How do you keep your tumbler from tumbling?

farronwolf · December 3rd, 2007, 10:19 PM

What do others use to keep their tumbler from walking off the table and end up tumbling to the floor? Mine has rubber pads under it, but with age and dirt, it seems to move around on the table if I just place it on a hard surfaced bench, mine has a smooth laminate finish.

What I did was to take a piece of rubberized mat that was left over from lining an in bed truck tool box, this stuff is similar to what they sell to line kitchen cabinets and draws. It has holes in it and is about an 1/8 inch think and has some cushion to it. I simply place it under the tumbler and nothing moves, and it quiets the tumbler down a bit from vibrating everything that the bench is attached to.

Do any of you use similar things to keep your tumbler from walking off the table?

P95Carry · December 3rd, 2007, 10:41 PM

My Midway tumbler is very well behaved and stays put - tho it is noisy as heck!

I guess if it did ''walk" I'd put a layer of pond-liner rubber under it.

Bud White · December 3rd, 2007, 10:43 PM

Cant say i have had that problem .. how about the stuff they sell for cabinits or rugs thats anti slip ?

Tubby45 · December 3rd, 2007, 11:30 PM

I have an RCBS tumbler I use in the garage. Keeps the lead dust out of the house (have small child). I put a dryer sheet in there to keep the dust down.

Never had it walk at all.

frankmako · December 3rd, 2007, 11:51 PM

never had this problem. i have a round piece of glass under my tumbler. don't know why, just put it there sometime time around 1982. don't remember where i found the glass and/or why i did this,, i just did.

cmidkiff · December 4th, 2007, 10:43 AM

My tumbler runs on the floor... it couldn't walk very far without opening a door. Never noticed it move more than a couple inches.

Darned thing is _loud_ though. I'd like to look at tumblers that actually tumble, rather than ones that vibrate, and see if they're a little quieter!

Tubby45 · December 4th, 2007, 11:31 AM

They vibrate and that makes the brass tumble.:)

The Cabela's one is one of the better ones around. Made by Berry's for Cabela's. Clear lid so you can tell when it's done.

Sheldon J · December 4th, 2007, 01:36 PM

Good rubber feet on mine, it stays put even when I forget and leave it running for a day or two.

coffeecup · December 4th, 2007, 01:53 PM

A piece of a rubber car floor mat works pretty well.

Supertac45 · December 4th, 2007, 06:03 PM

Thanks for the info.

December 3rd, 2007, 10:41 PM	#2
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,366	My Midway tumbler is very well behaved and stays put - tho it is noisy as heck! I guess if it did ''walk" I'd put a layer of pond-liner rubber under it. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

December 3rd, 2007, 11:51 PM	#5
frankmako Distinguished Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Parts Unknown Posts: 1,890	never had this problem. i have a round piece of glass under my tumbler. don't know why, just put it there sometime time around 1982. don't remember where i found the glass and/or why i did this,, i just did. __________________ An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

December 4th, 2007, 10:43 AM	#6
cmidkiff Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas City, Missouri Posts: 812	My tumbler runs on the floor... it couldn't walk very far without opening a door. Never noticed it move more than a couple inches. Darned thing is _loud_ though. I'd like to look at tumblers that actually tumble, rather than ones that vibrate, and see if they're a little quieter! __________________ Liberty is an inherently offensive lifestyle. Living in a free society guarantees that each one of us will see our most cherished principles and beliefs questioned and in some cases mocked. It's worth it.

December 4th, 2007, 01:36 PM	#8
Sheldon J Distinguished Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Battle Creek, Mi. Posts: 1,686	Good rubber feet on mine, it stays put even when I forget and leave it running for a day or two. __________________ "The sword dose not cause the murder, and the maker of the sword dose not bear sin" Rabbi Solomon ben Isaac 11th century

December 4th, 2007, 06:03 PM	#10
Supertac45 VIP Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Michigan's U.P. Posts: 2,979	Thanks for the info. __________________ Les Baer 45 Sig Man N.R.A. Patron Life Member M.C.R.G.O.

December 3rd, 2007, 10:43 PM	#3
Bud White VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Elsewhere Posts: 17,476	Cant say i have had that problem .. how about the stuff they sell for cabinits or rugs thats anti slip ?

December 3rd, 2007, 11:30 PM	#4
Tubby45 Distinguished Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: In the reloading room Posts: 1,988	I have an RCBS tumbler I use in the garage. Keeps the lead dust out of the house (have small child). I put a dryer sheet in there to keep the dust down. Never had it walk at all.

December 4th, 2007, 11:31 AM	#7
Tubby45 Distinguished Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: In the reloading room Posts: 1,988	They vibrate and that makes the brass tumble.:) The Cabela's one is one of the better ones around. Made by Berry's for Cabela's. Clear lid so you can tell when it's done.

December 4th, 2007, 01:53 PM	#9
coffeecup Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cadiz,Ky Posts: 587	A piece of a rubber car floor mat works pretty well.

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