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Rock Tumblers

06/28/2010 2:25 PM

I have attempted to join and am awaiting my email data.

Meanwhile, I have several chunks of Ironwood, an extremely hard wood with a beautiful grain.

It has ocurred to me that I might be able to tumble these pieces of wood with an appropriate medium like walnut shells, and polish them to a high and beautiful sheen.

I found your site, researching tumbler consruction "How To".

Any thoughts or opinions would be very welcome.

TBPollock
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Re: Rock Tumblers

06/28/2010 3:00 PM

Interesting idea.

I found these scraps of info on the web. Might be of small encouragement to you.

http://www.woodworkforums.com/archive/index.php/t-9391.html

http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=44272
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Re: Rock Tumblers

06/28/2010 3:43 PM

I have never done wood so I have no information on the medium to use. You probably already found this link on the tumbler I made.
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Re: Rock Tumblers

06/28/2010 4:30 PM

Welcome. Happy to have you join us, but you might have more luck if you search and ask some of the woodworking forums that abound on the internet.

Cheers.
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Re: Rock Tumblers

06/28/2010 4:44 PM

I had some luck once using a modified bead blaster with a super fine silicate on some Black Walnut. I ruined a couple scrap chunks before I figured out what I was doing.

It was super time consuming though.

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