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Rotary barrel loading weight (Poll)! May 8, 2010 17:06:55 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2010 17:06:55 GMT -5

Greetings Ladies & Gents, how do you load your rotary barrel?

Note: media = burnishing agents (soaps), ceramic medium, grit, plastic medium, polish or & thickening agents.

Empty rubber barrel weights:
Evans (UK) 1.36kg (3lb) size = 0.60kg (1.32lb).
Lortone (USA) 1.36kg (3lb) size = 0.50kg (1.12lb).
Lortone (USA) 2.72kg (6lb) size = 1.45kg (3.19lb).
Lortone (USA) 5.44kg (12lb) size = 2.40kg (5.29lb).

1: Everything; barrel, media, rocks & water = 1.36kg (3lb), 2.72kg (6lb), 5.44kg (12lb) or whatever.

2: Only media, rocks & water = 1.36kg (3lb), 2.72kg (6lb), 5.44kg (12lb) or whatever.

3: Dry rocks only = 1.36kg (3lb), 2.72kg (6lb), 5.44kg (12lb) or whatever.

4: Wet rocks only = 1.36kg (3lb), 2.72kg (6lb), 5.44kg (12lb) or whatever.

5: By volume, Barrel, media, rocks & water = 1.36kg (3lb), 2.72kg (6lb), 5.44kg (12lb) or whatever.

6: By volume, media, rocks & water = 1.36kg (3lb), 2.72kg (6lb), 5.44kg (12lb) or whatever.

7: By volume, dry rocks only = 1.36kg (3lb), 2.72kg (6lb), 5.44kg (12lb) or whatever.

8: By volume, wet rocks only = 1.36kg (3lb), 2.72kg (6lb), 5.44kg (12lb) or whatever.

9: By volume only (Not weighed)!
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rockrookie still telling self it's just a hobby Member since March 2008 Posts: 4,962	Rotary barrel loading weight (Poll)! May 8, 2010 17:29:01 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockrookie on May 8, 2010 17:29:01 GMT -5 ?? --paul
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leadhand spending too much on rocks Member since October 2009 Posts: 262	Rotary barrel loading weight (Poll)! May 9, 2010 14:53:15 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by leadhand on May 9, 2010 14:53:15 GMT -5 Maybe I'm slow but I don't understand the question
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Rotary barrel loading weight (Poll)! May 11, 2010 3:24:20 GMT -5

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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2010 3:24:20 GMT -5

Greetings Kevin, i notice that you recently accquired a twin 1.36kg (3lb) barrels rotary tumbler, did you get rotary tumbling instructions?

If not heres the USA recipe: Free Tutorial: Rock Tumbling (rotary).

Question 2: Which one did you get?
Chicago Electric; twin 1.36kg (3lb) barrels.
Lortone Model 33B; twin 1.36kg (3lb) barrels.
Thumler Model A-R2; twin 1.36kg (3lb) barrels.

I wish to know if RTH members are blindly following the instruction originally supplied
with their rotary tumbler or they are experimenting with the load!
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Last Edit: May 12, 2010 6:42:24 GMT -5 by Deleted

Jack ( Yorkshire)
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Rotary barrel loading weight (Poll)! May 12, 2010 3:02:23 GMT -5

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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on May 12, 2010 3:02:23 GMT -5

Hi ,

If you want a good solid basic polishing recepie, try the RTH 4 stage polishing cycle its a solid recepie that worked well for me before I got my Lot"O" vibe

It gives results like this on local rocks

img.photobucket.com/albums/v357/john-edward/MaypolishVG015.jpg

Have a good day

Jack
Yorkshire UK

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Rotary barrel loading weight (Poll)! Jun 5, 2010 15:50:54 GMT -5

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Post by revco on Jun 5, 2010 15:50:54 GMT -5

I too don't quite understand the question or too many answers apply to the way I do things. It depends on the stage and what I'm working with - so a blanket answer isn't really appropriate. I don't really care about weight, as much as I do volume because it's volume that produces a good tumble, not weight. I've found that 2/3 with rocks, water and media is usually close enough weight-wise, and typically a bit over, but my tumblers seem to be able to take it.

My Current Tumbler Setup:
(2) Lortone QT66's
(2) Lortone 33B's
(1) Lortone 3A (The beast that started it all!)

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