Homemade Large Rock Tumbler

Homemade sea glass made from glass sourced from recycling bins and a rock tumbler tumbling colored glass.

Homemade large rock tumbler.

Read on to know how to build one at home. The barrel of this rock tumbler has a 1 lb. Too small hard to clean far too expensive or some combination of the above. 1725rpm x 2 x shaft 47 9 rpm or about 48 rpm the tumbler drum will be going.

Building rock tumblers is a project that can help children understand the geological process of the tumbling and smoothing of rocks in water bodies. With our handy dandy formula we can plug in some numbers and find out. 6 drum x 6 pulley. You make a 6 tumbler drum out of a empty plastic jar.

Here is a super quick project i whipped up just to see how well it would work. A good quality rock tumbler can cost you anywhere from 100 all the way up to 300. I wanted a tumbler that would take a 20 pound or so load but i did not want to pay 500 and up for something commercially made. How quick will your tumbler drum be turning at.

Commercial rock tumblers have a motor that helps to rotate the tumbler. Making your own homemade rock tumbler lets you turn seemingly ordinary stones you pick up at the beach or along a hiking trail into beautiful works of art. All commercially available rock tumblers were just glorified toys. This rock tumbler features a barrel with a stainless steel cover and 1 lb.

I used this for putting a stone wash on my blades after i ve acid etched them. Red purple orange and aqua sea glass are all very rare to find on beaches as real sea glass. Some tips on sourcing. You may find that the stones you pick up outside look a lot.

In addition you also need to buy rock tumbling grit to get to the nice polished look you want. Popular tumblers have a barrel loaded with abrasive grit water and rocks. The cap on the barrel is made of stainless steel which significantly reduces noise and makes it incredibly durable. A homemade rock tumbler is also a creative way of making polished rocks and stones for adornments.

However the homemade tumbler does not use motors but incorporate a technology that naturally smoothens the rocks. A rock tumbler is an instrument that helps to smoothen the rock surfaces. It turns out manufacturing these colors in a rock tumbler is difficult as well.