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quiet brass tumblers?

fight4youritesfight4yourites Member Posts: 14 ✭✭
edited March 2002 in Ask the Experts
does anyone know who makes the quietest vibratory tumbler out there. Unfortunately i dont have access to a garage so i'm forced into doing this process in an apartment. I cant afford to have the neighbors bitchin' at me every time i run a load. I thought about using the chemical methods posted but too messy,time consuming and not the best results like corn or walnut media produces. If anyone has experience with any brands please let me know. also sound dampening techniques are welcome. thanks.
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  • bigdog1bigdog1 Member Posts: 193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Get one with a lid and run it with fewer pieces of brass inside. You have to be careful with trying to dampen the noise, because these things have electric motors and they need air circulating around their bases so that they don't overheat. My Dillon 2000 is a brute, the Midway model is quite a bit quieter. Good luck....
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  • SP45SP45 Member Posts: 1,761 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you can put them on a basement floor and find a piece of hard rubber to put on the floor first. This will allow the air to circulate and help to dampen the noise. How may pieces you put in them will make a difference as well. You have to find the balance between noise and cleaning efficiency. The Lyman 1200 isnt bad for a medium sized cleaner.
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My equipment is pretty old (25+ years) and capacity not like those available today, but what I've done is mount it on wooden platforms which have foam pads on the underside, which seems to bring the noise down to the hum of the motor. Before I came up w/ that solution, I used to do the tumbling out in the garage. It was inconvenient, but no one complained about the noise.
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As stated, your media/brass ratio should be at least 50-50 or higher on the media side. When I'm coating bullets with molly, there is no media so its very loud. One thing I've done in the past is to take and old towel, fold it several times so that it doesn't hang down past the bowl(still allows air to circulate around the base/motor), put a hole in it and put it on between the lid and the washer/wing-nut that holds the lid on ... it helps considerably.
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  • califsaecocalifsaeco Member Posts: 27 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hi, to me the best tumbler made was the Lortone all rubber one and I happen to have one new in the box never used. It is the quiest ever made. Don't know if they are still in business but you can have my unused one for $115. I think the Thumbler was a hunk of junk. You get what you pay for.JohnPaul retired commercial Police ammo reloader. saeco95687@yahoo.com
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  • XracerXracer Member Posts: 1,990 ✭
    edited November -1
    Mine has two (rubber) tumbler barrels that I bought in a rock shop. I use rice as a tumbling medium.The whole thing is pretty quiet.
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  • sandman2234sandman2234 Member Posts: 894 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    OR... you can build a small plywood box, and put an sound absorbing material inside. We have a "printer box" that quieted one of the old printers from the late 1980's that worked really well. Put a hinge lid on it to get into to check the progress, with a lot of extra space for air flow. Sandman2234
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