Homemade Large Rock Tumbler

6 drum x 6 pulley.

Homemade large rock tumbler.

How quick will your tumbler drum be turning at. This rock tumbler measures 10 8 x 8 9 5 inches and weighs a total of 4 pounds. A homemade rock tumbler is also a creative way of making polished rocks and stones for adornments. Homemade sea glass made from glass sourced from recycling bins and a rock tumbler tumbling colored glass.

1725rpm x 2 x shaft 47 9 rpm or about 48 rpm the tumbler drum will be going. Here is a super quick project i whipped up just to see how well it would work. For a look at the best rock tumblers that are high quality and reasonably priced read my review on these rock tumblers. 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. Too small hard to clean far too expensive or some combination of the above. Some tips on sourcing. Popular tumblers have a barrel loaded with abrasive grit water and rocks.

With our handy dandy formula we can plug in some numbers and find out. 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. This rock tumbler features a barrel with a stainless steel cover and 1 lb. It turns out manufacturing these colors in a rock tumbler is difficult as well.

A rock tumbler is an instrument that helps to smoothen the rock surfaces. The cap on the barrel is made of stainless steel which significantly reduces noise and makes it incredibly durable. You make a 6 tumbler drum out of a empty plastic jar. Commercial rock tumblers have a motor that helps to rotate the tumbler.

Building rock tumblers is a project that can help children understand the geological process of the tumbling and smoothing of rocks in water bodies. You may find that the stones you pick up outside look a lot. However the homemade tumbler does not use motors but incorporate a technology that naturally smoothens the rocks. The barrel of this rock tumbler has a 1 lb.

I used this for putting a stone wash on my blades after i ve acid etched them. A good quality rock tumbler can cost you anywhere from 100 all the way up to 300. The tumbled stones can be displayed given as gifts etched with messages or used as craft supplies.