mz
off to a rocking start
Member since April 2020
Posts: 1
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Post by mz on Apr 16, 2020 12:51:27 GMT -5
Hi there. I am a complete newbie in the land of tumbling and am happy to be present amongst the many professionals. I do hope this message finds you well, safe, healthy and creating. Question; I am looking to purchase my first tumbler mainly for glass tumbling. ( I make a lot of upcycled sculpture and garden pieces). I’ve researched many on line at amazon however my concern is that they may be more of a “toy” and not last very long. I welcome any input/suggestions on model to purchase. Thank you.
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Post by manofglass on Apr 16, 2020 13:34:22 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum
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Post by 1dave on Apr 16, 2020 15:11:30 GMT -5
Welcome! Your BEST BET is to build it yourself to get exactly what YOU wanr. manofglass (above) has a good one!
jamesp has built many.
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Post by RocksInNJ on Apr 16, 2020 18:27:15 GMT -5
Or of you wish to purchase one. Lortone and Thumlers are among the best choices. Both can be found at The Rock Shed.
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ataraktos
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since January 2020
Posts: 140
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Post by ataraktos on May 1, 2020 20:43:02 GMT -5
I'm working on my first batch of glass - broken jars and bottles - I've been tumbling this "batch" a while, in one of my 3 pound covington barrels, pulling pieces out of coarse as I feel they've shaped enough. Using flat, squished vase filler marbles and a few round ones as media (the original ones are a lot smaller now!), a lot of water. I often just pull the pieces to check on them and reuse the same slurry, adding more grit/marbles if needed, and new pieces about equal to how many I removed. I try to check every two days at the latest because it can shape really fast, depending on how raged the edges were, from being broken. (Covington tumblers aren't cheap but they're kind of similar to some of the above in style, if build-it-yourself isn't practical.) I think I finally have enough "finished" pieces (haha, I totally consider everything finished after it's finally done with coarse) to move on to medium. Plan to pack my barrel a lot fuller so the glass won't move as much. I have a few pieces (beer bottle sides) that are so incredibly thin, I'm pretty sure there's no way they can survive the whole process. Then again, I can't believe they have shaped without chipping so far, so we'll see how far they make it. (Probably going to break and scratch up the whole batch?) (If you decide to go with Covington tumbler, The Rock Shed or Stone Age Industries are good places to purchase from.)
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whyofquartz
spending too much on rocks
So, Africa is smaller than I expected...
Member since December 2019
Posts: 318
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Post by whyofquartz on May 2, 2020 9:06:40 GMT -5
Hi there. I am a complete newbie in the land of tumbling and am happy to be present amongst the many professionals. I do hope this message finds you well, safe, healthy and creating. Question; I am looking to purchase my first tumbler mainly for glass tumbling. ( I make a lot of upcycled sculpture and garden pieces). I’ve researched many on line at amazon however my concern is that they may be more of a “toy” and not last very long. I welcome any input/suggestions on model to purchase. Thank you. let me direct you to the 2 year saga that is jamesp glass tumbling post forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/post/995592/threadit hasn't been updated lately, so i hope he is doing okay and not too busy fending off neighbors
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