chassroc
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Post by chassroc on Aug 13, 2005 15:14:26 GMT -5
My wife called me at work the other day and said my large thumlers had a hole and was leaking all over so she turned it off. Oh yeah and she also turned off the rest of the tumblers because the 3#er also blew a hole. I didn't believe it...I knew the 3# barrel had a very thin bottom and would wear through at some point, but the 12# Thumlers has a hard plastic lid that seems impregnable and the rubber on the bottom is very very thick. Son of a gun, if She wasn't right...the 12# thumlers lid wore right though in the middle. It is 1/8 inch hard plastic but the thickness is not uniform. In the center it is just a few milimeters thick. I'll probably have a little discussion with QA at Tru Square Metal Products about this design... The pictures: First the 12# thumlers:   Now the 3# Tumbler:   |
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joanna
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Post by joanna on Aug 13, 2005 16:36:35 GMT -5
Eww! Looks like a lot of cleaning and scrubbing for you today.
Why is it that breakdowns and mishaps happen in multiples, it's never just one thing but several at once?
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Post by krazydiamond on Aug 13, 2005 16:47:53 GMT -5
yuck! what a mess! good thing the missus was home to shut'em down! they aren't all Thumlers? the red base looks like a CE and you got a Lortone dualie there too?
what a shame to have them all go south at once!
KD
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Post by Alice on Aug 13, 2005 18:47:35 GMT -5
Chass, you and I have something in common.
We both have a big mess to clean up.
I had 3 explosions in 2 days.... and all the sludge and rocks ended up on the carpet, and all over the units.
I also noticed that one of my lids was wearing really thin, so I changed the lid (seeing that I had extras). But the lid was so thin, that I was able to poke right through it with my finger without much effort.
About a month ago I had another lid that was wearing thin, so I put a piece of duct tape across the lid. The lid is much thinner then the one I was able to poke through, but because of the duct tape, I can't poke through it.
Maybe it'll be a good idea to put a strip of duct tape across your lid when you notice it wearing thin the next time.
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Post by cookie3rocks on Aug 13, 2005 19:03:42 GMT -5
Oh, yeah, I'd be having a "discussion" with somebody alright. I once put the gasket on incorrectly on my 12# unit and I've yet to get it cleaned up. Throw rugs come in real handy sometimes.
cookie
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Post by Cher on Aug 13, 2005 19:28:10 GMT -5
Ewwwww that's just nasty, hope no one elses goes south now. I'm sure glad I have mine in the basement, if the blow it's just a mess on the cement floor.
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chassroc
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Post by chassroc on Aug 14, 2005 11:41:07 GMT -5
Thanks for the support, You'all...
Alice...when my wife read your post about the explosions her first remark was, "Oh my God, I hope that poor woman isn't tumbling in the Living Room" and duct tape is the answer to most problems, isn't it!...
Cookie/Cher, I tumble in the garage( the car survives outdoors very well, thank you) so the mess can be swept away a little bit easier...
Joanna, Trouble always comes in threes, and yes, I keep looking over my shoulder.
KD, a sharp pickup. The dual Lortone is my first and will always be my favorite. I got the Chicago to have a barrel just for polishing, it didnt work out that way. The 12# Thumlers is my primary weapon for coarse grind, although it may be ill-suited to the task since it spins a wee bit slower than it should. Still I can let my rocks go 2 or 3 weeks in the first stage without ever having an empty barrel.
csroc
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Post by Alice on Aug 14, 2005 21:16:18 GMT -5
LOL, Chass, tell your wife I don't have them set up in the living room. Although maybe I should put them there. I have hard wood floors, and I would just need to take a mop to the floor, rather then scrub carpet.... but it's too noisy for the living room. I would never get the kids to sleep. Yes, duct tape works on a lot of things.... not just tumbler lids and piecing broken bottles back together  |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Aug 14, 2005 21:34:36 GMT -5
ouch chass! a double whammie. sorry for that mess and now you have to get new barrels i guess too.
kim
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Post by joe on Aug 14, 2005 23:23:35 GMT -5
Thanx for posting the ugli pics. I'm convinced my tumblers need to go to the garage. I hope the mess wasn't too bad.
Joe
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Aug 15, 2005 7:46:59 GMT -5
I have never seen a (Lortone or CE) barrel wear through the bottom- Cool (well not really- it kinda sucks) Yes Thumber needs to do something about their lids! the plastic is just to thin and cheesy- I replaced mine with acrylic and it is difficult to get a good seal (lots of teflon tape) it does seem to wear a lot better- my next one is gonna be steel with a rubber gasket over it (like the lortone barrels) Let me know wht Tru Square tells ya!
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Post by creativeminded on Aug 16, 2005 11:50:21 GMT -5
Now that is a mess.
Tami
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Aug 16, 2005 12:14:04 GMT -5
Hey in your last picture- Is that a thumbler motor running the Lortone unit? or is it an optical illusion?
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chassroc
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Post by chassroc on Aug 16, 2005 12:45:32 GMT -5
Stefen,
Must be an illusion, the Lortone motor is hidden on the left side and the Thumlers is throwing a shadow on the right!
BTW, The barrel that wore through is of unknown origin. I traded a box of rocks for a sump pump and an extra 3# barrel. Never asked the owner what kind of barrel it was, but I've been using it ever since.
csroc
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