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anyone interested ingiving info about tumbling? - 4/12/2006 8:17:37 AM    1bottleneck   Posts: 11 Joined: 4/8/2006 Status: offline I would like to learn how to build a tumbler. I can practice on the junk bottles before I get the good ones to brake. I am completly new at this and I want to learn. I love to dig so the way I see it I am half way there.Thanks in advance Gary W. Post #: 1

RE: anyone interested ingiving info about tumbling? - 4/12/2006 2:16:16 PM    capsoda Posts: 7927 Joined: 11/15/2005 From: Seminole,Alabama, USA Status: offline Hey Gary, Try this link. If you can't find the info you seek in there it doesn't exsist. Welcome to the forum. http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/Cleaning_and_Repairing/forumid_4/tt.htm _____________________________ Warren Diggin down in Dixie, USA Work is for people who don't dig bottles President, Panhandle Cruisers http://www.panhandlecruisers.org/ (in reply to 1bottleneck) Post #: 2

RE: anyone interested ingiving info about tumbling? - 4/12/2006 9:13:53 PM    1bottleneck   Posts: 11 Joined: 4/8/2006 Status: offline Thanks Warren. I really do appreciate it. Gary W. (in reply to 1bottleneck) Post #: 3

RE: anyone interested ingiving info about tumbling? - 4/12/2006 11:13:42 PM    Unidumper   Posts: 64 Joined: 3/14/2006 From: Lincoln, NE Status: offline Gary, I finished building my tumbler in March and have successfully cleaned a few bottles with it. It's late tonight but in a nutshell I bought the motor (1/2 hp, 1145 rpm) on e-bay( with shipping $54, the steel rods (3/4", cold rolled,covered with plastic tubing) from a local welding shop ($10), The pillow block bearings from Surpluscenter.com ($10 each) a 10" pulley for the drive axle from surpluscenter.com ($25) a 2" pulley for the motor ($5). the only trick I found was getting the drive axle and the idler axles the correct distance apart and compensating for the tendency for the canister to drift to one end. The distance that worked for me with a 4" canister from the jar doctor was the width of a 2X4 which is about 3 5/8". To solve the drift problem I mounted an in line skate wheel at the end the canister wanted to be at so the wheel meets the edge of the canister. I'll post a picture for you to get a better visual tomorrow. It's fun, and I think you will really enjoy this project and the difference it makes in your bottles. Good luck! (in reply to 1bottleneck) Post #: 4

RE: anyone interested ingiving info about tumbling? - 4/13/2006 10:43:25 PM    Unidumper   Posts: 64 Joined: 3/14/2006 From: Lincoln, NE Status: offline Here are pictures of the tumbler I built. Attachment (1) (in reply to 1bottleneck) Post #: 5

RE: anyone interested ingiving info about tumbling? - 4/13/2006 10:44:10 PM    Unidumper   Posts: 64 Joined: 3/14/2006 From: Lincoln, NE Status: offline next pic Attachment (1) (in reply to 1bottleneck) Post #: 6

RE: anyone interested ingiving info about tumbling? - 4/14/2006 10:20:07 AM    mudmonkey Posts: 76 Joined: 12/4/2005 Status: offline I bought all my merchandise (except for the canisters) through e bay for less than 300 dollars. http://www.oldbottles.zoomshare.com/1.shtml/Bottle%20tumbler (in reply to 1bottleneck) Post #: 7

RE: anyone interested ingiving info about tumbling? - 4/14/2006 10:30:45 PM    1bottleneck   Posts: 11 Joined: 4/8/2006 Status: offline John, Really cool tumbler I think I could come up with 90% of the material at work that we are going to throw away. I am an electrician and I work for a newspaper plant and they have a basement full of motors and conveyors they are currently tossing to make room for more storage. I really do apreciate it . Thanks Gary W. (in reply to 1bottleneck) Post #: 8

RE: anyone interested ingiving info about tumbling? - 4/14/2006 10:37:16 PM    1bottleneck   Posts: 11 Joined: 4/8/2006 Status: offline John, All the conveyors have bearings on their rollers and plenty of pulleys, This could be a business in itself. You would probably be upset with all the equipment we have tossed allready! Again thanks for the info. Gary W. (in reply to 1bottleneck) Post #: 9

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