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My new tumbler - 2/27/2007 10:15:52 PM    treasurehunt   Posts: 310 Joined: 10/14/2003 From: Dearborn, Michigan Status: offline Well, I finally saved up enough to buy my bottle tumbler from the Jar Doctor and have my first 2 bottles cleaning. Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: My new tumbler - 2/27/2007 10:17:14 PM    treasurehunt   Posts: 310 Joined: 10/14/2003 From: Dearborn, Michigan Status: offline Here is the before picture of the 2 first bottles. Attachment (1) (in reply to treasurehunt) Post #: 2

RE: My new tumbler - 2/27/2007 10:22:03 PM    treasurehunt   Posts: 310 Joined: 10/14/2003 From: Dearborn, Michigan Status: offline Here is with the 4" canister 1 day into tumbling and after I just put on the 6" canister. I had to move the tumbling system to the floor, since the table was vibrating and making a noise that could be heard threw the whole house. It will be nice to see my bottles nice and clean. I have heard after I take the bottles out after 4 days of polishing I will have to wash the bottles with some kind of chemical or something. what would be best to use without using a acid. Tom Attachment (1) < Message edited by treasurehunt -- 2/27/2007 10:35:46 PM > (in reply to treasurehunt) Post #: 3

RE: My new tumbler - 2/28/2007 10:14:53 AM    stinger haut   Posts: 518 Joined: 6/7/2006 Status: offline That is one nice loooking tumbler. Wayne really makes great machines. Be sure to post your tumbled bottles. Stinger Haut (in reply to treasurehunt) Post #: 4

RE: My new tumbler - 3/1/2007 10:07:44 PM    treasurehunt   Posts: 310 Joined: 10/14/2003 From: Dearborn, Michigan Status: offline Here is the after picture of the 2 cleaned bottles Attachment (1) (in reply to treasurehunt) Post #: 5

RE: My new tumbler - 3/1/2007 10:08:48 PM    treasurehunt   Posts: 310 Joined: 10/14/2003 From: Dearborn, Michigan Status: offline I removed my bottles after 4 and a half days and the bottles came out looking great, but the 3 pronged stopple on the 6 inch cannister had groves cut into them where the base was touching it, is this normal or did I do something wrong. also the top stopple had a indented ring in the rubber. see my treasurehunt folder for pictures Thanx Tom Attachment (1) (in reply to treasurehunt) Post #: 6

RE: My new tumbler - 3/1/2007 10:32:45 PM    JOETHECROW   Posts: 389 Joined: 9/3/2005 From: Northwestern Pa. Status: offline Boy they really came out looking great!                                                                      Joe (in reply to treasurehunt) Post #: 7

RE: My new tumbler - 3/2/2007 12:20:23 PM    Tony14 Posts: 2463 Joined: 2/15/2005 From: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Status: offline Very good job! Ive wanted a tumbler for some time now but dont think ill be getting one anytime soon. Whats the embossing on the blob? _____________________________ Looking for any Fond du Lac bottle. Also looking for any embossed wisconsin medicines. And any Carters cone inks (in reply to JOETHECROW) Post #: 8

RE: My new tumbler - 3/2/2007 3:50:33 PM    treasurehunt   Posts: 310 Joined: 10/14/2003 From: Dearborn, Michigan Status: offline Here what is embosed on the blob soda -- A WECHENER & CO MT CLEMENS MICH I will have to start up a couple more bottles this weekend. Tom (in reply to Tony14) Post #: 9

RE: My new tumbler - 3/2/2007 6:24:10 PM    Bottleman Posts: 851 Joined: 9/3/2004 From: Central Pennsylvania Status: offline Tom, that is typical to see the groves in the stopple figures but sometimes if you don’t push the mouth stopper in tight enough the bottle will roll around inside the base stopper and cut a grove. How much pressure did you use? ~~Tom (in reply to treasurehunt) Post #: 10

RE: My new tumbler - 3/2/2007 8:11:33 PM    treasurehunt   Posts: 310 Joined: 10/14/2003 From: Dearborn, Michigan Status: offline It's kind of hard to tell how much pressure you are putting on when trying to tighten the top stopple, the bottle is 2/3rd of the way up burried by copper. There was a small chip that came off the bottom near the base while tumbling, could that of did anything? Tom < Message edited by treasurehunt -- 3/2/2007 8:12:44 PM > (in reply to treasurehunt) Post #: 11

