Anybody smoke a tumbler? Got mine in June and ran it pretty steady thru the early part of July. I set it up in a closet in a tub with the lid open to try and keep from bothering the neighbors. Should still have had plenty of circulation and I never noticed any heat in the closet.

Got back from out of town and threw some blades in and fired it up. After less than 24 hours that, I noticed a drop in sound, the low rumble changed to a faint drone and then went back to a low rumble, like something was putting a heavy load on the motor. Turned it off and saw that there was soot around the bottom vents. Emptied it, turned it upside down and took the bottom cover off of it to what I could see. Some fairly heavy soot. I turned it upside down and turned it on to see how it would run without a load in it. Ran for a could of minutes, slowed down and then finally just started to hum.

Midway didn't haven't have a problem replacing it so that not the issue. Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this?

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