stefan
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Post by stefan on Mar 19, 2021 12:15:12 GMT -5
tumble-bee.com/collections/rock-tumblersI have a CabKing machine coming so I was just looking at Reentel"s website as I really liked some of their info videos and I see they also make tumblers! Looks like a tried and true design and the prices seem very reasonable. Anyone have one? Very curious
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Post by greig on Mar 19, 2021 19:24:09 GMT -5
I don't know anything about them, but my first question would be - can you get parts? Seems to be in the same price range as Harbour Freight. Personally, I'd rather buy used than too cheap, but that's just me.
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 19, 2021 19:32:08 GMT -5
There's not that much out there about these. I ran across these awhile back and searched around for information. There's a couple comments made on the forum about them. Nothing negative. If you do a search on here, you'll see a couple comments...
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Post by As I in does tries! on Mar 20, 2021 1:33:34 GMT -5
Greetings actually they are brands of Inland Lapidary who have recently renamed themself as Inland Craft, based in Michigan USA. Inland Craft brands: Cabking, High Tech diamond, Inland Lapidary and Tumble bee tumblers. Lapidary Vendors Worldwide
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Mar 20, 2021 12:26:42 GMT -5
I'm not sure your info on Inland is correct. Tumble-bee is from Reentel out of Illinois. Tumblers are made in China and I have a suspicion that they are just re-branded HF versions. Having worked with HF tumblers for a few years I'm gonna take a pass on these.
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Post by As I in does tries! on Mar 20, 2021 13:49:28 GMT -5
Greetings Stefan, then go to Inland Craft website and scroll to the bottom of the page and on the right hand side "Our shop brands"!
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Post by stefan on Mar 20, 2021 16:18:23 GMT -5
My bad. Did not see the tumblers and cabbers. They also have a location in Illinois. My CabKing is coming from there
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Post by As I in does tries! on Mar 20, 2021 18:25:53 GMT -5
Greetings Stefan, Reentel International Inc. are a trade-only reseller of Inland Craft brands.
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Post by moghue on Mar 22, 2021 9:54:25 GMT -5
i have one. definetly better built then the HB ones. has a different belt design then other tumblers. instead of an O-ring the belt looks more like a belt from a beltdriven motorcycle in the it has teeth instead of being smooth. From my understanding they are part of cabking. I have been running mine now for a few months no problems. the only thing is they are a bit louder due to the belt design. they also have great customer service. when i opened up the box it came in and took it out i dont know if the knob fell off and i didnt look good enough for it but i emailed them on a friday after noon, got a reply monday and the little 10cent knob on wednesday sent UPS. the other nice thing is they have an on and off switch. you can get parts from rockshed.com or direct from tumble-bee.
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moghue
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Post by moghue on Mar 22, 2021 9:56:57 GMT -5
I'm not sure your info on Inland is correct. Tumble-bee is from Reentel out of Illinois. Tumblers are made in China and I have a suspicion that they are just re-branded HF versions. Having worked with HF tumblers for a few years I'm gonna take a pass on these. these are nothing like the harbor frieght tumblers. first they have an on-off switch. different belt design better built then a harbor frieght one.
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Post by stefan on Mar 23, 2021 18:04:19 GMT -5
Good to know! Thanks for the info! I ran HF tumblers for a little while. Belt changes were part of the SOP and I had cleaned out every local hardware store around picking up o-rings! My HF tumblers did have an ON/OFF switch! I just dug them out of the storage closet and think I will try to sell them cheap!
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