Clothes dryer as tumbler?
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before I try and buy an old one are. Do they work ok as a tumbler? Do they
stand up? Do you have to alter the drive ratio or anything else before
using.
Any help or suggestions would be most appreciated.
Harry Foster
Gene Olson
a dryer would work, but the abrasion could be pretty hard on it unless
you had it coated with something like a spray truck bed liner like
frosty suggests to muffle the sound too. As to speed and a lot of other
basics, I collected a lot of posts off artmetal and theforge and put
them together at:
http://www.metalsmith.org/edu/equipment/tumblers.htm
read that, and then come back with any questions. When we get some new
answers we can update the article.
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It had a rubber liner. That way - the 'bucket' didn't get eat up
with the carborumdum or other material.
Remember the dryer has large flanges that toss and turn the clothes.
Martin
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was quite a bit of information, but not as specific as I had hoped.
We have all shared our gas forge plans on the net and I was hoping
there would be similar plans of tumblers so that one did not have to
re invent the wheel in trying to come up with one that worked good and
would be reliable.
I would like to have one that would accept at least 3ft pieces. I can
see in a dryer drum how there would be lots of rise and fall of the
pieces, but if one were to use a 12 inche pipe section in order to
handle longer pieces, would there be enough rise and fall of the work
to descale them.
Thanks again to all.
Harry Foster
Dave Carlson
parts in an old clothes dryer.
His approach had been to remove the "paddles" inside the drum, for a
smother and quieter ride, and to enclose his parts and abrasive (he used
scraps of sandpaper) within a 5 gallon plastic bucket.
Regards Dave
StevenB856
There are some folks out there that have taken a dryer. Disconnected the heat
on it. then got a piece of carpet and liquid nail and glued the carpet to the
inside of the drum. going right over the fins to make sure the product got
turned around and got all sides. Most of the time it is someone that does a lot
of Chainmail production. they use this to polish it and test it for broken
links. On the other hand if you did use carpet then you could apply a small
amount of polish to for a high sheen.
Steve
Virginia
William Buckelew
in pillow blocks with 1 pipe at the top back with wood disk to hold the
tires in place. I don't see why you could not do this with PVC or a 55
gallon barrel for that matter if you need more detail I try and post a
sketch somewhere.
Will Buckelew
Crescent Moon Forge
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was quite a bit of information, but not as specific as I had hoped.
We have all shared our gas forge plans on the net and I was hoping
there would be similar plans of tumblers so that one did not have to
re invent the wheel in trying to come up with one that worked good and
would be reliable.
I would like to have one that would accept at least 3ft pieces. I can
see in a dryer drum how there would be lots of rise and fall of the
pieces, but if one were to use a 12 inche pipe section in order to
handle longer pieces, would there be enough rise and fall of the work
to descale them.
Thanks again to all.
Harry Foster
Gene Olson <mettle...@concentric.net> wrote:
>full name wrote:
>>
>> I've heard some talk about using a dryer for a tumbler. The questions
>> before I try and buy an old one are. Do they work ok as a tumbler? Do they
>> stand up? Do you have to alter the drive ratio or anything else before
>> using.
>>
>> Any help or suggestions would be most appreciated.
>>
>> Harry FosterHarry,
>a dryer would work, but the abrasion could be pretty hard on it unless
>you had it coated with something like a spray truck bed liner like
>frosty suggests to muffle the sound too. As to speed and a lot of other
>basics, I collected a lot of posts off artmetal and theforge and put
>them together at:
>http://www.metalsmith.org/edu/equipment/tumblers.htm
>read that, and then come back with any questions. When we get some new
>answers we can update the article.
>--
>Gene Olson,
>Resident member of ArtMetal project
> http://www.artmetal.com/gene-olson
>Webmaster - Guild of Metalsmiths:
> http://www.metalsmith.org
The following tumbler worked very well for polishing stones for jewelry, and
assumimg a proper sized tire, would work well for most anything. The tumbler
was a pickup truck tire, but you can do this with any size tire, scaling to
size from any type vehicle up to and including off road heavy equipment
size. It's a good project for using up a bunch of used, scrap, or surplus
stuff. A freight hauling company might be a good place to look for large
used tires.
