Breaking the Edges

[OakRidgeGuy]

I don't have a sand blasting cab or a way to break the surface of the parts that I am going to be making.. I do have a vibrating tumbler.. I was was wondering what type of beads or ceramic that I could use in the tumbler with the aluminum parts that I am making to even up the finished surface and break the edges on the parts in the tumbler.

 

[Jon K]

I don't have a sand blasting cab or a way to break the surface of the parts that I am going to be making.. I do have a vibrating tumbler.. I was was wondering what type of beads or ceramic that I could use in the tumbler with the aluminum parts that I am making to even up the finished surface and break the edges on the parts in the tumbler.

Green pyramids

 

[churchjw]

I have done some Vib polishing with jewelry in the past but would now like to do it for some of my smaller metal parts. I looked at the ones at Harbor Freight but on closer reading it was listed as not to be used with liquid. I remember all of our stuff was done in baths (We ran ceramic shapes and burnishing shot). Except like the walnut finial finishing it was done dry. I would love to know what types of machines people are using in home shops and what types of media and are they running them in baths? I have not used the plastic Green pyramids so I will have to do some reading on them.

Jeff

 

[Cavallino]

I run a rotary tumbler with small stainless steel burnishing pins and liquid soap for tumbling ammunition brass cases, works a treat.

 

[OakRidgeGuy]

I know about them.. I am not really wanting to buy a Thumblers Tumbler right now..

 

[irishwoodsman]

I run a rotary tumbler with small stainless steel burnishing pins and liquid soap for tumbling ammunition brass cases, works a treat.

still use walnut hulls:thinking: mac

 

[Cavallino]

If you do a google search for stainless steel tumbling media, it should show some info. Just deprime and throw in the brass, fill the tumbler with water and a squirt of dishwashing liquid let tumble for a few hours and you have factory fresh brass. The only downside is seperating and drying afterwards.

 

[OakRidgeGuy]

I had seen somewhere else where someone else had used "green" triangular material. Now is this material plastic or is it of some type of ceramic material?