2017 12:00:48 GMT -5
This machine I Saw on ebay would be a Great Buy for someone Close. . I can Understand why there is No shipping. Complete must weigh 70 Lb's
No looking to Drive 1.5 days to pick up
Sal
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