Vibratory tumbler
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Anyone know of a good brand? So many bad reviews.
Have you used one to clean hardware and small brackets?
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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Vibratory finishing is what I do. But most of the stuff I do is on the industrial level. Normally for a job like that I use steel pins. They are good at "picking out" the dirt and grease. But most home level machines can't handle the weight of steel media. And pins are very expensive. You are probably stuck with using a Harbor Freight type machine and small ceramic media. You will need a soap too for the parts to come out clean.
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Anyone know of a good brand? So many bad reviews.
Have you used one to clean hardware and small brackets? Hammond roto-finish, industrial machines, they do have some small "bench top" units, depends on what your looking to do and how much you want to spend....
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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I sold my Harbor Freight POS as it didn't do what it was supposed to. I would like a good unit, so I am following this thread. I have 6-5 gallon buckets full of factory hardware that was in my garage fire, I would like to clean it and keep it, Chinesium bolts are garbage nowadays... And what was that? Seems to me, if it works, and its only for small non industrial jobs, how unsatisfactory could it be? It just shakes, right? That is a sincere question.
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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The HF units are barely useable. I've had customers run parts for 24 hours that I thought was a 15-30 minute job. But all my knowledge is in the high grade stuff. These machines have much more power. And some can handle the weight of steel media for burnishing. Sometimes you can pickup a name brand machine on ebay for $1,000. I'll be retiring in 2 months and I'm trying to decide what to take home for my shop after a lifetime of vibratory finisher sales.
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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A rotary tumbler like the Thumbler's is going to be the easiest to use with the SS pin media which does a great job cleaning. The common vibratory can't handle the weight, as has been mentioned, until you get into very expensive units. You can make a rotary tumbler with basic tools. tons of examples on the web. I have a few fender bolts and washers in mine right now. I've used a variety of scrap bolts, nuts, and screws for media before I got another batch of SS pins and it worked good but didn't get in the tightest spots like the pins do. I do have a couple Midway brand tumblers and they are OK for a few small parts but the corn media is slooooooow to clean with.
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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I bought a Hornady bullet brass cleaner, put some diesel fuel and BBs in it and used it for years to clean nuts, bolts and other small parts, worked just fine surprisingly.
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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I've had pretty good luck getting small stuff clean with liquid rust remover or even vinegar and usually wire wheel anything that can easily be done that way. I had a bench top sand blasting cabinet ordered hoping to do a bit with that and the order got cancelled so now I'm back to my old ways again. I've done a few thousand small parts and fasteners with just vinegar and hand wire brushing. The hand wire brushing is very effective if you make a few ultra simple work holding jigs from scrap wood and wear a leather glove. The jigs were mostly just a groove or similar in a board, and most of the holding was my gloved left hand. Yes, it is tedious, so I did a dozen or two at a time in about a half hour most days for a few months.
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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If the fasteners aren't going to be painted, this is what waxing will do for you on phosphated fasteners and small parts.
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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i bought a fairly large one and drove 8hrs return to get it. bought media and tried it. ran it for 24hrs. relisted it and sent if back to the same area it came from. In 5 minutes i can do more with my blaster than this one did in 24hrs. i think if you wanted to make a 5-10g investment in a pro one and had nothing but time on your hands and love to watch things vibrate it would be the fun toy for you. i can do more with my blaster in 95% less time than a tumbler can. kudos for trying. Is however a big factor in the end finished product, the media used?
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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Interesting topic. I have an HF one, but have not used it yet. Not feeling particularly optimistic after reading all this. If the fasteners aren't going to be painted, this is what waxing will do for you on phosphated fasteners and small parts. Nice work. What did you use for the phosphate coating? Not familiar with the waxing process.
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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I don't get what the weight does or has on these tumblers. The one I have the basket is oscillated on rubber cushions. All the motor does is spinning an offset weight to make the basket oscillate. The motor is on its own and knows nothing about the weight in the basket. Yes, the "basket" sits on springs/rubber cushions. But even on a medium size machine (20 cubic foot) the steel media weighs 6,000 lbs. So the media in the machine weighs as much as 2 cars. It takes a lot of power to shake that back and forth 1,200 times per minute. Yes, the motor is on it's own and attached to nothing else. But it does know about the weight in the basket. Also the machine must be built a lot stronger to handle the horsepower necessary.
