03-24-2015, 02:46 PM
Using an old Sears. 2- sack cement mixer lined on the exterior with a chunk of old carpet bungee corded in place to deaden the sound, with large styrofoam type planting pot as a lid for same purpose. Inside I have 3 good sized lava rocks to smash the glass, add a little bit of water to keep glass dust/shards from flying about with a good handful of really coarse beach sand. This will also initially dull the broken edges some.
Once "sized" by eye, I dump the glass thru a screen to size out , first chicken wire screed, then across an expanded metal screen to get the really small stuff to drop out. Then once sized, back into the mixer with more coarse sand mixed with water to a really soupy slurry to polish out.
Kind of a slow process, but once you get it going, it works on its own while you are tending other projects on the "to do" list. I am also considerate of the neighbors on initial rock tumble and usually wait until 0900 to plug it in, and unplug around 400 pm when most are at work. Rough breakdown was a couple of days for a contractors wheel barrow full of glass aggregate.The sand Polish is a lot quieter and can work longer hours. Also am spacing out this work to make electric bill palatable!
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Once "sized" by eye, I dump the glass thru a screen to size out , first chicken wire screed, then across an expanded metal screen to get the really small stuff to drop out. Then once sized, back into the mixer with more coarse sand mixed with water to a really soupy slurry to polish out.
Kind of a slow process, but once you get it going, it works on its own while you are tending other projects on the "to do" list. I am also considerate of the neighbors on initial rock tumble and usually wait until 0900 to plug it in, and unplug around 400 pm when most are at work. Rough breakdown was a couple of days for a contractors wheel barrow full of glass aggregate.The sand Polish is a lot quieter and can work longer hours. Also am spacing out this work to make electric bill palatable!
Community begins with Aloha