I'm thinking of buying a bottle tumbler - just looking - advice delightfuly accepted

[DeepseekerADS]

Help?

 

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[releventchair]

Just throw em in the crick!

 

[DeepseekerADS]

You know my friend, I shoulda thought of that myself!

 

[smokeythecat]

I bought some of the materials from The Jar Doctor. It is a kind of expensive thing to do. A regular tumbler won't cut it. The Harbor Freight tumbler won't do it. The copper is very heavy and will burn the motors out quickly. And the copper they use can be toxic so you have to be careful handing it. I gave up quickly.

 

[Cobradude22]

I don’t know if this helps but, I place some copper plated bbs in the bottom of my bottles. Sprinkle some barkeepers friend in. Add water and shake. I’ve taken out some scratches using this method. It really cleans the bottles up nice. I actually find the look of a tumbled bottle off setting. That’s just me though. I prefer just a clean classic look. Eventually your BBS will wear out. Just scrap them and grab some new ones. A 8$ jar of 6,000 count will probably last you years. This is my preferred method.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

The Harbor Freight won't do it. And the copper they use can be toxic so you have to be careful handing it. I gave up quickly.

The Harbor Freight double drum is the tumbler I have. I've got to go get some BB's!

 

[Fat]

....Please a few before and after pics and so one so forth.

 

[RTR]

Cleans brass better than new I'm sure it will clean glass

 

[smokeythecat]

You have to make sure the bottle is secure in the tumbler or it will break.

 

[RTR]

You have to make sure the bottle is secure in the tumbler or it will break.

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[Dug]

I started out using a 2 drum tumbler to do interior stained bottles using supplies from Jar Doctor and it worked great. I used a 4" diameter pvc tube with caps and cushioned the bottle inside. Pic. Because I could not do exterior tumbles with it I eventually bought a Jar Dr machine and have had no regrets. I had a ton of bottles to do and do some bottles for friends. Because of the steep investment in the machine, tubes and stoppers, and fine grit copper it is a decision you have to make as to will it be worth the investment and do you have the backlog of bottles to do. Also give your self about a year's experience tumbling your own bottles before deciding to do someone else's. I had help from a gent on the FB group Making Antique Bottles Great Again that saved me from a lot of rookie mistakes. For me it was an easy decision as I also tumble rocks and other stuff in rubber drums on it too. Note: I added the wooden frame and posts with rollers so I could add tubes on top, the machine does not come with that.

 

[pepperj]

Cleans brass better than new I'm sure it will clean glass View attachment 1913101

Small bottles would only fit, or it larger than the pic/video?

 

[pepperj]

I started out using a 2 drum tumbler to do interior stained bottles using supplies from Jar Doctor and it worked great. I used a 4" diameter pvc tube with caps and cushioned the bottle inside. Pic. Because I could not do exterior tumbles with it I eventually bought a Jar Dr machine and have had no regrets. I had a ton of bottles to do and do some bottles for friends. Because of the steep investment in the machine, tubes and stoppers, and fine grit copper it is a decision you have to make as to will it be worth the investment and do you have the backlog of bottles to do. Also give your self about a year's experience tumbling your own bottles before deciding to do someone else's. I had help from a gent on the FB group Making Antique Bottles Great Again that saved me from a lot of rookie mistakes. For me it was an easy decision as I also tumble rocks and other stuff in rubber drums on it too. Note: I added the wooden frame and posts with rollers so I could add tubes on top, the machine does not come with that.

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There's no arguing about that final result, well done on the beauty.

 

[RTR]

Small bottles would only fit, or it larger than the pic/video?

The one in the video is a CV-750 (about 1/2 the capacity of mine in the pix. CV-2001) ...CV-2001 holds 1,300 357 cases at a clip.