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Post by fernwood on Mar 6, 2023 17:16:08 GMT -5
I know that jamesp and others have posted recipes for tumbling glass in a rotary. I searched, but could not find any. My best friend just purchased her first rotary and wants to tumble glass. I have only done this once and used the same recipe/times as I did with Apache Tears. She will be tumbling rocks once all the snow melts and she can get outside to find some. Could someone post a link to a thread about tumbling glass? Thanks.
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Post by susand24224 on Mar 6, 2023 21:09:42 GMT -5
I didn't look for a link, but I've tumbled it. I started with 120/220, then 500 and I think I did 1000 as well. Polishing (if your friend wants to) as one would with rocks. I thickened with Ivory Soap shavings and added filler of ceramic shapes. Probably any filler would work, but I hate chasing those little plastic pellets around with a fish net so don't use them.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 7, 2023 3:19:03 GMT -5
I know that jamesp and others have posted recipes for tumbling glass in a rotary. I searched, but could not find any. My best friend just purchased her first rotary and wants to tumble glass. I have only done this once and used the same recipe/times as I did with Apache Tears. She will be tumbling rocks once all the snow melts and she can get outside to find some. Could someone post a link to a thread about tumbling glass? Thanks. I cheated and used a vibe fernwood. There might be an obsidian recipe for the rotary, same material.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 10, 2023 13:42:42 GMT -5
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whyofquartz
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Post by whyofquartz on Feb 12, 2024 8:38:05 GMT -5
I claim no expertise, I can't even ID rocks, but I tumble my glass globs with my rocks and they do pretty good. that being said the glass in question is old beer bottles that were melted by accident in a charcoal fire so they have metal, dross, and, charcoal in them.
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 12, 2024 12:55:35 GMT -5
I do glass as I do other material, just make sure the barrel stays at 3/4 full thru all grit changes.. Sometimes you have to hold off till you get enough to fill the barrels thru eat grit cycle.. Glass comes out beautiful..
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