Thread: Case Tumbler

Originally Posted by redrover

Thanks for the info, Moutere.

I found some of those Coleman containers - new - in an 'outdoors' shop today. However, at the price of them, I doubt that too many people would be just using them a couple of times and then chucking them out in the recycling.

Not sure how easy or otherwise it would be to attach paddles inside them with water-tight fastenings. (I'm looking at making a 'wet' tumbler) But I'll keep them in mind.

150mm PVC pipe, capped one end, screw cap on the other. PVC cement a couple of lengths of conduit (PVC conduit of course) on the inside to help the contents tumble, rather than slide. Watertight, works a treat


This was the cheapest I found:

Kontiki coulper with thread rubber seal cap-150mm | Trade Me It has a big rubber O ring on the inside, I run a little dishwash on it before I screw it up, helps make a good tight seal, and also helps release it when it's done

..and a 150mm 'push on' cap from the same place. I have a length of plain 150mm pipe ( to go between the fittings, only need 80mm so not worth buying a meter..), and a meter of the conduit you can pinch if you're in Auckland. PVC cement from the Warehouse is a couple of bucks.

Total cost around $50 and it's bullet proof.