Am i getting old or what??

[oldranger]

Got the HF single barrle tumbler..
HOW the "?*&^%%^ do you get the
inner ring off to open the drum???

I admit it Im already

Thnaks

Ron

Rangers Lead The Way

 

[Oak]

Once you take the nut and washer off, then I just take a butter knife and gently insert and open a little bit around the edges at a time. Once you get it loss, then you can pull it off.

I hope that made sense.

HH

Oak -- sweet home Alabama

 

[oldranger]

Sure did Oak thanks i was wondering
why it didnt just pop off

HH

Ron

Rangers Lead The Way

 

[MNCoinhunter]

My barrel is made of rubber. So I am able to just squeeze and it pops off.

 

[oldranger]

Thanks for the help guys...Ive got
a load of pennies running now jsut to see how it does

Whats the usual laod and how long?

Im using aquarium gravel ( small) and dish liquid
right now i have 50 pennies and 10 tokens going

HH

Ron

Rangers Lead The Way

 

[Oak]

I normally just tumble for about two hours. It seems to do the job. I sure there are alot of different ways to do this and come up with the same solution, which is clean coins.

oak

 

[NJgeoman]

I had the exact same problem. The freaking thing wouldn't open, afraid I would damage it by pulling to hard or it wouldn't seal right once I pried it open. Bought it a year ago and put in the basement never used yet (so much for the warranty). I'm ready to resurrect it since I have a ton of clad to clean. Thanks for the butter knife tip,

 

[EasySwing]

You are not getting older in respect to your frustration. I went into HF and tried to get the end off of one of their drums. What a design pain!

 

[cwilk]

I've found the more room you leave for things to move around the shorter the amount of time it will take to clean things up. 50 coins is a very small load. I generally do pennies in 250 coins loads. Nickels in lots of 200 which is a little large but it's a nice round number. Dimes 300. Quarters 120.

As for time required, every load is different. Pennies take 2-3 hours. Everything else takes from between 6-24 hours depending upon where they were dug. Change the water every 3 or 4 hours.

I take the top off, and put it back on, using the black screw thing that holds the metal cover on. Just pull hard.

Experiment around. You'll find what works best for you.

Chris

 

[widebody]

[size=large]As with most rubber things , it will soften if you run it under hot water for a short time. makes it easier to work with.[/size]

 

[BigCatDaddy]

Use the washer and just work your way around the lid, no extra tools needed.

 

[BigCatDaddy]

For the inner one, I just screw the nut back on a little and pull the danged thing out!!

 

[5900_XL-1]

Do you have to totally dump out and replace all of the gravel, etc. after running a load of pennies when you intend to go to cleaning dimes, or is there a method of reusing materials? martin

 

[Orion42]

After a load of pennies I wash the gravel outside in a strainer as soon as it comes out of the tumbler and it seem ok to go to the next batch of silver clad.

John