Tumbling Glass Marbles

If you have a rotary tumbler and want a high polish on your finished glass follow the directions for tumbling stones with these changes.

Tumbling glass 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. 6 marbles 6 7 marbles 7 8 marbles 8 etc. 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. In this video we show you how to make tumbled glass using a rotary rock tumbler.

Margo garden products 1 2 in. As of 2010 i have been lampworking glass making beads for necklaces bracelets and earrings for around nine and one half years with focusing on marbles the last three. The owner of the marble s is to pay postage for both direction of sending the work to me and returning the work to them. This gentler action can prevent chipping on glass marbles some types of glass chip very easily.

We start with landscape glass that can be purchased at many home improvement and garden supply stores. Our product will be very similar to the beach glass or sea glass that ca. In the field of metalworking a similar process called barreling or barrel finishing works upon the same principles. 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.

This process is very similar to the natural processes that produce sea glass or beach glass. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. 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. But what if.

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. Margo garden products 1 2 in. Medium ice clear landscape fire glass model dfg25 l01m 58 68 58 68. Medium green landscape fire glass model dfg10 l011m 29 95 29 95.

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