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foozer:
Nothing major

Tried what will be a flywheel rim made from brass in a 2 hour tumble steel shot to debur the edges. Fresh turned brass can be sharp, can now run the fingers over the edges with no cuts at all. Really starting to like this process just for the debur. Even running a piece of sandpaper over sharp edges can look out of proportion, too roundly for the scale and I do remember the time the sharp edge ran right thru the paper into my finger.

Dry shot, tumbler, couple hours, working so far

Robert

Edit  edges pixalated  my chepo camera

foozer:
Happy happy Joy Joy, Did my good deed for the day. Let the "Magic Smoke" out of the tumbler. Be free oh Magic Smoke! Funny how that happens once in a while  :bang:

So now that I see the innards are nothing special time to look around and see what I can cobble up.

Got a bit carried away looking at the vibratory action, like a cat with a mouse, played with the toy till it quit moving. hate it when that happens.

Edit: purely my fault, probably wasnt a good idea to put some rail road spikes in it to see how it would do

Tumbler 1
Me 0

Can see the windings got just a tad excited letting go of the "Magic Smoke"

Robert

1hand:
 :ddb:

12hrs in rotary, wet with pins
24hrs in rotary, wet with shot
24hrs in vibratory, dry with cob and green rogue.

Like a mirror now. Working on second batch, will post pics when done.

Matt

foozer:
Sounds like a happy camper

Robert

foozer:
Got my rump down to HF today and picked up another tumbler, even on sale YA. This time got the you break it we will replace it warranty. Naw, can't pack up the last one I toasted and pass it off to them for a replacement, every time I go to pull a stunt like that the karma comes around and bites me. Example being, just thinking bout it couple days ago and, you know whats worse than getting your car stuck in a ditch full of snow? when its the ditch in your own driveway approach. Then it was break a tap, plus chip a tooth eating Neccos, and I really like Neccos. Thats enough for one day and thought.

Got some pieces in it now with ceramic media for a first pass to knock off the rough edges and minor tool marks.

Hows the second batch 1hand?

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