Homemade Large Rock 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.

Homemade large rock tumbler.

All commercially available rock tumblers were just glorified toys. Red purple orange and aqua sea glass are all very rare to find on beaches as real sea glass. 1725rpm x 2 x shaft 47 9 rpm or about 48 rpm the tumbler drum will be going. 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. Too small hard to clean far too expensive or some combination of the above. A rock tumbler is an instrument that helps to smoothen the rock surfaces. A good quality rock tumbler can cost you anywhere from 100 all the way up to 300.

This rock tumbler measures 10 8 x 8 9 5 inches and weighs a total of 4 pounds. Read on to know how to build one at home. The barrel of this rock tumbler has a 1 lb. It turns out manufacturing these colors in a rock tumbler is difficult as well.

6 drum x 6 pulley. I used this for putting a stone wash on my blades after i ve acid etched them. For a look at the best rock tumblers that are high quality and reasonably priced read my review on these rock tumblers. Popular tumblers have a barrel loaded with abrasive grit water and rocks.

The tumbled stones can be displayed given as gifts etched with messages or used as craft supplies. Commercial rock tumblers have a motor that helps to rotate the tumbler. This rock tumbler features a barrel with a stainless steel cover and 1 lb. However the homemade tumbler does not use motors but incorporate a technology that naturally smoothens the rocks.

Building rock tumblers is a project that can help children understand the geological process of the tumbling and smoothing of rocks in water bodies. Here is a super quick project i whipped up just to see how well it would work. Some tips on sourcing. A homemade rock tumbler is also a creative way of making polished rocks and stones for adornments.

You make a 6 tumbler drum out of a empty plastic jar. The cap on the barrel is made of stainless steel which significantly reduces noise and makes it incredibly durable. With our handy dandy formula we can plug in some numbers and find out.