Rock Tumbler to Recycle Glass

HI Audrey,

Can you give us a little more information.

There are lots of people here, so if you could give us a name or the web address of the video, maybe we can help.

Lyn

Hi Lyn, actually it was not a video, sorry I looked at so many sites today to research.

The Web address is;

http://cr4.globalspec.com/blogentry/2166/DIY-Rock-Tumbler

Thanks for responding.. Audrey

what do you mean by recycle glass?

Pieces of coloured glass when used in a rock tumbler achieve a high polish and all sharp edges are removed as well....I believe even quicker than many types of stones as the glass is softer....

I use an Ultravibe 10 tumbler. It's a vibratory tumbler and they are much cheaper to build and very very fast!

I use mine for all kinds of material processing. I'm thinking of building one that is larger to process compost and soil.

If I put a wire mesh bowl and dust shield under the bowl, it becomes a very fast sifter.

Glass can be either ground in it by including quartz rock with the glass, or pollished by including fine quartz sand.

With grinding stones, I've made powdered calcium carbonate, and powdered active charcoal.

If you are making your own, look to the vibratory tumblers. Its a simple motor with an off-center weight on the shaft. The motor is mounted to a base plate, and the base plate is mounted via coil springs to a solid base, with the motor and weight on the bottom. The top of the plate has a rubber sheet to clamp the bowl to, and a theaded rod sticking up in the center for the clamp.

A tumbler type polisher like the one you mention takes about a month to polish the hardest rock. The vibratory tumbler takes a week!

Thank you for this info, I am looking forward to lots of experiments!

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