[Jewelry making - Article 00603] - Re: [Orchid] Tumbling / vibro polishing

[Ray Prater, Jr.]

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    It won't hurt the tumbler to try it out.  At worst, you may have to
    keep the used bowl and exchange the base for the correct one.  I
    don't know if the weight is adjustable or if they use two different
    sizes.  I had to send back the first vibratory tumbler I bought for
    the same reason (it had come from an ammunition reloading supplier).
    The instructions that came with it said nothing about rocks and the
    company said send it back. I have used a Vi-Bro-Lap for grinding and
    polishing flat pieces of agate and petrified wood. It has a large
    chunk of lead as the offset weight but the mounting hole through it
    is not through the center.  It is designed this way so that it can be
    turned over when switching from grinding to polishing because
    polishing produces more drag. 

Ray

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