Quietest SS Wet Tumbler

[calvados.boulard]

Hi everyone,

What is the quietest SS wet tumbler, and where can I get one? Being an apartment dweller noise is a big concern of mine.

Thanks,
Cal.

 

[inthehizzy]

Only have experience with my FA wet tumbler, but being a rubber lined plastic drum, I don't think it's bad at all.

 

[calvados.boulard]

Only have experience with my FA wet tumbler, but being a rubber lined plastic drum, I don't think it's bad at all.

I've been reading review of the FA, but most people state that they find it louder than most other tumblers. Not having heard one myself......

Thanks,
Cal.

 

[G-Man_Quagmire]

I've been doing a lot of research and I have decided on the thumbler's tumbler which a lot of people say is quiet. Whether that is true, I'm not sure but noise is not an issue for me.

 

[silverfoxdj]

I have the Rebel 17 and it has a very heavy rubber liner, so pretty quiet..

 

[zuke]

I have a thumbler's tumbler. If I want it to run quiet put it on a piece of carpet

 

[NZClaybuster]

Throw a disposable styrofoam cooler over it .

Throw a blanket over that.

Problem solved

 

[calvados.boulard]

Throw a disposable styrofoam cooler over it .

Throw a blanket over that.

Problem solved

I like it. No problem with the unit heating up due to lack of air flow?

Thanks,
Cal.

 

[charles u farley]

I have a thumbler's tumbler. If I want it to run quiet put it on a piece of carpet

Throw a disposable styrofoam cooler over it .

Throw a blanket over that.

Problem solved

Conducted noise would probably be an apartment dweller's biggest problem with a tumbler sitting on a floor or counter top. The building walls are usually constructed so a TV or conversation isn't readily heard in another unit and a tumbler won't be any more annoying than those. So another vote from me for isolation from the surface it sits on like using a chunk of carpet.

I run mine on a timer, set to finish just before I get home from work. Though I don't have neighbors to worry about, that idea should work with most people's schedule to help avoid noise sensitive times for your neighbors.

 

[sail32]

I use a piece of foam sleeping mat under a Thumbler's tumbler.

I set it up in the bathroom and close the door.

 

[davide montini]

Put styrofoam under it .. 2"

 

[Noltz]

I can vouch for styrofoam being very effective in killing sound. I built this for the shop compressor, and a small version for my home 5-gallon compressor.

It works quite well. Even though this one isn't fully sealed (picture was during construction), it kills at least half the noise and we no longer need hearing protection on 8 hours a day. We went from 104dB to 81db measured with an iPhone. 2" foam and 1/2 particle board/laminate. Put the cooler lid on carpet, tumbler down on the lid, and use the cooler body to cover it.

 

[gwesson]

Thumler B - 1) put it on a piece of foam (like a couple of old mouse pads), 2) stuff a couple bike helmet padding foam strips between the motor and the base, or 3) your neighbours will demand your eviction; d@mn thing is loud.

- And P.S.; you can also dry-tumble in a Thumler, with corncob or walnut media; I do both, and I dry-tumble as much as possible because fishing-out and drying cartridges (which come-out of the wet really, really shiny!!!) is a major pain. If you're using corncob, don't use it on small bottle-neck rifle cartridges like .223, because it'll fill the case and good luck getting it out.