jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 17, 2013 6:00:34 GMT -5
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on May 17, 2013 6:10:50 GMT -5
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 17, 2013 6:53:19 GMT -5
I knew you would help with a feeder tumbler.I just found 2 sections of 30 inch long 12 inch PVC pipe the other day.I am thinking about a couple of bigger barrels.12 x 20 so i can run 2 on the 42 inch long shaft set.The shafts are 1.5 inch solid and carry a lot of weight.
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Post by Pat on May 17, 2013 16:46:34 GMT -5
Looks like those two mean business. Would get a lot done at once.
I'm happy with my little vibratory tumbler. I put in two pounds of mixed-shape stainless steel shot, a drop of Dawn Liquid Detergent, some water, and a handful of silver jumprings, and I'm all set. In an hour.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 17, 2013 19:33:53 GMT -5
Metal is fast.Takes a lot less patience Pat
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Post by Bikerrandy on May 17, 2013 21:56:28 GMT -5
Hell yeah! I could polish 10,000,000 pendants at a time!! Gluing the bell caps would really suck though. ;D lol
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 18, 2013 7:14:23 GMT -5
I had to mention the pendants.They are great
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Post by Pat on May 18, 2013 8:02:33 GMT -5
Fast, yes. It is also softer than the rocks that get tumbled ---2.5 -3 MOHS scale. Hard to think of metal as soft... even softer than rocks.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 18, 2013 12:43:37 GMT -5
Steel and other metals break rock.Because they are not brittle,but tough.Odd how that relationship exists.Metal is great material.
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on May 18, 2013 14:05:41 GMT -5
That second tumbler looks like someting n. korea would use to launch their wreapon of mass destrwuction. They probably already have the blueprints.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 18, 2013 15:56:54 GMT -5
LOL-great imagination
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Post by talkingstones on May 21, 2013 18:53:17 GMT -5
So Chuck, how much grit would that require... Just asking.... Cathy
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