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I don't get what the weight does or has on these tumblers. The one I have the basket is oscillated on rubber cushions. All the motor does is spinning an offset weight to make the basket oscillate. The motor is on its own and knows nothing about the weight in the basket. My thinking, there are a few constants and a few variables in a "typical" vibrator system. The motor (excitor) hp and speed is fixed, the weight of the container is fixed, the imbalance weight and geometry is fixed, and the suspension/damping system is fixed. A;ll these constants determine a fixed oscillation resonance frequency of the unit. The variables are the weight ( I suspect size here doesn't matter much here) of the item(s) being processed, the weight of the media, the weight and viscosity of any process lubricant, and time. Combined Weight directly effects the frequency of the process, heavier being a lower frequency (meaning weight matters, how much is dependent mainly on available hp to overcome the above factors), based on the factors noted above. Condition, shape, etc of the parts being processed and the media and its size would be the last considerations. Did I miss anything? Reminds of car tuning, everything effects everything else.
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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I don't get what the weight does or has on these tumblers. The one I have the basket is oscillated on rubber cushions. All the motor does is spinning an offset weight to make the basket oscillate. The motor is on its own and knows nothing about the weight in the basket. My thinking, there are a few constants and a few variables in a "typical" vibrator system. The motor (excitor) hp and speed is fixed, the weight of the container is fixed, the imbalance weight and geometry is fixed, and the suspension/damping system is fixed. A;ll these constants determine a fixed oscillation resonance frequency of the unit. The variables are the weight ( I suspect size here doesn't matter much here) of the item(s) being processed, the weight of the media, the weight and viscosity of any process lubricant, and time. Combined Weight directly effects the frequency of the process, heavier being a lower frequency (meaning weight matters, how much is dependent mainly on available hp to overcome the above factors), based on the factors noted above. Condition, shape, etc of the parts being processed and the media and its size would be the last considerations. Did I miss anything? Reminds of car tuning, everything effects everything else. The only thing that you normally adjust is the amount of weights on the motor. If you are using steel media at 300 lbs per cubic foot you will have to have more weights on the motor than if you were using ceramic media at 85 lbs per cu ft.
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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I don't get what the weight does or has on these tumblers. The one I have the basket is oscillated on rubber cushions. All the motor does is spinning an offset weight to make the basket oscillate. The motor is on its own and knows nothing about the weight in the basket. My thinking, there are a few constants and a few variables in a "typical" vibrator system. The motor (excitor) hp and speed is fixed, the weight of the container is fixed, the imbalance weight and geometry is fixed, and the suspension/damping system is fixed. A;ll these constants determine a fixed oscillation resonance frequency of the unit. The variables are the weight ( I suspect size here doesn't matter much here) of the item(s) being processed, the weight of the media, the weight and viscosity of any process lubricant, and time. Combined Weight directly effects the frequency of the process, heavier being a lower frequency (meaning weight matters, how much is dependent mainly on available hp to overcome the above factors), based on the factors noted above. Condition, shape, etc of the parts being processed and the media and its size would be the last considerations. Did I miss anything? Reminds of car tuning, everything effects everything else. I don't think that changes in weight will affect frequency as that is a function of motor/drive speed. But I do think that more mass means more inertia. For a given amount of energy being supplied to the "tub" by the drive, as mass (and inertia) increases the less the tub will move with each cycle with the corresponding reduction in cleaning peformance. So....as the mass (inertia) increases you have to supply more energy and you do that with more offset weight.
