building a tumbler

[GuntherHess]

You have to clean the copper or beads after tumbling. I use one of this fine mesh strainers from Walmart or whereever.

 

[buzzkutt033]

gotcha. thanx again.

Jim

 

[Wilkie]

I found a very informative webpage which discusses in detail about building a bottle tumbler and shows some outstanding pictures of step by step use. http://www.privydigger.com/cleaning.htm

 

[buzzkutt033]

thanx tim, i saved the page for future reference.

Jim

 

[buzzkutt033]

well folks, thanx to your input and guidance, i've got my homemade tumbler doing it's thing. i ran a couple " junkers " through and have had mixed results. asked a few more questions and now seem to have the process dialed in much better. a few days and i should have some before/after pix. ( got my fingers crossed anyway ). thanx again for everyones help.

Jim

 

[buzzkutt033]

here's the first " decent " bottle i'm trying to tumble

before

 

[buzzkutt033]

after about 4 days or so. glass was very sick on this one so probably could use at least that much time again to clean it up nice. very pleased though......... i'm learning.

Jim

 

[buzzkutt033]

i bought a couple drive belts for a vacuum cleaner and used them to ease the ride for my cannister on the steel rollers. works nice.

Jim

 

[buzzkutt033]

i ran this one for a couple days to buff it up a bit. what a difference!! cleaned up all the haze from the inside and removed the old paint that was on the embossing. gotta say the bottle seemed to turn from a regular ho hum amber into a sort of reddish amber after polishing. i'm getting the hang of it.......sorta..............

this is a Duffy's look alike. embossing " Perrines Pure Barley Malt Whiskey Philadelphia PA "

Jim

 

[buzzkutt033]

been playing w/ the tumbler. getting the hang of it. finally got a bunch of copper wire, but need to cut it up.

here's the before pic of a winslow's syrup