Start with a used, (but not worn thrugh), tire, and cut a couple circles out
of plywood, just small enough to fit inside the tires rim, and two more about
3/4 to one inch larger. Drill the centers for a piece of threaded rod or a
long bolt. The smaller circles keep the rod centered in the tire, and the
larger circles will press the tires rims together with a couple washers and
nuts, thus sealing off the tumbling area. with another piece of plywood,
make a base with a couple 2X4's as uprights just far enough apart to
accomodate the tires width. cut slots down the middle of the 2X4's to keep
the threaded rod in position, and brace the 2X4's front, back, and outer
sides. Place a pair of rollers on the base, under the tire, one free
rolling, and the other driven with a geared down electric motor to keep the
tire rotating.
Fill the tire about 2/3 of the way up to the rim from the inside bottom of
the tire with the stones you want to tumble, add a little cutting oil and
abrasive, run the plywood circles together, sealing the rims with the washers
and nuts on the threaded rod, lower the tire onto the rollers with the
threaded rod in the 2X4 slots, and plug her in. Check your stones, (or
whatever), out in a few days. They should be pretty smooth and shiny by
then, and no noise to speak of, save possibly for the gear motor, the tire
deadening most of the sound.
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Alan Evans and Lesley Greene
"William Buckelew" <will...@richnet.net> wrote:
>Subject: Re: Clothes dryer as tumbler?
Simplest non purpose built tumbler I have seen was an electric cement
mixer, you can buy a new small one in the UK for 120 UK pounds...Belle is
one of the makes.
I bought a second hand rumbler which was much more useful it had a round
bottomed tank about 3' 6" long 2' deep and 2' wide it was lined with rubber
and mounted on springs with a motor with an eccentric flywheel mounted
underneath. The big advantage was that you could watch the things rotate
through the media (I just used granite chippings and water) and grab it out
quite safely to check on progress. It was an industrial 3 phase tool
however and weighed about half a tonne but it was only 150 UK pounds from a
machinery dealer. The great advantage of buying a purpose built tool is
that somebody else has already done all the development, modifications and
head work.
Good hunting, Alan
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Alan Evans and Lesley Greene
evans.gre...@zetnet.co.uk (Alan Evans and Lesley Greene) wrote:
>Subject: Re: Clothes dryer as tumbler?
>From: Alan Evans and Lesley Greene
>Organization:
>Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 22:31:36 +0100
>Newsgroups: alt.crafts.blacksmithing
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>In article <01be97e1$edbbdba0$730bf2cd@will-bev>,
>"William Buckelew" <will...@richnet.net> wrote:
>
>>Subject: Re: Clothes dryer as tumbler?
>
>
>Simplest non purpose built tumbler I have seen was an electric cement
>mixer, you can buy a new small one in the UK for 120 UK pounds...Belle is
>one of the makes.
>
>I bought a second hand rumbler which was much more useful it had a round
>bottomed tank about 3' 6" long 2' deep and 2' wide it was lined with rubber
>and mounted on springs with a motor with an eccentric flywheel mounted
>underneath. The big advantage was that you could watch the things rotate
>through the media (I just used granite chippings and water) and grab it out
>quite safely to check on progress. It was an industrial 3 phase tool
>however and weighed about half a tonne but it was only 150 UK pounds from a
>machinery dealer. The great advantage of buying a purpose built tool is
>that somebody else has already done all the development, modifications and
>head work.
I forgot to add a further digression... I gave up using the rumbler because
of the problem of cleaning the slurry off the metal, you have to wash and
then dry carefully before waxing or oiling and it was almost as fussy as
using a phospheric based pickle system. Now I just use a sand blasting gun
and glass bead which keeps everything dry. My first version of this was a
DIY sand blast gun used inside a large clear plastic bag which enabled my
to see the workpiece, reuse the bead and not breath the dust.
Best wishes, Alan
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Ted Edwards
> I have seen a tumbler made out of auto tires the tires set on 2 3\4" pipes
I recall seeing a post about doing this with a big old tractor tire.
> 3 hours at the forge will save you 20 minutes with pencil and paper
or 5 minutes with the CAD package. ;-)
Ted
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