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I don't get what the weight does or has on these tumblers. The one I have the basket is oscillated on rubber cushions. All the motor does is spinning an offset weight to make the basket oscillate. The motor is on its own and knows nothing about the weight in the basket. My thinking, there are a few constants and a few variables in a "typical" vibrator system. The motor (excitor) hp and speed is fixed, the weight of the container is fixed, the imbalance weight and geometry is fixed, and the suspension/damping system is fixed. A;ll these constants determine a fixed oscillation resonance frequency of the unit. The variables are the weight ( I suspect size here doesn't matter much here) of the item(s) being processed, the weight of the media, the weight and viscosity of any process lubricant, and time. Combined Weight directly effects the frequency of the process, heavier being a lower frequency (meaning weight matters, how much is dependent mainly on available hp to overcome the above factors), based on the factors noted above. Condition, shape, etc of the parts being processed and the media and its size would be the last considerations. Did I miss anything? Reminds of car tuning, everything effects everything else. I don't think that changes in weight will affect frequency as that is a function of motor/drive speed. But I do think that more mass means more inertia. For a given amount of energy being supplied to the "tub" by the drive, as mass (and inertia) increases the less the tub will move with each cycle with the corresponding reduction in cleaning peformance. So....as the mass (inertia) increases you have to supply more energy and you do that with more offset weight. I didn't put the BBs in for weight, they just bounce all around gently removing rust and dirt. I could throw all my transmission bolts and small parts and such in and an hour later they would all be clean and rust free it they weren't too bad, in the mean time I could re-build clutch packs and stuff and all the little things would be ready to start putting it back together when I am done with the other parts.
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Eastwood was another relatively cheap one with many bad reviews. I guess what interested me in this tool is the price of the cheap ones. If a good one is over $1000. I will continue to sand blast and brush my parts. Mostly bolts and brackets.
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I don't think that changes in weight will affect frequency as that is a function of motor/drive speed. But I do think that more mass means more inertia. For a given amount of energy being supplied to the "tub" by the drive, as mass (and inertia) increases the less the tub will move with each cycle with the corresponding reduction in cleaning peformance.
So....as the mass (inertia) increases you have to supply more energy and you do that with more offset weight.
I can understand how moving or adding weight would make the motor work harder. However on mine you are changing nothing to make the motor work harder. It just spins and causes the bowl to jiggle.
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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I don't get what the weight does or has on these tumblers. The one I have the basket is oscillated on rubber cushions. All the motor does is spinning an offset weight to make the basket oscillate. The motor is on its own and knows nothing about the weight in the basket. My thinking, there are a few constants and a few variables in a "typical" vibrator system. The motor (excitor) hp and speed is fixed, the weight of the container is fixed, the imbalance weight and geometry is fixed, and the suspension/damping system is fixed. A;ll these constants determine a fixed oscillation resonance frequency of the unit. The variables are the weight ( I suspect size here doesn't matter much here) of the item(s) being processed, the weight of the media, the weight and viscosity of any process lubricant, and time. Combined Weight directly effects the frequency of the process, heavier being a lower frequency (meaning weight matters, how much is dependent mainly on available hp to overcome the above factors), based on the factors noted above. Condition, shape, etc of the parts being processed and the media and its size would be the last considerations. Did I miss anything? Reminds of car tuning, everything effects everything else. I don't think that changes in weight will affect frequency as that is a function of motor/drive speed. But I do think that more mass means more inertia. For a given amount of energy being supplied to the "tub" by the drive, as mass (and inertia) increases the less the tub will move with each cycle with the corresponding reduction in cleaning peformance. So....as the mass (inertia) increases you have to supply more energy and you do that with more offset weight. The main thing I think you are overlooking above is these systems are not free weights, ie no friction, no dampening. They are sprung in one fashion or another, and as the weight/load increases, in most cases the damping/rates will increase, and start to burden the system if the motor becomes further loaded. Another aspect I did not address earlier, is the heavier the media, the greater gravity/compressive force it transits onto the part being processed, and I also did not mention there maybe and likely, 2nd order and higher harmonics at play in these systems, that might factor into the process. Trying to calculate and predict those in advance would require a lot more information and I suspect a lot of run time on a super computer, or just 10? minutes. of real world testing
