[Jewelry making - Article 00240] - Re: [Orchid] How to Build a Magnetic tumbler

[John Donivan]

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    I have noticed that Gesswein now has a bowl where the magnets drive
    a rotor inside the bowl, which will drive other media - Raytech, I
    believe. Otherwise, the media has to be steel, because the magnets
    are "grabbing" it through the bottom of the bowl. As far as "Store
    bought or homemade" and such. My first tumbler was the plans that
    have been posted here. I always have a stray motor, and a woodpile -
    and I have woodworking tools (tablesaw.....). I also had an aluminum
    sanding disk laying around. So, for something like $50, I built a
    tumbler with the capacity of a $3500 machine. I've been making
    smaller tabletop versions lately - store bought would be the
    $400-$600 machines. They cost me something like $50-$75 depending.
    Plus labor and all, of course. They are real handy - ours is running
    right now. 

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