Semi-Automated Jewellery Polishing - Vibratory Tumblers 

What an awesome video!! Thank you so very much!!!

This is so well done and you have made both myself and my wife's lives so much easier. Thank you

I was a Bench Jeweler for over 30 years. I have spent a few hours in front of my buffing setup. I know what a pain it is. I am into other things at this point in my life but I still do various types of metal finishing, mainly brass and steel. Without making this too long I will say that my preference is definitely barrel type tumbling always using water with a drop of Dawn dishwashing soap for a wetting agent. I will jump right into my final tumbling media and its something you throw away if you drink coffee. Yes its used up coffee grounds. After a few tumbling cycles the grounds when dried will take on a light brown color and are rather gentle on brass. You can mix in whatever polish you want to with the coffee grounds like the Simachrome (Spelling?) polish. I skipped over a lot of details but you get the point. Dry tumbling is simply a mess and vibratory tumbler's are LOUD so avoid both and go with wet and barrel type tumbler's. You will be glad you did. 😁

Love your videos!! Amazing stuff as always!

There's a comprehensive book called Tumble Finishing For Handmade Jewelry: Mass Finishing On A Small Scale by Judy Hoch, and I believe it covers vibratory despite the title. Unfortunately it's hard to get. Thanks for your data. It will be the starting point for my venture into art door knockers!

Thanks a lot for sharing really appreciate it 👍

Great video , as you say experimenting with the mix of media and compounds is a learning curve , but your set up is very practical and affordable. Great topic for sharing everyone’s experience. I use a barrel bright powder / water with stainless steel shot in a octagonal timber barrel .experimenting with walnut and compound mix too . Working with silver and gold.Thanks for info👍happy new year.☘️

Thank youuuuuu!!!!

I want to cry seeing the price of those tumblers 😭😭 exact same thing in the UK, cheapest is close to $200 Canadian! I can get rotatory ones for around £60 tho at least :)

Hello, it works to polish and shine stainless steel jewelry?

Hello, amazing video! Thanks! Could you tell me how much of abrasive powder do you use per kg of walnut shell? And how many times you can reuse the walnut and powder mixture before you have to change to a new one? Thank you very much!

Have you ever tried to the Otec ECO Mini Series Disc Polishing units? I have my sites set on a wet and dry, but they are pricey.

What about magnetic tumblers, are they any good?

Is there a reason why you didn’t just use steel shot to make a high polish?

Hey there! I'm really intrigued by your process. Could you share how much detail might be lost using this method? Also, in your video, do you use walnut shells for all three steps along with Silicon Carbide? Lastly, do you think this technique is effective for jewelry to smooth out voxel lines from tiny areas after 3D printing and casting? Thx

Hi nice work, test PIONEXT resin plzzzzz

How does the vibrating tumbler stack up against a magnetic tumbler?

i am goldsmith and i use this kind of machine, its not work on jewellery, waste of money