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I would shy away from adding oil, somebody on this thread just added some CrOx powder to the media and it worked fine, I would guess the Norton powder would be about the same...

I do not know this...

Since it came up, and I searched out a very old thread on it here is some info about a Rotary Tumbler too

http://straightrazorpalace.com/workshop/25125-modified-rock-tumbler.html

Razorburn:

Yes it will remove the gold, it will also remove the frosted style etch

Yes this thread is a book not, a thread any longer....
If you start on page one you will find what you are looking for rather quickly, then skip ahead to about the last 5 pages to learn some of the...

The threaded nut and bolt problem, is new to the tumblers and thank you for posting the easiest solution...

The older tumbers actually have a venturi like cone in the center (think Bunt cake pan)...

Been there done that, it doesn't work, it is actually in the thread somewhere...

What happens is the media gets jammed up between the scales, and the blade, so there is no circulation, no...

The liquid rubbing compound does make a difference, but yeah I am in the 3 day rotation basically too...

Aaron is trying some 20 micron diamond right now in his to see if that makes a...

NO!!!!!! Nothing worth using, the razor promptly clogged full of media and took about 30 minutes with a nylon brush to clear out....
This was a no joy situation...

I have to agree with Jim aka Syslight here, I finally tried 2 blades at once all last week and that worked just fine.... NO damage to either blade.
I would not recommend too many more in there...

I think BT summed it up dead nut in the last post....
My 4th razor is spinning right now, it did not need any sanding or cleaning up so I put it straight in the CC(corn cob) to polish.... I will...

Lots of good work going on in this thread, many people here have jumped in with both feet and done more experimenting then we could have ever hoped for.....
I think with out a doubt we have...

So far there has not been a great success rate with the scales on...
But your guess is a good as mine..... My personal opinion on this, if ya want it, is the the cone in the middle would interfere...

"Please Sir may we have a link" I say this in my best imitation of "Oliver"

Cool there are no rules hehehe let us know what happens!!!!!

That is an Ultra-Vibe tumbler you have, which is actually a great one, mine is 27 years old and still works just fine....
The smaller Midway does move the media slightly faster, but just leave the...

[quote=Philadelph;181051]My observations so far:

Am I right Glen in that the walnut is not supposed to take out any scratches?

I left the blade in the walnut until it left a nice satin finish...

LOL yeah the checking it every 15 minutes thing will drive ya to drink :D
I solved that problem by tossing it in late at night, then making sure the next day was a work day, so it got 12 hours at a...

Alex:
That razor looks like a perfect candidate for the spinner, Can't wait to see your results...

+1
I am finding the same, stains are frigging stains and this is not taking them all out...
Again I think this is a method that takes the place of 400 grit thru 3000 grit sandpaper
If used...

Thanks for the update, and searching it out!!! We just keep learning more and more on this, and it is getting better and better as we go along...
I guess Ted figured out for us that certain sands...

I think this might work Chris let us know!!!!!

:D OK I was already going there, I need to order one more from Midway so I can have 2 dedicated to razors and still keep the old standby as my shooting tumbler....:tu

"Hello Midway??? Hey!!!! ...

Way to go Ted!!!!
I knew you had tried the whole razor, but the last post I saw from you, it had been taken out of the media, So what yer saying, if I understand is that there was an improvement...

Chris I really appreciate your post, I thought this was something that so many could benefit from...(if it worked) How many more blades like you say, will now come back into the light, and be used...

By simpler do you mean rotary????
If so, the ones we are talking about here are much gentler, and actually moves the media more effectively for dri-polishing.....
The 24 grit looks about the same...