[Jewelry making - Article 00519] - Re: [Orchid] MacGuyve-risms in the shop

[Loren S. Damewood]

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    I have a rather large item made of silver, and wanted to tumble it. 
    After considering and discarding a few crazy ideas, I settled on
    getting a small drink cooler, one of those two gallon cannisters that
    looks like a miniature version of the big coolers you see on trucks
    at construction sites.  It has a screw-on cover, for which I made a
    silicon gasket, and a couple of fittings, which I sealed with silicon
    compound.  (I used that two-part silicon mold putty from Rio Grande,
    great stuff.) 

    Once I was sure it wouldn't leak, I put my tumbling media in it,
    along with the item, sealed it up, and then wrapped it up in a heavy
    blanket.  I stuffed my dryer with pillows and blankets, stuck this
    lump into the middle and packed it tight, and then I ran the dryer on
    the "cool air" setting, so it wouldn't cook the plastic.  Lucky for
    me, I broke the timer on the dryer so I can just turn it on and walk
    away for any length of time, instead of having to keep coming back
    and resetting the timer every thirty minutes. 

Loren
http://www.golden-knots.com/

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