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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 23, 2016 8:59:58 GMT -5
The design on these angled tumblers have always intrigued me so I bit the bullet and bought one just for fun. I have not received it yet but thought maybe someone on here might have one or know something about them. I am guessing I will just start with 1 tablespoon of stage one grit per pound of rock and add water as needed since I can open it to see the consistency. Slik industries model T20 Chuck
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Post by captbob on Feb 23, 2016 9:15:22 GMT -5
They are interesting, love to be able to see into / through one as it runs. Always wondered what kept the grit from settling to the bottom.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 23, 2016 9:20:44 GMT -5
They are interesting, love to be able to see into / through one as it runs. Always wondered what kept the grit from settling to the bottom. Just found this thread and all the comments on this style of tumbler are good. forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/50987?page=1Chuck
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 23, 2016 9:22:26 GMT -5
See a few of these tumblers,but never experienced them...
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Post by jamesp on Feb 23, 2016 9:40:33 GMT -5
Video time. With sound please. No slurry on the cap seal on those rascals. What years is it Chuck, vintage like you or antique like me.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 23, 2016 9:49:44 GMT -5
Video time. With sound please. No slurry on the cap seal on those rascals. What years is it Chuck, vintage like you or antique like me. Just won the auction last night so hopefully I'll have it Saturday. Will do a video when its up and running. Chuck
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Post by jamesp on Feb 23, 2016 11:06:14 GMT -5
Video time. With sound please. No slurry on the cap seal on those rascals. What years is it Chuck, vintage like you or antique like me. Just won the auction last night so hopefully I'll have it Saturday. Will do a video when its up and running. Chuck I believe Viking made some serious models of the same design. Not having the slurry touch the cap is a great benefit, also when the gas blows out the cap. I have a slant tumbler for steel and a shower cap works on the open end for sealing.
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Post by captbob on Feb 23, 2016 11:15:18 GMT -5
How much water goes in one of these units? Quite a bit like a rotary or just enough to keep the rocks wet like a vibe?
Be interesting to play with to see if the larger rocks rise above the smalls and how well the grit circulates.
Looking forward to your review of this design.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Feb 23, 2016 12:40:46 GMT -5
Are you adding on to the basement?
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Post by meviva on Feb 23, 2016 13:17:31 GMT -5
I've never seen one of those before. Looking forward to seeing what it can do.
Andrea
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 23, 2016 13:20:39 GMT -5
Are you adding on to the basement? May need to start digging a basement under my basement soon. Trying to get an edge on you guys for those contest rocks. Competition is too good so now I gotta try to buy an advantage. Diamond pacific mini sonic vibe tumblers are always in my ebay watch list too. Chuck
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Post by jamesp on Feb 23, 2016 15:25:16 GMT -5
Surprising that little dandy is made in the south. Most lapidary equipment comes from out west. May be the first tumbler with a toothed belt. They went to a lot of effort to make that one.
Does the barrel have a liner in it ? They often use cast urethane in those cast aluminum barrels. Urethane as durable as it gets.
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Post by pauls on Feb 23, 2016 15:32:40 GMT -5
This style tumbler works exceptionally well, my dad built me one of these in the early 1960s with four barrels, I used gallon paint cans, cut the rolled lip of with a tin opener then slipped a plastic milk shake syrup gallon bottle inside to cushion the noise, just cut the screw on lid from the bottle with a knife and the thing would work open to the elements, the only one I had to buy screw top barrels for was the polish. No problems with burping, grit settling or anything, and easy to inspect, just look in.
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Post by meviva on Feb 23, 2016 15:34:39 GMT -5
Are you adding on to the basement? May need to start digging a basement under my basement soon. Trying to get an edge on you guys for those contest rocks. Competition is too good so now I gotta try to buy an advantage. Diamond pacific mini sonic vibe tumblers are always in my ebay watch list too. Chuck I need to rethink my earlier comment. Andrea
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2016 15:40:39 GMT -5
May need to start digging a basement under my basement soon. Trying to get an edge on you guys for those contest rocks. Competition is too good so now I gotta try to buy an advantage. Diamond pacific mini sonic vibe tumblers are always in my ebay watch list too. Chuck I need to rethink my earlier comment. Andrea Uh-oh, does your basement already have a basement?
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 23, 2016 19:30:16 GMT -5
Wonder what the rpm is? I have a dc motor with a 90 degree gear box on it. could mount a plate and control with a reostat.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 24, 2016 6:44:48 GMT -5
Wonder what the rpm is? I have a dc motor with a 90 degree gear box on it. could mount a plate and control with a reostat. Here are the motor specs from the ebay listing. I'll get a true RPM of the barrel when I get it. Chuck
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 24, 2016 7:26:39 GMT -5
Trying to figure it out by looking at the first picture and it is giving me fits. Don't know how the final drive translate into a reduction.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 24, 2016 7:47:50 GMT -5
Trying to figure it out by looking at the first picture and it is giving me fits. Don't know how the final drive translate into a reduction. First reduction is in the two pulleys and I think the second reduction would be the small final drive shaft with the rubber on it turning the much larger diameter mount plate for the barrel (second photo). I could be wrong though. Chuck
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 24, 2016 7:59:40 GMT -5
Trying to figure it out by looking at the first picture and it is giving me fits. Don't know how the final drive translate into a reduction. First reduction is in the two pulleys and I think the second reduction would be the small final drive shaft with the rubber on it turning the much larger diameter mount plate for the barrel (second photo). I could be wrong though. Chuck Pretty much got that part but what I don't know is how the rubbered pully turning on the plate is calculated 1 inch rubber to 8 inch plate, will that translate to an 8 to 1 reduction? Pulleys are easy to figure but I haven't run across that set up except where the rubbered pulley is tensioned where the more tension the faster the rpm.
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