Tumbling Glass Marbles

Tumble finishing also known as tumbling or rumbling is a technique for smoothing and polishing a rough surface on relatively small parts.

Tumbling glass marbles.

But what if. If you have a rotary tumbler and want a high polish on your finished glass follow the directions for tumbling stones with these changes. This process is very similar to the natural processes that produce sea glass or beach glass. In the field of metalworking a similar process called barreling or barrel finishing works upon the same principles.

Beach glass broken glass abraded by sand then picked up on lake and sea shores is really useful and attractive in jewelry and craft projects. Our product will be very similar to the beach glass or sea glass that ca. Make offer sea glass red and orange glass knot with clear sea glass stuck in it 8 tumbled sea glass beautiful assortment of catseye swirls peewees marbles 12 45. Margo garden products 1 2 in.

Margo garden products 1 2 in. So while each of the four stages in a rotary tumbler can take a week on average stages 2 4 can all be done in only one week. This gentler action can prevent chipping on glass marbles some types of glass chip very easily. In this video we show you how to make tumbled glass using a rotary rock tumbler.

Medium ice clear landscape fire glass model dfg25 l01m 58 68 58 68. After five days of tumbling in medium grit it was converted into some nice nuggets of frosted glass if you want brightly polished glass you can tumble the glass in two more steps. If your glass is rough as obsidian may be or needs a lot of shaping start with the first step using 120 220 grit silicon carbide. Small ceramic cylinders work best because they provide cushioning around the marbles.

The main advantage of a vibratory tumbler is that it dramatically speeds up the tumbling process for stages after your rocks have been shaped i e medium grind fine grind and polish. We start with landscape glass that can be purchased at many home improvement and garden supply stores. 6 marbles 6 7 marbles 7 8 marbles 8 etc. 1 in fine grit then in 2 txp polish this can make some really gemmy pieces of polished glass.

Medium green landscape fire glass model dfg10 l011m 29 95 29 95. If you remove marbles during the process you can add ceramic cylinders to keep the bowl of the tumbler up to its recommended operating capacity.