Spec me a grinder/belt for finishing aluminium.

[JOGARA]

Crikey, that tumbler is a bit of a beast!
Looks like you're nearly there with everything, do we get to see the finished product when it's done?

- Nick

It is really good and bigger than I expected. Only £150 too. Originally I discounted tumbling as I thought it was at least a couple grand for one that could take my parts.
The media is a bit expensive. This 10mm stuff is £66 with postage.
20mm is a lot cheaper, over half the cost. But I needed a bit more fine media to get into the smaller bits of my part.

Yea ill post photos somewhere.

[m_c]

Get some water and detergent in that tumbler and get the lid on!

The emphasis is on some - you want just enough water to keep things wet and clean, as too much dampens everything.
And it's noticeably quieter with the lid on.

[JOGARA]

Get some water and detergent in that tumbler and get the lid on!

The emphasis is on some - you want just enough water to keep things wet and clean, as too much dampens everything.
And it's noticeably quieter with the lid on.

Regular dish soap works fine right?
And I normally tumble with the lid on. Only had it off for the video.

[Zeeflyboy]

Same tumbler I have from the looks of it.

Do you have a high res pic of the finish with the 10mm?

[JOGARA]

Same tumbler I have from the looks of it.

Do you have a high res pic of the finish with the 10mm?

Can get the DSLR out tomorrow.

Just put some old parts into it today for like 6 hours and they came out quite nice. Though I think I put too much soap in there...
Annoyingly the tap that was included with mine could not screw in all the way and the thread was a bit off/loose.
Means I can't half empty it with the pipe. Will have to get after market pipe to fix that. The amount of dirt that is coming off makes me want to put it through a filter?

[m_c]

I've got no idea if household soap will work or not, I just bought a bottle from Moleroda.

The way commercial systems work, is they periodically inject some water/soap in, and there's a drain plug at a suitable height to let excess run out.

I think the drain plug on the tumbler is at a suitable height for a similar setup, but you are correct in that the supplied tap is a rubbish fit. I bought new fittings to create a more robust setup, however it's still on my roundtuit list.

For filtering, letting the run off sit in a container would probably be enough to let the vast majority of debris settle out.

[JOGARA]

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