got my bottle tumbler

[dirtflicker]

The think works sweeeeeeeeeet....here are a couple pics of my first bottle being tumbled![]

dirtflicker

 

[dirtflicker]

amber blob...nice and sick!

 

[dirtflicker]

nice tumbling action

 

[bearswede]

Great pics, DF... Can't wait to see the finished bottle!!!

What'd you pay for that puppy, if ya don't mind me askin'?


Ron

 

[Bottle tumbler]

do you have water in with that bottle?
also this is going to be messy. do you have any other place to put it?

but it sure looks great. I love the sound of copper tumbling.

any questions please ask.

rick

 

[tazmainiendigger]

Congratulations D.F. ! Looks like you went to see wayne! (jar doc) They are a good simple machine. I started out like yours and kept adding on, my set up is 8' long now!! I sure do love restoring old hazy bottles..... If you need any help feel ask away, I know of at least 4 members who tumble on this forum. Have fun, Taz

 

[WhiteLighting]

Good purchase!!!!!!!!!! - follow the instructions to a T!!!!! - so you dont mess up!..
Also after some time and experiance of cuttin a bottle,try messin with mixing Oxides for a differnt type of cut....i have a few differnt recipes......

But also mine runs 24/7 and never faild me,except for 1 time i didnt put the bottle in correctly and broke....-my fault-......lol,

Also i have tumbled hutchs with the stopper inside and no nicks nor scrath's aare visable after the tumble!.......

Good luck with the Tumbler!

 

[WhiteLighting]

I love the sound of copper tumbling

-Like money in the bank...lol...

Also I forgot to mention - on a amber bottle like the one posted,i would use a slow speed and a polish first and tumble for 4 days "each day turning the canister" and see what it looks like-cleaning the canisiter out etc etc-,just becausee its a amber bottle and might be soft enough glass for the copper to seriously scratch!..,so use a slower speed...
Also after you might have some oxide left on the bottle,and hard to remove try - CLR,Limeaway,soap+water,but with a cloth not a steelwool pad or somthing that will scrath a bottle!....also remember to much oxide will = no water due to the oxide soaking it up,.....

Just a tip///

 

[Bottle tumbler]

I have never had the problem of copper scratching my bottles. But have have had trouble with new glass being to brittle. had to use crushed walnut shells to polish it.

rick

 

[Trying not to break it]

hi dirkflicker, congratlations on getting a tumbler. i finialy made a decision to get one. i have my 1st bottles in it now. finished the cutting, doing the polishing now. this will be a learning process. hi taz and whitelighting, being new at this myself, i have a lot of questions. i have a lot of amber embossed beer bottles fron 1900 - 1920's. should these be tumble on low speed? some of them are pretty rough. thanks for any help. rhona