Harbor freight tumbler

[shaddydan]

Does anyone have the harbor freight tumbler? Its pretty cheap. Just wondering if it works ok of i should save money for a decent one?

 

[Yoshi]

I have one and it works great. A littel loud, but, meh... It works!

 

[Jaybeez]

mine works great.

use the coupon in the nra magazines, and don't forget to pick up a set of their cheap 6" digital micrometers. thise work great too.

 

[Melnic]

I"m a beginner re loader. I have the dual tumbler but have only been using one at a time.
Brass, lemon juice and dish soap and only 30 minutes. But only used it about 6 times so far. WWII size rounds 20 at a time per drum. I have to use a screw driver to pry the top off after cranking it down so it won't leak. I got some steel pins but have yet to have to use them.

 

[Wreck]

I have one and its cleaned a lot of cases, works great. I also grabbed a big box of their crushed walnut media.

 

[shaddydan]

I think for the money its gonna be worth it.

 

[Traveler]

Does anyone have the harbor freight tumbler? Its pretty cheap. Just wondering if it works ok of i should save money for a decent one?

Bought one. One of the bearings didn't turn well. Reviews say you may get a year out of it. Too impatient to wait for my Thumblers Model B to get here so I haven't taken it back.

 

[shaddydan]

When I initially started reloading, I wasn't going to worry about cleaning brass. Lee manual says don't bother but then I noticed my .38 spl were really dirty and had some unburnt powder. Time to clean!

 

[redsandman6]

I have one and have not had any problems with mine

 

[Jaybeez]

harbor freight has several tumblers

a small vibratory - in my experience good

a large vibratory

a small wet/dry rotary 2 drum

a larger wet/dry rotary 4 drum

and several sizes of concrete mixers

 

[John from MD]

Buy a Cabela's when on sale

Buy the Cabela's vibrating tumbler when it is on sale. It has a bunch of happy feedback writers and Cabela's stands behind their products. I buy from Harbor Freight when I am not concerned about longevity but I would like my tumbler to last longer than a year.

They put theirs on sale almost every other month. I am about to buy another.

John

 

[nosdog2]

I have the 2 tumbler one. Works great.


I also but a big box of walnut media that I used 2 times. Someone can have it for free if you pick up in Severn.

 

[Pushrod]

I have the dual drum tumbler and have used it for about 5 years. It works great. The only problem I have had with it is that the drive belt broke. I have been using assorted rubber bands and o-rings as drive belts since.

 

[splatt]

Buy the Cabela's vibrating tumbler when it is on sale. It has a bunch of happy feedback writers and Cabela's stands behind their products. I buy from Harbor Freight when I am not concerned about longevity but I would like my tumbler to last longer than a year.

They put theirs on sale almost every other month. I am about to buy another.

John

The Cabelas tumbler is made by Berry's. Had mine the past 3 years, lots of brass thru it and it's still running strong.