I've been wanting to build my own tumbler (I'd buy one but I'm nowhere near able to afford one). I was thinking of using a spare garage door opener motor, but after doing the math I figured it would cost me $3.50 in electricity to run it for 3 days straight. Not bad compared to what it would cost to pay someone else to tumble it, but I'd still like to cheapen it if possible so I can tumble some fairly common bottles.
So does anybody have any advice as to what is the ideal motor? How many amps and RPMs it should have? The fewer amps the better as far as operating costs go, but I want to make sure it's strong enough to spin the bottle and copper. I will only be doing one bottle at a time, so it doesn't have to be super strong...
Thanks!
-Ryan
So does anybody have any advice as to what is the ideal motor? How many amps and RPMs it should have? The fewer amps the better as far as operating costs go, but I want to make sure it's strong enough to spin the bottle and copper. I will only be doing one bottle at a time, so it doesn't have to be super strong...
Thanks!
-Ryan