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Took a little, a lot of adjusting but it's tumbling. I think the worst part was cutting all the copper, grinder nippers and someone feeling sorry for me bought me a big bag of it on the internet.
 

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Congrats, now we need to see the end results. LEON.
 
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Took a little, a lot of adjusting but it's tumbling. I think the worst part was cutting all the copper, grinder nippers and someone feeling sorry for me bought me a big bag of it on the internet.
A little grit goes a long way. It needs to break down to even a finer grit. If you put too much it doesn’t break down and leaves a white haze. This might just be my machine but you have to learn by trial and error on your homemade machine. What is the RPM’s on a 4” tube?
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Looks good. Show some results. How do you nip the wire mailman. Robbie, you said you had devised a way to cut it quickly. I’ve got about 30# of bare bright copper I reclaimed from my shore house remodel, I’m using a large old tin snip, I can cut 4 or more strands at a time, but will still take a while.
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Congrats, now we need to see the end results. LEON.
A little grit goes a long way. It needs to break down to even a finer grit. If you put too much it doesn’t break down and leaves a white haze. This might just be my machine but you have to learn by trial and error on your homemade machine. What is the RPM’s on a 4” tube?
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I'm not really sure what the RPM is somebody gave this to me it didn't have a belt so I'm just kind of winging it, it's really not moving that fast. I'm not necessarily going for a brand new look, I just wanted to look a little nicer and yeah it's trial and error. I think I'm mostly just going to use copper and water for a day or two and then put in some bartenders helper and see how that works.
 

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Looks good. Show some results. How do you nip the wire mailman. Robbie, you said you had devised a way to cut it quickly. I’ve got about 30# of bare bright copper I reclaimed from my shore house remodel, I’m using a large old tin snip, I can cut 4 or more strands at a time, but will still take a while. View attachment 242329View attachment 242330
This is really good copper and it gets hot really fast when you grind it but I could get it as small as I want to.
I use these nippers with pipe insulator to keep the blisters at bay.
 

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Looks good. Show some results. How do you nip the wire mailman. Robbie, you said you had devised a way to cut it quickly. I’ve got about 30# of bare bright copper I reclaimed from my shore house remodel, I’m using a large old tin snip, I can cut 4 or more strands at a time, but will still take a while. View attachment 242329View attachment 242330
This is the look I'm shooting for, I'll have to get a little organized with my before and after. I just use an applesauce container for the small bottles. I have a hutch I'm tumbling now, it's been 2 days a little result, not sure how long those thicker bottles take.
 

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I use this flush cutters with a pipe extension. I can cut up to 3/16 inch thick copper rod.
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