celem
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During its short one-year life, the 5-lb Harbor Freight Vibratory Tumbler did a good job of noisily cleaning cartridge brass. A little over a year ago, I bought it on sale for about $45. After 6 months the threads on the vertical shaft that secures the lid stripped. I replaced the threaded shaft and nuts with new parts from the hardware store and got another 6 months of use before the motor failed. I think that the motor is doomed to premature failure due to the cost cutting design. The eccentric counterweight is directly mounted to the motor's shaft causing the motor itself to suffer massive vibration. High quality Vibratory Tumblers have the motor firmly mounted to the base and extend a spring-shaft up to the bowl's base and mount the eccentric counterweight to the top of the spring-shaft, not the motor's shaft. In this way the motor is spared of life robbing vibration.
My recommendation - buy a different brand vibratory tumbler.
After reading reviews on Amazon of with some people lauding Lyman 1200 Turbo Tumbler's 15+ years of good service, I ordered one.
My recommendation - buy a different brand vibratory tumbler.
After reading reviews on Amazon of with some people lauding Lyman 1200 Turbo Tumbler's 15+ years of good service, I ordered one.