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Old 05-03-2012, 09:21 PM
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Default The harbor freight tumblers are great!

After my diy tumbler I needed to pick up the HF tumbler and see what all the hyle was about and it didn't disappoint.

Put in fish rocks and a tbs of dawn as recommended by members here. The clad silver was black and nasty and the pennies were so covered in muck and crusted but now.they are like new.

The single was out of stock so i got the duel and with the amount of clad I find the duel is great.
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Old 05-03-2012, 10:35 PM
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It appears your one of the only ones that can clean your coins. They look good!!!
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I wonder why I dont ever see the dual tumbler on their website? Is it a back ordered item?

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it always is back-ordered - i think scubasteve got lucky!
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Old 05-06-2012, 10:21 PM
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The one by me had 3, arlington heights il

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Ours keep them in stock.The dual one i got real cheap.You can get a coupon in some magazines too.They come with plenty of spare belts.haven't had to change or tighten mine.use it all the time for 6 months so far.Gonna post how i clean beach greenies soon.

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it always is back-ordered - i think scubasteve got lucky!
I completely forgot that there is a HF store about 30 miles from me. I think I will pay them a visit.

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Did you get the double or single tumbler. I think I'm gonna get the double to do silver and copper at the same time. I just happened to look at one at a hobby lobby and it was made od plastic!!!! Pshhhhh nah don't think so.......
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the HF by me had about 6 of both, and now thinking about it i should of gotten the double for doing silver and pennies at same time. got the 2 year warranty for 9.99 no receipt, no box just bring it back if any problems in the next 27 months. gonna give it a whirl 2nite on the coins i found yesterday..

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I should give the tumblers a try. I put several gnarly zincolns in vinegar and then promptly FORGOT about them for four days. Two of them were nearly completely disolved by the time I rescued them!

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I have the dual also. Runs like a top.
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I think I am going to pull the trigger on the dual rock tumbler from Harbor Freight. Anyone ever ordered it online? My local store is out of both and they do not know when they may get more.

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I haven't got mine shipped to me yet, but from what the reviews say, they do as well as the Lortones. Problem is the belt - it breaks easily so don't over load it (nothing more than 2.5 ea drum). They have replacement belts for sale but you could just get rubber bands and they work alright too.
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Just use aquarium gravel and a drop of dish soap water just covering gravel. Leave plenty of air space for the gravel to work. Adding vinegar or other stuff just causes problems. If the pennies do not clean up after that throw them away.

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