I wanna clean glass in a home made tumbler

[wainzoid]

Does anybody tumble jars or bottles to clean them? I clean all my dug coins and artifacts in a rotary tumbler. It does an excellant job. I use walnut shell and corn cob for my media. Id like to try to build a tumbler to do this with bottles and jars. Im thinking ...a drywall bucket ...on some wheels... powered by an ice cream freezer motor. I could use about anything for media... rice, bird seed, shell corn, wood pellets, whatever, lots of options there. Think it would work? clean them? is there something better? I did see a utube vid of a redneck tumbler made from a tread mill. It would take up alot of floor space. any thoughts? Thanx

 

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[gleaner1]

Certainly not an easy task. The tubes and stopples are a nightmare. Have fun figuring out the polishing media, the copper, the fill levels, the tumbling time. Start out with crap bots.

 

[wainzoid]

Thanx guys. Gonna do my research and design this summer and make it a winter project

 

[gleaner1]

Look at Jar Doctor.com for a good idea of the contraption. Look for pics of the equipment, google "polishing bottles" or "bottle tumbling machines" or similar. Study tubes and stopples. It should not be too bad if the wallet allows.

 

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