I've hear rumors or people running their blades through a shell tumbler to clean them. How does that turn out? Still have crisp edges? I'd assume the pitting would still need to be sanded out.
Thoughts?
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I've hear rumors or people running their blades through a shell tumbler to clean them. How does that turn out? Still have crisp edges? I'd assume the pitting would still need to be sanded out.
Thoughts?
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Wellllllllll now that you ask LOL
Here is just a small thread on how it works Bahahahaha
http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...mentation.html
Some light reading :rofl2:
As the thread show they work pretty well for cleaning and leave a nice semigloss finish, but as you guessed they do not remove healthy metal. It will take out the black and expose more pitting than you started with. You need t o be very patient. It is also a great place to finish a blade.
I recommend one blade at a time. Others will say more than one is ok, but I've had some nasty chips show up on high dollar blades by following not advice that proved to be wrong. IMO it's not worth the time and risk of using other methods. Any method besides hand sanding will have significant risks...
I've got to give this a try, I've got all the equipment, just not the Walnut shell media as I ultrasound my cases first them tumble in corn cob.
Absolutely i only ever go one blade at a time. More than one and you are asking for trouble. There is a ton of different media out there too, I just like the results from walnut shell so I keep going with that. There is ceramic and glass tumbler media, and shot too I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by prodigy
Looks like it works. And, that was a lot of work to do the pics and posts.
What is sad is only you and ChrisL are still active in this forum.
I'm still here lol!!! I just didn't respond to the post back then, it was good to read it again
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I hates me some sanding, after 20min I'm looking for power tools. Lol.
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Originally Posted by Clayglen
Do not even assume that Tumblers can replace Buffing they do NOT remove metal like a buffer can, they only Polish REALLY well
They work really well for certain restores