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Dryer or Frontloading Washer as Makeshift Tumbler/Parts Washer?

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Inyone done it? Good/bad idear? I would imagine the drum would have to be plastic coated, like w/ RhinoLiner or sumpn. There is a place that recoats the buckets of vibratory tumblers w/ a durable tough coating, but it ain't cheap. How does a rotary tumbler compare to a vibratory tumbler? F'sure it's gotta be *quieter*!

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Make a ball mill:

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Now you can mill powders as well as polish and deburr.

You could use your lathe for this, if you don't mind the wear and tear.

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Richard J Kinch

Just another idear for you...

On my roll-in bandsaw, I bought a peristaltic pump off eBay. Hooked it up to a little squirt tip right above the sawing point. I set the speed on the pump to just keep the blade wet. this works very well and I didn't have to build a whole recirc system.

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That is actually a very good idea, something I had sort of pondered for my lathe--just enough coolant to keep some smoke in the air, but not enough to splash all over the place. I would have still used a submersible or sumpn cheap/available, but valve off a small tip.

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