My Thumler tumbler has no paddles . .
. . . and I have no problem with the contents not tumbling properly, but I'm using crushed walnut hulls, dry.
I can see how a liquid slurry might be "slick" enough to just lay there and not actually tumble without some sort of paddles . . . particularly when you consider how relatively heavy the pins are.
Edited to add that John K. points out in the above thread that the Thumler drum is hexagonal instead of cylindrical, and this apparently is enough to insure tumbling without internal paddles.
Complete thread:
- Rob - starting a separate thread for tumbling methods. -
John K.,
2013-04-05, 18:12
- Thank you for the enlightenment! I like the idea -
Rob Leahy,
2013-04-05, 18:58
- Quite welcome, Rob! - John K., 2013-04-09, 10:35
- Rob - starting a separate thread for tumbling methods. -
LAH,
2013-04-05, 20:30
- Lynn, what does he plan to use for inside paddles? -
John K.,
2013-04-09, 10:07
- My Thumler tumbler has no paddles . . - Kentucky, 2013-04-09, 13:44
- Lynn, what does he plan to use for inside paddles? -
John K.,
2013-04-09, 10:07
- Stainles steel pins -
Fivegunner,
2013-04-06, 09:22
- Stainles steel pins - John K., 2013-04-09, 10:10
- Interesting: a question . . . -
Kentucky,
2013-04-06, 12:00
- Interesting: a question . . . - John K., 2013-04-09, 10:13
- What I do with bp fired case -
cr,
2013-04-06, 23:11
- What I do with bp fired case - John K., 2013-04-09, 10:16
- Stainless Pin Tumbling -
bmize,
2013-04-07, 12:23
- Stainless Pin Tumbling -
John K.,
2013-04-09, 10:20
- Annealing - bmize, 2013-04-09, 16:16
- Stainless Pin Tumbling -
John K.,
2013-04-09, 10:20
- Thank you for the enlightenment! I like the idea -
Rob Leahy,
2013-04-05, 18:58