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RE: Glass beads for tumbling - 3/24/2007 1:51:40 PM    tombstone   Posts: 124 Joined: 12/21/2005 From: wv Status: offline Oh,  I almost forgot, another great advantage the beads have over copper is the noise.  The beads are much quieter. (in reply to stinger haut) Post #: 21

RE: Glass beads for tumbling - 3/24/2007 6:21:38 PM    appliedtop   Posts: 45 Joined: 12/19/2006 Status: offline Thought I would reply to the post about cutting copper.  This is for anyone who wants to use copper and wants to cut their own. This is what I have made. I cut a piece of half inch pipe about 5 inches long and a smaller length piece about 3 inches. Cut a hole in the longer piece about 1/2" in diameter and weld the shorter one over the hole at a 45d angle. Then drill a small hole in the side of the longer piece, just big enough to easily slide wire into it. Then get a drill bit that fits fairly tightly into the pipe as shown and as fast as you can shove wire in it will cut it and spit it out. The slower you feed wire the smaller the pieces. Beats the heck out of using pliers and you will have fingers at the end of the day. Attachment (1) (in reply to tombstone) Post #: 22

RE: Glass beads for tumbling - 3/24/2007 9:54:06 PM    stinger haut   Posts: 518 Joined: 6/7/2006 Status: offline Tombstone, yes your right about the glass beads being quieter than the copper. Especially when you turn up your rpm's to tumble round bottles. Stinger Haut (in reply to tombstone) Post #: 23

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