[Lab] protein jar tumblers

[Darcy Whyte]

Brilliant thinking! That could very well work! I have some on hand to try.
Cool thing is if it fails, it's not broken.

In a few days I'll have my first couple of protein jars and will try that.




On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:

> How about magnets on the outside (out of the way of the rollers) and
> ferrous-something (possibly coated in silicone or other inert material) on
> the inside?
>
> Andrew.
>
> On 2011-07-03, at 4:47 PM, Darcy Whyte wrote:
>
> >
> > Um, because water is involved, I'm a bit concerned about screwing through
> it.
> >
> > Also, by doing something that interferes with the outside roundness of
> the jar, it might not roll on the tumbler.
> >
> > I'm not dismissing it. It sounds better the more I think of it but it
> still requires the right solvent to seal it up...
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 4:40 PM, mike Jans <mjans at live.com> wrote:
> > Do you think the jar is tough enough to screw through? If so, you could
> press the agitators against the inside of the drum and screw into them from
> the outside.
> >
> > From: darcy at siteware.com
> > Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 13:24:09 -0400
> > To: lab at artengine.ca
> > Subject: [Lab] protein jar tumblers
> >
> >
> > I finally found some empty plastic protein jars to use for my rock
> tumbling project. They are large (like a gallon) and they have a wide mouth.
> The plastic is very tough so I think they will be okay as rock tumblers.
> They may be made of vinyl I'm not sure.
> >
> > Anyways, any ideas of how to install rubs inside them so the rocks don't
> just slide inside?
> >
> > I'm just a little concerned that it will be hard to glue unless I can
> find the right solvent.
> >
> > One thing I thought of is to add a disk underneath the lid. So when you
> go to add the lid (like a peanut jar lid), you first put down a disk as if
> it were a seal. The lid would go over top of this disk and hold it in place.
> >
> > Then the disk could have some agitators attached to it so that as the
> assembly turns the agitators rotate inside the container and make sure the
> stones don't slide.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > http://mambohead.com/2011/06/rock-tumbler-first-run/
> >
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