OT-sort of. Using wheels to tumble glass
Submitted: Friday, Apr 20, 2007 at 08:47
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Willem
An Art Project is in the pipeline and the need has arisen to break glass bottles and alike into small pieces and to take the sharp edges off the glass.
Buying a Gemstone Tumbler is an option but by doing some lateral thinking(lol) I came up with an alternative idea. There is also a need to fit a heavy duty rubber sleeve in a tumbler
So I thought...."Hey, I have those dud Cooper STT's and Eldorados sitting in my shed....why not pop the glass bits and stuff that goes with it, into a tubeless tyre and then go for a drive....slowly, for say, 20km up a back road?"
It may work?
Any ideas pertaining to smoothing off glass bits?
Cheers
Reply By: Dave198 - Friday, Apr 20, 2007 at 19:51
Friday, Apr 20, 2007 at 19:51
G'day Willem, there is a business in
Mildura called Woodsies
Rock Shop. They have made their own machines for tumbling rocks etc.
They have old diffs with wheels attached and If I remember right, it is turned by a washing machine motor. Just can't remeber if it was just a half wheel split down the middle and the tyre was virtually open on the outside allowing access.
Just vary the size of the pulley to get the speed nice and slow.
I also think if you went for a drive, the centrifugal force would be a problem.
And you would probably finish up in the Flinders anyway. Can't imagine you just travelling 20 Kms.
Dave
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