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I don't get what the weight does or has on these tumblers. The one I have the basket is oscillated on rubber cushions. All the motor does is spinning an offset weight to make the basket oscillate. The motor is on its own and knows nothing about the weight in the basket. My thinking, there are a few constants and a few variables in a "typical" vibrator system. The motor (excitor) hp and speed is fixed, the weight of the container is fixed, the imbalance weight and geometry is fixed, and the suspension/damping system is fixed. A;ll these constants determine a fixed oscillation resonance frequency of the unit. The variables are the weight ( I suspect size here doesn't matter much here) of the item(s) being processed, the weight of the media, the weight and viscosity of any process lubricant, and time. Combined Weight directly effects the frequency of the process, heavier being a lower frequency (meaning weight matters, how much is dependent mainly on available hp to overcome the above factors), based on the factors noted above. Condition, shape, etc of the parts being processed and the media and its size would be the last considerations. Did I miss anything? Reminds of car tuning, everything effects everything else. I don't think that changes in weight will affect frequency as that is a function of motor/drive speed. But I do think that more mass means more inertia. For a given amount of energy being supplied to the "tub" by the drive, as mass (and inertia) increases the less the tub will move with each cycle with the corresponding reduction in cleaning peformance. So....as the mass (inertia) increases you have to supply more energy and you do that with more offset weight. The main thing I think you are overlooking above is these systems are not free weights, ie no friction, no dampening. They are sprung in one fashion or another, and as the weight/load increases, in most cases the damping/rates will increase, and start to burden the system if the motor becomes further loaded. Another aspect I did not address earlier, is the heavier the media, the greater gravity/compressive force it transits onto the part being processed, and I also did not mention there maybe and likely, 2nd order and higher harmonics at play in these systems, that might factor into the process. Trying to calculate and predict those in advance would require a lot more information and I suspect a lot of run time on a super computer, or just 10? minutes. of real world testing With a cyclically applied force, inertia due to mass is dampening . Want to reduce vibration? Add mass. A simple analogy would be one person trying to rock a heavy car in neutral. Can't budge it, not enough energy. But a crowd of people trying to rock it.....success, more energy. Lighter car...less mass....fewer people needed.
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What did you use for the phosphate coating? Not familiar with the waxing process. Not sure what he uses but I've had good results with Black Oxide solution from Caswel Plating. It blackens the hardware but it doesn't protect it from rust. You need to seal the fasteners after they are darkened. I've used RPM from ECS but lately I've been using Johnson's Paste wax. Heat the part with a heat gun or torch and brush on the wax. I have a Harbor Freight tumbler. I think they say you're supposed to use them "dry" but I didn't have good luck with it "dry". I like to use it with a little EvapoRust or a degreaser. With heavily rusted fasteners, the tumbler + EvapoRust seems to get the job done quicker then just dipping them in EvapoRust. With small grimy fasteners, sometimes it can be easier to tumble them with the degreaser instead of trying to clean them individually. Make sure you keep an eye on the tumbler though. My Harbor Freight tumblers motor locked up once. If I hadn't caught it, things might have gone bad. I was able to free it up so now I only use it when I'm out in the garage and can keep an eye on it.
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Eastwood was another relatively cheap one with many bad reviews. I guess what interested me in this tool is the price of the cheap ones. If a good one is over $1000. I will continue to sand blast and brush my parts. Mostly bolts and brackets. You got sound advice within the first response (340SIX); Lyman of RCBS. Look at the reviews of the Lyman Pro 1200.
