[TheForge] RE: Tumbler media

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Hi Bob!

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:

> Shannell,

> I use misc. cut off scraps for media. It takes under an hour to get stuff
> clean.

Ditto, almost. I use chad's (chadii?) from punches. 


> I bought some commercial ceramic tumbler media for my newly built tumbler, I
> love the texture and colour it leaves on parts BTW. Question for anyone, is
> how long they usually tumble thier parts for? I thought the process was
> quicker, took over 3 hours for some small lightly scaled candleholders and
> some leaves to get to the point I was happy with them. The media Im using
> has a triangular cross section and the are rectangular along the side, they
> seem to slide over the parts more than collide, Im thinking of trying some
> pyramid shaped ceramic media, I think they would be more aggresive.


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