best barrelling machine?

[peegee]

Hi All

I'm looking to upgrade my barrelling machine. It's one of the plastic drum ones, with red rubber rails and has forward / reverse tumbling action achieved through 2 dials on front. It's mega noisy and although it does a decent job, it sometimes decides not to rotate when it changes direction, meaning I need to tap it, meaning I need to be there, which is a colossal waste of time. And my hearing is going. Pardon?

So I'm looking at these Cookson pro and gold models, and reading about vaseline seals etc. It's nearly 2020- surely there's a good machine out there which doesn't need pimped? What are my options?

Paul

[Dennis]

There is only one barrelling machine for domestic use that I can wholeheartedly recommend, and that is the Lortone available from Creative Glass:

It is brilliant in all respects: relatively quiet, double lidded to be leak proof and runs slightly upended, to avoid the likelihood of slipping when wet.
https://www.creativeglassshop.co.uk/product/34975/lortone-jewellery-tumbler-capacity-1-3kg-3lb-230v.html

The shot sold by them is the finest, to minimise the pitting due to the needles, which is a problem with barrelling.
https://www.creativeglassshop.co.uk/search.html?action=dmExecAdvancedSearch&ProductDetails=1&x=5&y=12&phrase=Shot

Dennis.

[peegee]

There is only one barrelling machine for domestic use that I can wholeheartedly recommend, and that is the Lortone available from Creative Glass:

It is brilliant in all respects: relatively quiet, double lidded to be leak proof and runs slightly upended, to avoid the likelihood of slipping when wet.
https://www.creativeglassshop.co.uk/product/34975/lortone-jewellery-tumbler-capacity-1-3kg-3lb-230v.html

The shot sold by them is the finest, to minimise the pitting due to the needles, which is a problem with barrelling.
https://www.creativeglassshop.co.uk/search.html?action=dmExecAdvancedSearch&ProductDetails=1&x=5&y=12&phrase=Shot

Dennis.

Thanks Dennis - I will take a good look.