Tumbler... strange question

[rfellmanjr]

Someone offered me a hot dog roller ( for free) ...the heating elements do not work but the rollers do. Can I use this to tumble bottles - if I get canisters from the Jar Dr?

 

[goodman1966]

For free.... I would certainly try it !

 

[TJSJHART]

SOUNDS LIKE A REAL WEINER...PVC PIPES MIGHT WORK AS TUBES FOR THE BOTTLES . GOOD LUCK.

 

[cowseatmaize]

How many rollers and can you remove some? It sure would be worth an experimenting in any case.

 

[chosi]

Don't hot dogs turn really slowly? My guess is that they would move too slow to effectively tumble bottles. My jar-doctor tumbler will turn a 4" diameter canister a little bit faster than one revolution per second.

 

[rfellmanjr]

hmmmm... yes I think they will turn to slow. Rollers can be removed. I guess I shouldn't try and be cheap

 

[Bixel]

Be cheap. Maybe, just maybe you can make this thing work. If I had this offered to me, I would do anything I could easily try. I wouldnt dump a ton of cash into it, but maybe you can change the gearing, maybe the speed controls can be changed to make it go faster. I wouldnt give up on it without tearing into it first and seeing what I could possibly change to make it work. You could have a very cheap tumbler. Maybe I am just cheap, but being cheap has helped me in the past.