Comments on: Bought vintage Lortone rock tumbler on ebay

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:34:34 +0000

Thanks,
Yeah I’ve searched everywhere no luck finding any thing about it, Strange…

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:25:26 +0000

Nice on the old rock tumbler! Not familiar with the brand either. I did a search, but didn’t find anything. If it’s slow to start, the motor might lubed. 3in1 makes some electric motor oil. I found it at Home Depot. You might need to clean the old gunked up stuff out of the motor with some WD-40 like I did. But make sure you lube it up afterwards.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 04:04:13 +0000

I just got this old rock tumbler from my grandfather, It’s called a Galaxie made by Moccasin MGF Corp.

I can’t find any info on it I think it’s from the 50s or 60s, takes a minute to get going, LOL

By: Rock Polisher

Rock Polisher — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:10:24 +0000

Great post. i’ve been trying to get an old tumbler I bought working but to no avail yet. I these might be just what I need.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:49:43 +0000

We got rid of the Harbor Freight tumbler after one of the cheap plastic belt pulleys disitigrated. That thing was junk. It cost $40 including the 2 year extended warranty. For $80 I got a quality Lortone dual barrel tumbler of similar design. But it has metal belt pulleys and is much better made. We have had no issues with it, and have not had to modify it at all. The Harbor Freight tumbler was junk.

By: Nick Galardi

Nick Galardi — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:19:28 +0000

Hi, I also bought a rock tumbler from harbor freight but I modified it slightly by installing a
special drive belt that I bought from a rubber company. This belt is made out of nitrile rubber and it is transparent in color and will NEVER break,crack,stretch,or wear out! I bought a few of them because they were cheap.Also, I removed the drive motor from the unit and I took it apart and replaced the metal end-play washers with some nylon washers on the motor shaft
(both ends) greased them and put it all back to-
gether. I have to say that this “cheap” tumbler
is now the most quiet,and
rugged rock tumbler that I
have ever seen and It sur-
passes any rock tumbler
out there!!! You can do
the same with yours! You
will be happy that you
modified it!!! If you like,I could do the mods
for you for $15 plus ship-
ping. Let me know if you
are interested.