[TheForge] Dryer Tumblers

[Shannell Sugrue]

Im using a washing machine and it works great, cept I now want a bigger one.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel T. Hayes" <DHayes@dthayes.com>
To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: 24 October, 2002 10:15 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Dryer Tumblers


> The dryer repairman just left, after having replaced a bad bearing. It
turns
> out that the noise that prompted us to call him came from a worn plastic
> bearing at the read of the drum. Several list members recently mentioned
> using a dryer as a tumbler. Having seen the inner works (light duty) leads
> me to ask if anyone on the list actually used a dryer to tumble parts. If
> so, was it a case of simply tumbling a sack of parts and media in the
family
> drier (occasional use), or was the drier converted for more extensive use.
> It seems to me that a drier would not last long as a tumbler.
>
> Dan
>
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