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Tumbler Trials & Tribulations
1hand:
That rotary is cool that you can see whats going on inside.
I'm not getting near the results he did, Mine still a dull gray. I might have to get some balls :bugeye:
Snub, keep us posted on your results.
Matt
foozer:
--- Quote from: 1hand on February 05, 2011, 11:16:03 PM ---That rotary is cool that you can see whats going on inside.
I'm not getting near the results he did, Mine still a dull gray. I might have to get some balls :bugeye:
Matt
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Ill get a shot tomorrow of a piece that is going from that dull grey to more of a shine.
Had tried copper coated BB's and that leaves a dull black finish on AL, The steel ones leave a dull grey finish. Those stainless balls are doing the burnish job giving that nice shiny look.
Your media choices should be stable so as not to transfer material, perhaps the color is coming from the additives. So a batch run with just media and water?
Still running a piece in the 220 grit and water. Will check it in the AM.
Robert
1hand:
--- Quote from: foozer on February 06, 2011, 12:02:00 AM ---
--- Quote from: 1hand on February 05, 2011, 11:16:03 PM ---That rotary is cool that you can see whats going on inside.
I'm not getting near the results he did, Mine still a dull gray. I might have to get some balls :bugeye:
Matt
--- End quote ---
Ill get a shot tomorrow of a piece that is going from that dull grey to more of a shine.
Had tried copper coated BB's and that leaves a dull black finish on AL, The steel ones leave a dull grey finish. Those stainless balls are doing the burnish job giving that nice shiny look.
Your media choices should be stable so as not to transfer material, perhaps the color is coming from the additives. So a batch run with just media and water?
Still running a piece in the 220 grit and water. Will check it in the AM.
Robert
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Ya, next round no additives. :thumbup:
POS cam w/POS tri pod:
Any better???
foozer:
Much better shots, I'm gonna have to grab the kids camera to get shots like that.
Pulled a piece out of the 220 grit. Grit is messy and may get put into the round file.
Shows the dull grey color left from the steel ball debur operation being removed (this piece didnt go thru the 80 grit stage) Grit is messy, the 220 does the finger stick, think the 500 will be just to easy to have travel into the house, chips are bad enough, Bride will skin me for sure if the grit spots start showing up :)
Did I say that Grit is messy stuff?
Robert
1hand:
http://www.riogrande.com/MemberArea/SearchPage.aspx?page=GRID&free_text=media
You name it they got it
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