JAR DOCTORS TUMBLING MACHINES

[Old man digger]

I have the chance to purchase a Jar Doctors Machine. I would like to hear from this forum, what do you think of the machines. LIKES/DISLIKES and one thing that is important to me is the noise. Are they noisy or quiet? Cost of tumbling material and can that material be salvaged and reused...Thanks a bunch. OMD

 

[hemihampton]

I don't have a Jar Doctor Tumbler but mine is noisy mostly because it's got 25 pounds of Copper moving around the Tube nonstop. for Material re use you can keep reusing the Copper but not any of the cleaning compounds since that breaks down & disintegrates over time & lose there effectiveness. LEON.

 

[Wildcat wrangler]

I have the chance to purchase a Jar Doctors Machine. I would like to hear from this forum, what do you think of the machines. LIKES/DISLIKES and one thing that is important to me is the noise. Are they noisy or quiet? Cost of tumbling material and can that material be salvaged and reused...Thanks a bunch. OMD

Mine is just set up and is overkill…. Huge! It takes up the whole dining room! I’m like can we get this shortened to like 3 roller length? Something that could bolt back on, if needed?(I don’t want to have to get a storage room to house it!). It can’t run where it’s at because it has no guard over parts I don’t want to peel a $14000.00 cat out of it. That part is not kosher. ( He needs good insurance-if someone’s kid got caught in that?) But I can’t wait….it looks like fun. It ran for 30 seconds, but then they started coming (Like a cat magnet.) it didn’t take seem loud at all but wasn’t loaded either. But I’m used to a rock tumbler and a sledgehammer!

 

[Old man digger]

Mine is just set up and is overkill…. Huge! It takes up the whole dining room! I’m like can we get this shortened to like 3 roller length? Something that could bolt back on, if needed?(I don’t want to have to get a storage room to house it!). It can’t run where it’s at because it has no guard over parts I don’t want to peel a $14000.00 cat out of it. That part is not kosher. ( He needs good insurance-if someone’s kid got caught in that?) But I can’t wait….it looks like fun. It ran for 30 seconds, but then they started coming (Like a cat magnet.) it didn’t take seem loud at all but wasn’t loaded either. But I’m used to a rock tumbler and a sledgehammer!

Yea, I guess if you can handle a sledgehammer and a rock tumbler anything would be quiet. Maybe one of your kitties getting pealed would get your attention. Hope that never happens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mailman1960]

Mine is just set up and is overkill…. Huge! It takes up the whole dining room! I’m like can we get this shortened to like 3 roller length? Something that could bolt back on, if needed?(I don’t want to have to get a storage room to house it!). It can’t run where it’s at because it has no guard over parts I don’t want to peel a $14000.00 cat out of it. That part is not kosher. ( He needs good insurance-if someone’s kid got caught in that?) But I can’t wait….it looks like fun. It ran for 30 seconds, but then they started coming (Like a cat magnet.) it didn’t take seem loud at all but wasn’t loaded either. But I’m used to a rock tumbler and a sledgehammer!

Put a candle on it and you have a nice center piece

 

[Old man digger]

I don't have a Jar Doctor Tumbler but mine is noisy mostly because it's got 25 pounds of Copper moving around the Tube nonstop. for Material re use you can keep reusing the Copper but not any of the cleaning compounds since that breaks down & disintegrates over time & lose there effectiveness. LEON.

Thanks Leon, that answers one of my questions. I am getting our thinking about getting a single tube system. The one the Wrangler has would be nice, but it is like he said huge. And I don't have the room either.OMD

 

[webe992]

I keep mine in my garage and only run it when I am at home. Noise hasn’t been an issue as I think it sounds like rain when it is rolling. Sometimes I’ll take my 3 month old baby in the garage with me while I work and the noise puts her to sleep so that’s a plus! The compounds are cheap enough, copper can get expensive but thankfully it is reusable. I really like my jar doctor machine. It makes a huge difference in how well the bottles display when they are clean.

 

[hemihampton]

mines a single tube, I run it in the basement. I got a door that can slide closed to the basement entrance that stops most of the sound but don't usually use the door as it's far enough away to not hear & my TV is always blasting loud. LEON.

 

[Old man digger]

I keep mine in my garage and only run it when I am at home. Noise hasn’t been an issue as I think it sounds like rain when it is rolling. Sometimes I’ll take my 3 month old baby in the garage with me while I work and the noise puts her to sleep so that’s a plus! The compounds are cheap enough, copper can get expensive but thankfully it is reusable. I really like my jar doctor machine. It makes a huge difference in how well the bottles display when they are clean.

That you for your input, it is a good one and the reuse of the copper is a plus!!! OMD

 

[hemihampton]

Thanks Leon, that answers one of my questions. I am getting our thinking about getting a single tube system. The one the Wrangler has would be nice, but it is like he said huge. And I don't have the room either.OMD

I think that's She said, not He said. Wrangler is a She if I remember right. LEON.