Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
|
|||
|
|||
Vibrating vs Rolling
Do any of you guys run a parts tumbler? If you do why did you pick the
style you use? |
#2
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
|
|||
|
|||
Vibrating vs Rolling
On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:34:45 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote: Do any of you guys run a parts tumbler? If you do why did you pick the style you use? I run both a tumbler and several vibrators to clean brass cartridge cases. Both work well. The shops I service tend to use open top vibrating units simply because they are easier to unload and work as well as tumblers https://giantfinishing.com/equipment...owl-series-gb/ This is a very common size. About 25 cubic feet and they will seperate the parts from the media when its time. Tumblers..if loaded incorrectly...will bash parts together a lot harder and cause more deformation. Aluminum parts..vibrators. Steel parts with no great need for 16 finishes..tumbers are "ok" Gunner __ "Journalists are extremely rare and shouldn’t be harmed, but propagandists are everywhere and should be hunted for sport" Yeah..with no bag limit. |
#3
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
|
|||
|
|||
Vibrating vs Rolling
On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:34:45 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote: Do any of you guys run a parts tumbler? If you do why did you pick the style you use? I have used both. The vibrating units are louder and work faster. You can get trough types that allow long parts to be done just like you can get long drums. One advantage of the rotating drum type is that you can put parts in and let it run all night without worrying about too much material beiung removed. Besides the faster cut rate of the vibrating type they are also easy to set up with flow through systems. Even letting just plain water flow through will help prevent oxides from sticking to the tumbled parts. These oxides can be very hard to remove. I only use the vibrating type now. Eric |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|