Vibratory tumbers - Does yours "walk"?

[pilotjoe]

I have a Lyman vibratory tumbler that I've used for years. It has four little rubber "feet" on the bottom, but no matter what bench I've used it on, it always wants to "walk" all over the bench. I've made all kinds of attempts to get it to stay put, with some success, but it just drives me nuts. I would like to be able to just turn it on and leave it run and not have to worry about it walking off the bench and crashing.

Anybody else have this issue? And if so, what solutions have you found?

TIA!

 

[Huskydriver]

I use mine on a concrete floor and has never moved

 

[308pirate]

I solved the problem by throwing away my vibratory tumbler and going to wet rotary tumbling without stainless pins.

 

[Steel head]

I use mine on a concrete floor and has never moved

Same.

 

[spife7980]

I actually stick my lyman 1200 in a bathroom where I can close the door and not hear it in the rest of the house. Its got tiled floors so it would catch a groove but its never moved from the middle of the same tile I set it on every time.

Perhaps your benches arent that level. Also, if you dont put it somewhere that it can fall from then its not possible for it to fall. Stick it on the floor like a sane person ?

 

[Alabusa]

I use mine on a concrete floor and has never moved

Same.

Same here as well.

 

[AIAW]

Dillon CV-2001, still sitting on the same concrete where I put it like 6 years ago when I moved!

 

[Rocketvapor]

I put mine on the floor, out in the garage, cover it with a shallow cardboard box with the screw/nut through the lid. Quietens it and hardly notice it running, doesn't walk on the floor, and no dust in the air.

 

[smoooth1]

I have a Lyman vibratory tumbler that I've used for years. It has four little rubber "feet" on the bottom, but no matter what bench I've used it on, it always wants to "walk" all over the bench. I've made all kinds of attempts to get it to stay put, with some success, but it just drives me nuts. I would like to be able to just turn it on and leave it run and not have to worry about it walking off the bench and crashing.

Anybody else have this issue? And if so, what solutions have you found?

TIA!

Your tumbler must be off balance!
I have a “normal” size reloading tumbler and 2 Industrial Nova 80lb capacity and none have ever moved. The Nova’s will shake everything off a bench, but they stay put.

I had quickly built a 3 phase vibratory tumbler a few years ago in a pinch. Plastic 55 gallon barrel cut in half, 5 gallon pail mounted inside with a 1hp motor center mounted below w/ the shaft inside the bucket. Bolted an eccentric variable weight on the shaft and man did it vibrate!!
It had to be tied down; probably because there weren’t any springs to separate it from it’s base.
I finally overloaded it and the motor assembly melted through the plastic and tore through the plywood base. Caught it just before the motor completely fell out - that could have been very bad.

Check your springs under the bowl and make sure they are not broken, missing, or that something is not touching.
They should self center when vibrating. If you leave the cover off with it running, look for a pattern of media building up more to one side.
If you have not cleaned your bowl, could have build up in there as well.

Good luck!

 

[ruebarb]

I have a Lyman vibratory tumbler that I've used for years. It has four little rubber "feet" on the bottom, but no matter what bench I've used it on, it always wants to "walk" all over the bench. I've made all kinds of attempts to get it to stay put, with some success, but it just drives me nuts. I would like to be able to just turn it on and leave it run and not have to worry about it walking off the bench and crashing.

Anybody else have this issue? And if so, what solutions have you found?

TIA!

I have 2 Lyman 2500 Pro Mags, yes they both travel. Easy fix, there are 2 holes in the base, one on each side. Use a small screw or bolt, to make a stud through the table, from the bottom up. Keeps them in place and makes removal and reinstallation take no extra time, just line up the holes with the studs.

 

[pilotjoe]

Check your springs under the bowl and make sure they are not broken, missing, or that something is not touching.
They should self center when vibrating. If you leave the cover off with it running, look for a pattern of media building up more to one side.
If you have not cleaned your bowl, could have build up in there as well.

Aha! Good advice, and something I should have thought of. The tumbler does run with more media on one side than the other, so something must be out of whack. The bowl is cleaned often, so that's not the issue. Will check the springs and other running gear under the bowl and see what I can see.

Thanks!

 

[Kimber.204]

Your tumbler must be off balance!

This has been my experience too. And it's easy to do if you overload a tumbler. It can get pretty scary when a several hundred pound industrial tumbler starts hopping towards you!

Good luck,
Ross

 

[pilotjoe]

Easy fix, there are 2 holes in the base, one on each side. Use a small screw or bolt.....

Roger that. Will check this out and give it a try after I make sure the running gear under the tumbler isn't compromised.

Thanks!

 

[nobeone]

I use mine on a concrete floor and has never moved

Same here

 

[Sheldon N]

Mine walks on my wooden bench.

I just put three screws into the wooden bench in a triangle, leaving them sticking up a bit taller than the height of the tumbler base and trapping it in position but allowing me to lift it in and out. Problem solved.

 

[clcustom1911]

Dillon CV-2001, still sitting on the same concrete where I put it like 6 years ago when I moved!

Dude, that Dillon rocks. No matter how much brass I throw in there it just goes and goes.

 

[AIAW]

Dude, that Dillon rocks. No matter how much brass I throw in there it just goes and goes.

Yeah it's a tank! I've had it so damn full that it sounds like a Ethiopian space shuttle upon re-entry.

Run it for about 24-hours with a tad of Dillon polish and they all come out looking better than factory.