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[quote=NITROUSN]I don't get what the weight does or has on these tumblers. The one I have the basket is oscillated on rubber cushions. All the motor does is spinning an offset weight to make the basket oscillate. The motor is on its own and knows nothing about the weight in the basket. My thinking, there are a few constants and a few variables in a "typical" vibrator system. The motor (excitor) hp and speed is fixed, the weight of the container is fixed, the imbalance weight and geometry is fixed, and the suspension/damping system is fixed. A;ll these constants determine a fixed oscillation resonance frequency of the unit. The variables are the weight ( I suspect size here doesn't matter much here) of the item(s) being processed, the weight of the media, the weight and viscosity of any process lubricant, and time. Combined Weight directly effects the frequency of the process, heavier being a lower frequency (meaning weight matters, how much is dependent mainly on available hp to overcome the above factors), based on the factors noted above. Condition, shape, etc of the parts being processed and the media and its size would be the last considerations. Did I miss anything? Reminds of car tuning, everything effects everything else. I don't think that changes in weight will affect frequency as that is a function of motor/drive speed. But I do think that more mass means more inertia. For a given amount of energy being supplied to the "tub" by the drive, as mass (and inertia) increases the less the tub will move with each cycle with the corresponding reduction in cleaning peformance. So....as the mass (inertia) increases you have to supply more energy and you do that with more offset weight. The main thing I think you are overlooking above is these systems are not free weights, ie no friction, no dampening. They are sprung in one fashion or another, and as the weight/load increases, in most cases the damping/rates will increase, and start to burden the system if the motor becomes further loaded. Another aspect I did not address earlier, is the heavier the media, the greater gravity/compressive force it transits onto the part being processed, and I also did not mention there maybe and likely, 2nd order and higher harmonics at play in these systems, that might factor into the process. Trying to calculate and predict those in advance would require a lot more information and I suspect a lot of run time on a super computer, or just 10? minutes. of real world testing With a cyclically applied force, inertia due to mass is dampening . Want to reduce vibration? Add mass. A simple analogy would be one person trying to rock a heavy car in neutral. Can't budge it, not enough energy. But a crowd of people trying to rock it.....success, more energy. Lighter car...less mass....fewer people needed. I am seeing two opposing views here you are sharing, so to the main contention here, in simple terms, mass matters.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ResonanceWith the simple Harbor Freight class of vibratory tumbler there is probably an “Optimum Shake Mass” where vibration stroke is highest because it is near resonant frequency. The input frequency is the speed of vibrator motor (assuming it drives one single crank weight) and needs to converted to units of Hertz, cycles per second. 3600 rpm is cycles per minute and should be converted to cycles per second so 3600/60 = 60 Hertz 1800 rpm would be 30 Hertz, etc Spring rate is calculated similar to engine valve spring rate measurement but needs to be in units of Newtons per Meter instead of LBS per inch. Be careful if you choose to use “American” style units of LBS because a “Pound” is a unit of Force, not a mass. You have to know when to divide Pounds by 32.2 feet per second per second, the acceleration of Gravity in the American units system to convert to the seldom heard of “Poundals” of mass for use in math equations. If you did not go to Engineering School prior to year 1980 you will probably make a mistake. Stick with kilograms, meters and seconds. Just as an example, Let us say the motor is 1800 rpm, (30 Hertz) The bowl and lid of the vibratory polisher weighs 250 grams. If you add 750 grams of parts to this 250 gram bowel, the springs beneath compress 2 mm. K the Spring Rate is (.250 KG + .750 KG) divided by ( 2/1000 meters) ( 1 KG divided by 0.002 meters) = 500 KG per Meter The simple Resonance equation is Omega = SQUARE ROOT [K/M ] 30 Hertz = SR [ 500/ M] 30 x 30 = 500/M 900 = 500 /M M = 500/900 Mass that creates resonance is 0.555 of a Kilogram This is the mass of the parts plus bowl Subtract the .250 KG mass of the bowl to find the mass of parts only 305 grams of the sum of media plus parts can be cleaned at maximum shake. The above numbers are just guesses for example of the math. Each vibratory cleaner spring rate, masses and true operating rpm of motor under load would have to be measured by its owner.
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Re: Vibratory tumbler
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[Not disputing your above math/calculations, but the big variable in this application is the additional mass beyond the machine, which has been already been mentioned. It is a composite of liquid, media, parts being processed, and it is conformable and is free to move. I don't see how its resonate frequency contribution can be easily assessed and factored in. For those on the sidelines, the shortcoming of using mass only in the calculations might be similar to proclaiming equal mass amounts of glass and lead have same the resonant frequency.
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