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Tumbler Trials & Tribulations
foozer:
Ran a few pieces for 12 hours with wet ceramic media. Now it says moderate aggressive removal. OK? Other than doing a fine job of deburing the edges to which shot does as well, no real evidence of tool mark removal is seen. Another run to town, see what else is around.
Hmm? I think I am detecting a pattern to the shapes I like
Robert
1hand:
Everything went fine. My pieces all came of the lathe though. All are round with no tooling marks visable to the eye when starting. End finish is a mirror IMHO. Thats doing the SS pins, shot, then the dry. I haven't delt with milling marks yet.
Matt
foozer:
24 hours in walnut shell with a tube of Simichrome added. Just a hojboj of pieces. As stated earlier if the pieces have tool marks you'll end up with polished tool marks.
The crankshaft shows the non tumbled (left) vs the tumbled (right) supports. If I were to try and polish with a wheel the edges would loose there crispness. When the next batch of abrasive media gets here I'll see how it tackles what I cannot escape, toolmarks.
Robert
DeereGuy:
foozer,
Which tumbler did you get from HF....I bought the 18lb vibratory tumbler about 5-6 weeks ago and it seems to be working great. I am using their ceramic media mixed with the plastic triangular media with water/dawn dish soap.
foozer:
--- Quote from: DeereGuy on March 25, 2011, 09:33:17 PM ---foozer,
Which tumbler did you get from HF....I bought the 18lb vibratory tumbler about 5-6 weeks ago and it seems to be working great. I am using their ceramic media mixed with the plastic triangular media with water/dawn dish soap.
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Got the 5 lb model, this time with the warranty in case I burn another up. Got some of the green triangle thingies from Eastwood as a media to get rid of tool marks. Use wet with drop of Dawn. Leaves a nice matt finish, downside is the god awful aroma it generates interacting with the plastic barrel (stink is an understatement) Use walnut shells with a tube of Simichrome mixed in for final.
Robert
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