troymclure
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Post by troymclure on Apr 29, 2012 19:27:11 GMT -5
can a very large plastic deburring maching that is used for metal parts usually, be used in rock tumbling. The thing has a half horse motor. I have 5 other tumblers and am constantly tumbling, this thing would be incredible. Thanks. It is a c&m Topline,
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Minnesota Daniel
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Post by Minnesota Daniel on Apr 29, 2012 23:56:55 GMT -5
Tumblers made for cleaning brass shells for reloading ammunition are not suitable for rock tumbling. Industrial tumblers made for deburring steel nuts and bolts, now that might be a different story. Maybe someone else has experience? Seems to me that the worse that can happen is you'll wear out the barrel. Why don't you try it and let us know how it works?
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troymclure
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Post by troymclure on Apr 30, 2012 7:47:56 GMT -5
my first tumbler was a vibratory bowl, not sure if it was only meant for brass, it was bought in Wyoming at a pawn shop, hard red plastic. I tumbled about 20 batches before the motor gave out, had failry good results. This machine has smooth sides and uses ceramic media, i thought i could add some larger rocks to a smnaller mix. Hate to guess at it, the bowls are about 400 bucks. Was hoping someone out there had tried this, seems like everyone has tried to use almost anything in the shop to polish rock, this seems the mosy likely one.
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Post by johnjsgems on Apr 30, 2012 11:50:52 GMT -5
You should check with the manufacturer. At $400 for a bowl it sounds like it would handle anything. Gy-Roc and Thumler's Industrial handle either rock or metal. Some metal only are too light duty for rock. If you will use it for metal also the cost of bowls for metal, grit steps, and polish would be prohibitive for most of us po folks. Gy-Roc 10 lb. with two extra bowls would cost less than $400.
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