How to Build an Abrasive Part Tumbler - DIY Tool
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
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In this video, I make an abrasive tumbler out of stuff I had laying around. The abrasive media is 5lbs of green resin "rust cutting" pyramids purchased from Harbor Freight.
Materials used:
-(4) Casters
-(1) Windshield Wiper Motor
-(1) 12V Power Supply
-Some Screws, Nuts, and Bolts
-Some scrap pieces of wood
Tools Required:
-Drill with various bits
-Hole saw
-Band saw
-Welder
-Screwdrivers
-Pliers
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Video Transcript:
I thought that I could get away with using swivel casters, but it turned out not to be the case.
So I used a couple L brackets to hold the swivel casters in place. I know I could have used non-swiveling casters, but I didn’t have any on hand and I didn’t really want to spend any more money on this project.
This is the windshield wiper mechanism from a Fiat 850, I’m salvaging the motor off of it and that's what is going to spin the drum.
Since the wiper motor didn’t have a central pivot point, I welded a bolt to it to act as an axle for the drum.
Now I’m adding a couple pieces of wood to the inside of the drum so that it agitates the abrasive media as it rotates.
I threw a lot of bits of metal and stuff in there so I’m going to take it out and wipe it off with a cloth. So let's take a look at was in the tumbler for about an hour.First of all, remember I put this bolt in? This is what it looked like before I put it in. And this is what it looks like upon removing it from the tumbler. This has been in there about an hour and fifteen minutes probably. Not too shabby.
This is a bracket that was on the bottom of a car. It took most of the paint off, unfortunately it took the paint off of the areas that had surface corrosion already. You can see there is still paint here on the areas that aren’t as badly corroded, but it did take a lot of that loose rust off.
Again, it took the paint off and smoothed it down. Parts like these I’d say are ready for paint after being in there for about an hour.
These are some little brake fitting clamps. Usable.
This is the sliding wedge piece off of a fiat brake caliper. It took the corrosion off and is pretty smooth now. This one has a little more corrosion, might want to replace this one.
Here's a couple nuts, usable, not very pretty but they've only been in there for an hour.
These are brake caliper springs and they turned out really nice, those look fantastic.
So like I said, these were in there for about an hour before I stopped it. The motor was getting quite warm, it was 12v the entire time and consistently about 4.5 to 5 amps. So I think I might want to find another motor that is a little bit beefier and maybe slower spinning as well. The only modification I made was to raise up the open end so that the abrasive media doesn’t spill out when I open the lid, but other than that I think I’m going to add an actual power supply and call it a day.
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Really like the simplicity of this design, and the way you got round the wiper motor centre drive. Methinks I’ll have a go at this one, but with the addition of some wet mix, thanks for sharing 😃👍
Awesome idea.
Thanks. Will make an excellent ball mill for cleaning native plant seed.
Nice I’m just gonna use my drill have it drive the bucket with friction with a cpu fan right next to it to cool it down I already have a cpu fan but I don’t know what I’m gonna scrap for the wheel maybe just go to the scrap yard, I also might add wheels on the top and the bottom and keep the whole rig tiles like yours. Thanks for the idea :)
Correct use an old wired drill
Never would've though that a wiper motor would be strong enough for, well, ANYTHING besides pushing rain drops. TIL.
Yeah, it's a strong little gear motor. The one that I used might be a little underpowered though for this application. A window regulator motor might be a more appropriate option.
Thanks for watching!
THIS IS THE BEST !! THANKS MAN, JUST WHAT I NEED FOR CLEANING OPAL ROUGH.
I would attach a thermal cut off so it will turn off automatically when it gets too hot and back on when it has cooled off? They're very cheap. One that is NC (normally closed) 104F degrees (40C) cost about $1. Problem solved. BTW: Don't salvage one from of an old coffee maker since those are NC 145C degrees (293F) which is almost 3 times as hot as the motor should ever get.
That would have been an easy fix to get around the symptom, but I felt like a better solution would be to find a more suitable motor than the 53 year old windshield wiper motor I had been using.
I ended up fitting a different gear motor with much more torque, slower output rpm, and it doesn't get nearly as warm which allows me to run it continously for hours.
@@NickMakesBreaksStuff I like your solution. I find that quick fixes often become permanent. Hehe :)
swivel casters would have worked if they were both facing the way of rotation.
Looks great! I’m going to try an build one for sanding wood parts. How did the threads on the bolt turn out? Were they worn down?
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great video, had you ever used smaller media
Thanks, no I haven't tried smaller media. The resin pyramids were all I've ever used with this tumbler.
What power source did you use
I used a bench top DC power supply to power the wiper motor
I’ve been trying to do this But my wiper motor overheats
I have since upgraded to a 120v ac gear motor that drives a belt around the bucket. I'll make a new video about it soon.