Tumblers for small parts, anyone tried these?

[moonrunner1972]

Has anyone used a small tumbler to clean small parts? I noticed both Summit Racing and the Eastwood Company sell them for roughly the same price. While you can find similar products on Midway USA and Amazon, I wanted to know if anyone has used a specific brand and found one to be the best performer for the price.

 

[Wollfen]

I had a tumbler but sold it,it was quicker for me to use the grit blaster especially on small parts.

 

[bluefury361]

This is my tumbler. Works great. I use walnut shells for the more delicate parts and the stainless shot for cleaning hardware and small stainless trim.
It takes a day in the tumbler to really work well, so plan ahead.

 

[detmatt]

I have the Eastwood unit and its paid for itself a couple of times over, love it!

 

[Big_John]

I bought a Harbor Freight tumbler and have had mixed results. I think I needed to try some different media.

I did some large rusty bolts and it took a couple days. The good news was I didn't do much work other than dumping the bolts in.

 

[detmatt]

The Eastwood unit comes with these kool green pyramids as media and those with some simple green and CLR will strip anything in a matter of hours while you stay busy doing other things or while you sleep.

 

[1970cat]

i have the large harbor freight unit. works well, but loud. i agree that the green pyramids do a great job