iamchris
has rocks in the head
Member since June 2023
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Post by iamchris on Mar 17, 2024 22:32:42 GMT -5
Yeah, MK/Barranca-Diamond is gone and now Lortone is gone. Joining Scott-Murray and Framton, and many others. There is some descent Chinese lap stuff out there, but you have to wade through a lot of crap to get there. I bought a HF double roller tumbler made in china, but it is pure crap. No loss HF not selling them any more. The barrels were the only thing worth anything on that unit. It is by far the worst of all the tumblers I have had, custom, Scott-Murray, Loretone, DP, etc. I don't get the hate for Harbor Freight. How bad can they really be? Tumblers are very simple machines. If the motor dies, replace it with a Lortone one for $25. You'd still be under half the price of a Lortone 33B. I know that's not possible anymore but it's not like Lortones were ever anything special. You'd have to spend over $300 to get anything that didn't have plastic bushings. While I hate that there's less competition in the market, I'm glad HP is in the game now. They seem to be the first ones to be willing to move past 50 year old design for the entry level market.
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