RE: My new tumbler - 3/2/2007 10:31:47 PM    Bottleman Posts: 851 Joined: 9/3/2004 From: Central Pennsylvania Status: offline It’s hard to say how the chip came off but next time try putting a little bit more pressure on the mouth stopple wile tightening it. Larger round bottles would have a better chance of slipping compared to a small round bottle. All of my stopples looks like yours with the “cut” marks but I can’t say they looked that way after the first use because I can’t remember back that far. It’s nothing to worry about and they will still work fine. ~~Tom (in reply to treasurehunt) Post #: 12

RE: My new tumbler - 3/2/2007 11:10:07 PM    treasurehunt   Posts: 310 Joined: 10/14/2003 From: Dearborn, Michigan Status: offline I saw the dig in the glass down by the base before I put the bottle in, I didn,t think the glass would come out. But that's why I did that bottle first. Tom (in reply to treasurehunt) Post #: 13

RE: My new tumbler - 4/1/2007 3:45:36 PM    texas.bottle.man2 Posts: 55 Joined: 7/2/2006 Status: offline Go to the lumber yard and buy a gallon of muratic acid and a plastic container about the size of  6" wide and about 12 or 14" tall, and a 3/8" by 3' wood dowel rod. mix 1/3 acid and 2/3rds water in the container. Put the bottle in the container for about an hour, remove with the dowel rod broken in half and rinse. I will remove all the black specks from the bottle, guaranteed. I also got some more 3/*' dowel rods, and got a piece of wood 4" square about 2 feet long, drill several 3/8" holes in it, stuck pieces pf the rod in them and made a great drying rack, works great, Doyle near Houston.. _____________________________ BUYING TEXAS DRUGSTORE AND TEXAS MEDICINE BOTTLES. (in reply to treasurehunt) Post #: 14

RE: My new tumbler - 4/2/2007 11:20:17 AM    HunterGatherer   Posts: 98 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: offline How many RPMs does that baby put out? It looks like a grinder motor (thats freaking fast yo) and if it is, I am totally building one of these. (in reply to texas.bottle.man2) Post #: 15

RE: My new tumbler - 4/2/2007 10:28:46 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline Great idea about the bottle dryer.  Just be careful with that muratic acid...Wicked Stuff!!  Don't even sniff it...it will kill brain cells quicker than radiation!! _____________________________ "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - Shaw Yooper (in reply to texas.bottle.man2) Post #: 16

RE: My new tumbler - 4/3/2007 5:13:20 PM    texas.bottle.man2 Posts: 55 Joined: 7/2/2006 Status: offline Muretic acid is what you usee in the swimming pool, so it better not hurt ya. _____________________________ BUYING TEXAS DRUGSTORE AND TEXAS MEDICINE BOTTLES. (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 17

RE: My new tumbler - 4/3/2007 9:32:53 PM    Yooper14 Posts: 313 Joined: 4/25/2005 From: Ohio Status: offline I'm not sure about the swimming pool.  Don't have one myself.  If it's super diluted, I suppose it wouldn't hurt you, but I can assure you, having worked in the mason industry, that even a 1-4 dilution will burn the daylights out of any bare skin.  It's used to etch concrete as well.  I have a bottle on hand to cure my bottles of their tough stains...still wish I had a tumbler though! _____________________________ "Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." - Shaw Yooper (in reply to texas.bottle.man2) Post #: 18

RE: My new tumbler - 4/4/2007 8:50:40 AM    texas.bottle.man2 Posts: 55 Joined: 7/2/2006 Status: offline Ya noticed when I said go to lumber yard and get several dowel rods, and break one in half, thats for getting the ol bottles out out of the stuff!. I set the plastic jug outside on my cleaning table I built with a sink and water hose so all is very convenient. I made the mistake of having it inside for about 3 months, and noticed all my tools were starting to rust!!, so now its outside on the table. I have had the same solution setting there for about a year now, and still does a great job, thanx, Doyle Attachment (1) _____________________________ BUYING TEXAS DRUGSTORE AND TEXAS MEDICINE BOTTLES. (in reply to Yooper14) Post #: 19

RE: My new tumbler - 4/16/2007 4:43:18 PM    CanadianBoy   Posts: 657 Joined: 7/25/2004 Status: offline I use the 1-2 acid mix for cleaning brass & copper before I put them on the buffing wheel.Just remember to wear latex gloves. _____________________________ So many Dumps,so little time. So get DIGGING. I've been "DOWN IN THE DUMPS" since 1970. Never dug a dump, I didn't like. "May you all Dig well and Prosper" http://www.nexicom.net/~djackson/ Dave J. Ontario,Canada. (in reply to texas.bottle.man2) Post #: 20

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