Thumler's Tumbler Industrial UV-18 Vibratory Tumbler

Thumler's Tumbler Industrial UV-18 Vibratory Tumbler

Expected to be in stock by mid-August 

Made in USA

This is the industrial version of Thumler's UV-18 vibratory tumbler that is designed for tumble polishing rocks or finishing metal parts. It has a heavier duty motor, springs and bowl than the light duty version designed for cleaning brass and jewelry. That is why it costs significantly more than the light-duty version supplied with a yellow striped bowl

Features:

• Removable Heavy Polyethylene Bowl With Lid
• Mass creates a cyclonic effect, moves around the bowl and down into the center.
• Vibrates at 3000 VPM
• 1.5 Gallon Capacity - Weight Capacity 18lb 200-700 Cartridge Cases
• Motor 115 Volt, 1/30 hp, 1.12 amps. Thermally Protected
• Overall Dimensions - 11 1/2" Dia x 12 1/2" High.
• Industrial model designed for rocks!
• Durable polyethylene bowl and lid
• Tumbles about 18 pounds of rock...... or up to 700 cartridge cases
• Ball bearing motor
• Motor is thermally protected for safety 
  

A vibratory tumbler is a much faster and more economical way to polish stones when compared to a rotary tumbler. Thumler's UV-18 tumbler can process more material than a Model B rotary tumbler in about half the time while using significantly less grit. A large grit savings comes from not using coarse grit. The first step in vibratory tumbling is medium grit. You then go to fine grit and finish up in polish.

This tumbler will also work great for polishing brass cartridge cases. It can clean and polish between 200 and 700 cases, depending on their caliber. Polishing brass requires the use of corncob or walnut shell media.

This tumbler's bowl can handle some good size pieces of rough. To fit into the bowl one dimension of your rough must be smaller than 2 7/8 inches. That is the size of the opening between the raised center and the bowl's top opening. The other dimension of the rough should not exceed about 3 1/2 inches. When processing pieces of this size we suggest only two or three per batch. The rest of the bowl's capacity should be filled with smaller material. This smaller material can be ceramic media or rough with a range of sizes between 1/4 inch up to about 1 1/2 inches. If you tumble only large pieces they will bruise one another and possibly damage the machine