meeme
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Post by meeme on Sept 18, 2019 9:19:24 GMT -5
It doesn’t appear you are to use water in the vibratory tumblers? Unless you buy a big one? How do you polish if you don’t have slurry?
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 18, 2019 9:34:32 GMT -5
It doesn’t appear you are to use water in the vibratory tumblers? Unless you buy a big one? How do you polish if you don’t have slurry? All vibrating tumblers that are designed to tumble rocks use water. The dry tumblers are designed to tumble brass shell casings for reloading ammunition. Those reloading tumblers are not made to hold the weight and abuse of rocks. Lot-o brand vibrating rock tumbler is 4 pound capacity www.therockshed.com/tumbler1.htmlThumbler makes a small 4 pound capacity model www.therockshed.com/tumbler3.htmlMini-Sonic is one that uses sonic vibrations and also about 4 pound capacity therockshed.com/tumbler5.htmlChuck
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Post by rmf on Sept 18, 2019 10:01:21 GMT -5
They all use water but it is way less then rotary and it is easy to get too much.
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Post by As I in does tries! on Sept 18, 2019 13:40:59 GMT -5
Greetings [meeme] firstly welcome from Scotland, Harbor Freight Vibratory tumblers are for tumbling metal only, thus use no water, see my list for more information on what vibratory tumblers are available world wide. forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/post/837010
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pizzano
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Post by pizzano on Sept 18, 2019 16:01:06 GMT -5
It doesn’t appear you are to use water in the vibratory tumblers? Unless you buy a big one? How do you polish if you don’t have slurry? All vibrating tumblers that are designed to tumble rocks use water. The dry tumblers are designed to tumble brass shell casings for reloading ammunition. Those reloading tumblers are not made to hold the weight and abuse of rocks. Lot-o brand vibrating rock tumbler is 4 pound capacity www.therockshed.com/tumbler1.htmlThumbler makes a small 4 pound capacity model www.therockshed.com/tumbler3.htmlMini-Sonic is one that uses sonic vibrations and also about 4 pound capacity therockshed.com/tumbler5.htmlChuck Chuck, I follow your threads and advice frequently and you've been a tremendous help to me with various methods and material. Given, since you perform professional quality and use many of the "top shelf" equipment applications, guys like me who enjoy saving money, don't sell for profit or in order to re-coup capital expenditures and take interest in finding work-around's that provide equal results/turn-a-round times as using the higher end "basic" tumbling equipment......I feel compelled to respectfully disagree with the vibe tumbler assessment..... Yes, many bowl vibe tumblers that are used for metal dry applications, are not suited for wet rock tumbling. But, there are quite a few exceptions (the HF not being one) that will serve the purpose quite well with the proper minor modifications which are most often just replacing the stock bowl with a water tight bowl like a UV-10 or TV-5 (for 5lb to 10lb) on smaller bowl applications. Once you get into the larger capacity vibes, I've discovered it's best to go with the recommended rock tumbler varieties, since most "dry vibe" units of that size, that are specific to metal cleaning, reload cartridge use, are difficult to find a water tight bowl that will fit properly and provide the needed rotation action for stone grind and polishing. Not to pat myself on the back or seek any kind of praise............there are work-a-round's with this application that have been useful and successful (not just mine) where helping a few members here and at home have been acknowledged. I have a few threads that give the model specifics and detailed media application remedies...........It can be accomplished reliably with equipment longevity for a lot less $$$ than the popular "top-shelf" equipment and without anymore grief than one could honestly expect learning how to use a specific "rock" vibe bowl tumbler properly..............just passing on my knowledge and experience to provide others with alternatives..........
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 18, 2019 17:19:57 GMT -5
All vibrating tumblers that are designed to tumble rocks use water. The dry tumblers are designed to tumble brass shell casings for reloading ammunition. Those reloading tumblers are not made to hold the weight and abuse of rocks. Lot-o brand vibrating rock tumbler is 4 pound capacity www.therockshed.com/tumbler1.htmlThumbler makes a small 4 pound capacity model www.therockshed.com/tumbler3.htmlMini-Sonic is one that uses sonic vibrations and also about 4 pound capacity therockshed.com/tumbler5.htmlChuck Chuck, I follow your threads and advice frequently and you've been a tremendous help to me with various methods and material. Given, since you perform professional quality and use many of the "top shelf" equipment applications, guys like me who enjoy saving money, don't sell for profit or in order to re-coup capital expenditures and take interest in finding work-around's that provide equal results/turn-a-round times as using the higher end "basic" tumbling equipment......I feel compelled to respectfully disagree with the vibe tumbler assessment..... Yes, many bowl vibe tumblers that are used for metal dry applications, are not suited for wet rock tumbling. But, there are quite a few exceptions (the HF not being one) that will serve the purpose quite well with the proper minor modifications which are most often just replacing the stock bowl with a water tight bowl like a UV-10 or TV-5 (for 5lb to 10lb) on smaller bowl applications. Once you get into the larger capacity vibes, I've discovered it's best to go with the recommended rock tumbler varieties, since most "dry vibe" units of that size, that are specific to metal cleaning, reload cartridge use, are difficult to find a water tight bowl that will fit properly and provide the needed rotation action for stone grind and polishing. Not to pat myself on the back or seek any kind of praise............there are work-a-round's with this application that have been useful and successful (not just mine) where helping a few members here and at home have been acknowledged. I have a few threads that give the model specifics and detailed media application remedies...........It can be accomplished reliably with equipment longevity for a lot less $$$ than the popular "top-shelf" equipment and without anymore grief than one could honestly expect learning how to use a specific "rock" vibe bowl tumbler properly..............just passing on my knowledge and experience to provide others with alternatives.......... Nothing wrong with workarounds and home brews at all. I am as cheap as they come when it comes to equipment. I have three lotos that were all bought used for $100 or less each. I have about 18 Lortone barrels and I think I only bought one of those new back when I got started. The rest have all been bought used and they all run on a home built tumbler. I'll have to think hard but I do not think any piece of equipment in my shop has been bought new. Chuck
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