Newest edition to the loading room. A new wet tumbler. It is an Extreme Rebel-17 rotary drum style.
A shameless knock-off of the Thumler’s Tumbler Model-B. Except that the drum rides on heavier axles that have captured roller style bearings instead of the plastic bushings on the Thumler’s unit. Thus the number reference of “17”. It will handle 17 pounds maximum as opposed to the Thumler’s 15 pounds. And the motor that they chose spins much faster then the Thumler’s unit. In fact my estimation is that it spins two and a half times faster.
I thought about this and decided to try and step that motor down to the same speed of the Thumler’s motor. I believe that the brass would have suffered and would probably turn out peened to he11 after being subjected to that much faster agitation. So I installed a continuously variable ceiling fan speed control switch. And you can see above the box I mounted it in.
So here’s the “cleaning” station on my special Lapua “branded” (read: stickered) cabinet.
