Glass in a stone polisher

**julesie** · 04-02-2012 12:13 PM

have a go at skipping the water and shot and use strips of very rough grade sanding papers instead

**Eyebright** · 04-02-2012 04:11 PM

Thanks Julesie, sandpaper would be a lot cheaper than the jars of grit! x

**StefC** · 04-02-2012 04:37 PM

We had a tumbler when I was a kid. Dad made it from heavy duty drain pipe and a washing machine engine. It was definitely noisy!

It does glass really well. Have fun!

**keystamp** · 04-02-2012 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by Eyebright

Its full of stones and tumbling as I write and the noise is...well noisy. I think it needs a new home before the family move out!

About 45 years ago I use to tumble polish stones. To keep the noise down it was kept in the garage. However if you have it indoors then I would recommend keeping it inside a couple of double wall corrugated boxes. This will definitely muffle the noise and make it bearable.

Roger

**Eyebright** · 05-02-2012 01:09 AM

I'm thinking about moving it next door to my dads garage! No one will hear it in there!

A drainpipe and a washing machine engine must have been deafening! We had a stone polisher when I was a child, the noise of mine brings back happy memories. We never thought about polishing glass though.

Fiona xx

**StefC** · 05-02-2012 09:08 AM

We went to somewhere in Penzance to meet the only man Dad could find who sold machies. He wouldn't sell us one when he read the side of Dad's van (washing machine engineer) but gave him instructions on how to build one instead.

It really was noisy so it lived out in the shed, inside a box of straw bales and what I presume was asbestos sheeting!!

Dad had a hobby of digging things up and we tried polishing most of it - old jugs, plates, bottles etc, anything that came up broken.

I wish I still had some of it. Memories are good though and my sister and I made lots of pocket money stringing and setting the doings!

Thinking about it.... I could make jewellery from broken plates again. Sand down the edges and cover them with something like the soft metal strips you use in glass painting! Might be fun, if I could rememebr what that stuff is called

**Eyebright** · 06-02-2012 04:13 PM

I'm glad I conjured up some happy memories for you and I hope you get making jewellery again from broken plates. Sounds interesting!

My mum used to love our stone polisher so the sound of my one reminds me of her. She used to make little stone men with mops of furry hair and sold lots of them! Unfortunately the rest of my family do not share my sentiments regarding the rattling sound!

For some reason it never crossed my mums mind to polish anything other than stones so I can't wait to experiment!