Vibratory tumblers for processing workpieces and methods for packaging and constructing such tumblers

A method of packing a vibratory tumbler for processing workpieces, the method comprising:

• providing a bowl, a support member, and a base, wherein:
• the bowl includes a base portion, a wall portion projecting radially outward from the base portion, an interior surface, and an exterior surface;
• the wall portion has a minor inner diameter at a first end section proximate to the base portion and a major inner diameter at a second end section opposite the first end section, wherein the major inner diameter is greater than the minor inner diameter;
• the support member has a support member diameter less than the major inner diameter;
• and
• the base has a base diameter less than the major inner diameter;
• and
• positioning the bowl over the support member and a portion of the base, wherein
• the interior surface of the bowl faces the support member and the base.

A method of packing vibratory tumbler bowls for processing workpieces, the method comprising positioning a first vibratory tumbler bowl in a second vibratory tumbler bowl, wherein:

• the first bowl comprises a first interior surface, a first exterior surface, a first base portion, and a first wall portion projecting from the first base portion;
• the first wall portion extends radially outward as the first wall portion projects away from the first base portion;
• the second bowl comprises a second interior surface, a second exterior surface, a second base portion, and a second wall portion projecting from the second base portion;
• the second wall portion extends radially outward as the second wall portion projects away from the second base portion;
• and
• a portion of the first interior surface contacts a portion of the second exterior surface.