DIY Large Tumble Cleaner For Cleaning Rust,Oil, Paint and Grease From Steel Parts

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[@QuietRiverBear]

Roiling pins from the second hand store will work as long rollers, too. They are usually a nice hard wood (or acrylic) with a centered axel bore already to go.

[@TimeSurfer206]

I was just going to say... Great minds think alike.

[@markkluepfel]

Please clean your camera lens :)

[@rgbii2]

I was thinking the same thing. I guess he heard us since about half way through he cleaned it :)

[@chriscooper2496]

I wrote in a week or so ago saying the same thing.

[@samanthajayjones2645]

wow I have been looking at rock tumblers, I was going to buy one thank you so much. I have to give it a go making one.

[@samanthajayjones2645]

@@AEON. I got all my bits together conveyor rollers, The motor is off a fitness machine that vibrates found it dumped in the woods 220 v dc , as i want to run it for long periods I got racing cart tyres for barrels. i do have a dc speed controller. Just starting to get in to lapidary and jewellery making.I have watched so many of your videos I find them so interesting. Its starting to be so helpful now, A big thing in jewelry on youtube is eletroforming.All the conductive coatings you have done will come in to play too. Thank you all so much. You must be the Hardest working guys on KZbin.

[@ParamjitandMichael]

Love the great ideas and can-do practical demonstrations. I built a tumbler out of a plastic 55 gallon barrel... Cut out about 3" inside the thick rim, and mounted it at about a 30 degree angle to be able to leave it open. Bolted small (~1.5") stirring fins at an angle to circulate the media and parts. A small motor with a belt that went all the way around the barrel for speed reduction, castors on the low end where you used a wood block. Lots of downsides to my build... But it worked for several years with occasional repairs and upgrades. Leaving it open meant it would be very dusty if running dry, pretty noisy, needed a little babysitting to fix and upgrade the things that went wrong, like the belt walking off, the belt slipping when I chucked in a heavy rusty chain... The upsides were even bigger though. If I hadn't built it, I wouldn't have had a big tumbler for those several years. I wouldn't have learned a bunch of little tiny things that all added up to more and better projects. I'm always stumped by the folks who say things like "It's not as good as store-bought... New is not that expensive, just buy one..." I *LOVE* comments that give suggestions to improve a presented idea. Sometimes the comment isn't phrased so nice, but constructive ideas are a super benefit to having thousands of people watch and comment. I wish that there was an easy way to sort the chaff from the wheat, as you said in a previous video. Again, love the great variety of good ideas and repurposing in your video list Rob. Thank you!

[@mechanical1955]

Nice one Rob , I made a tumbler drum that rotates between centres on my lathe , The lathe has a dc drive so it is silent and rotates at any set speed , works great , nice to use a machine you already have for multi purpose

[@benniedonald]

Incredible. I been searching for an old washer motor. I have it somewhere and was going to put the old drive belt from an old dryer around it. I like this much better. I don't need high speed for my purposes. I am inspired every time I watch your channel.

[@fraydnot]

Salvaged bits from a treadmill would work great!

[@farkookneebah]

Legendary as usual solutions to problems I have pondered before :) Keep em coming Champ you make my day

[@kevinbowker2385]

You are a heap of fun to watch! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@czechyorker]

Simplicity is the key. Great video.

[@AM-us7cz]

Brilliant as always Robert 👌 Thanks.

[@viking90706]

Well that was BRILL!

[@dremaboy777]

Fantastic video. Extremely useful.

[@scantrain5007]

Dear Rob, ages ago I seen a similar mashine like this. Was in a factory and much bigger. And: It made a HELL of noise! I'm afraid you will not long happy with the plastic body of drum ... Too soft. But I might be wrong. Good luck with it, a great idea anyway!

[@twestgard2]

I wash ammunition brass in plastic buckets that are the same material. There’s some wear but they’ll probably hold up for a hundred hours or so. At that point I can just get a new bucket

[@Inventive101]

I think I've seen this work somewhere before but yours is much more interesting. Good luck

[@colouroboros9993]

really cool build!

[@zaneaussie]

lol nice! Rob does it again!

[@MrAnderson4509]

🙂i used s rock tumbler for small stuff for years. you have the beginnings of a washing machine. insistently i used to have and old laundry dryer and a sealable container and some old moving blankets ( yes liquid solution did leak some times), good it was not used for my clothing, lol

[@karlmyers6518]

Nice mate. I've been looking for some containers like that to store my citric acid and salt. One free dishwasher and one free tumble dryer in one day lol

[@clickbaitnumberone1403]

great one again

[@nevyngould1744]

Just what need to clean my mail armour. Brilliant. Thanks.

[@NorthernKitty]

Anxious to see if this is as effective as the vibration method. From a design standpoint, I like this option better. Not only because it's easier to make and to obtain parts, but it's also lighter, stows away easier, and doesn't shake everything to pieces. 😋 My guess is that it will work well but simply take a long time to run.

[@scotttovey]

That's excellent Robert! But you might want to make an insulated cabinet for it to dampen the sound of metal parts rolling in the drum. I'd make one just to reduce the motor noise. There are certain sounds I can't stand.

[@kiddiescripterkiller]

Very cool... So many ways you can do it... I have some of that stuff laying around... I think I'll make one using plywood rings around the barrel so I can leave the handles on. Rubber on the drive rollers and 2 casters at an angle in the center of the drive rollers against the sloped sides of the barrel, to keep it centered and non tipping... And then sell my parts washer... ;)

[@maxkennedy5073]

Don't need the rollers, just 2 sets of casters, 1 set for each end. As the friction drive is just another modified caster modify one of the support ones and drive it instead. If you mount them perpendicular to the curved barrel body using angled supports you may not even need the end stops though they may still be a good idea.

[@Inventive101]

And much easier to do! congratulations

[@reaneya]

You should do a tv show where you get let lose in the local tip for a day.

[@johnmcginnis5201]

Look up Storage Wars in the TV listings. Not as 'tech' as Robert here but it gives you the tip flavor.

[@mikeladd5880]

What's your views on using chemicals for rust removal ie. Acids. Could you do a comparison between cosmetically available rust removal chemicals and perhaps your own recipe. And compared to say sand blasting or tumbling etc.

[@ollieb9875]

Someone recommended citric acid to me for rust removal.. 🤔 I use the food grade stuff to descale the kettle so I dunno about rust but it's pretty cheap powder from eBay. Basically it's lemon juice extract, sour! But safe. 😅👍

[@docink6175]

4 more casters could replace the rollers and drive one with the friction wheel or drive the barrel directly

[@lonewarrior6633]

You are my bath time video!!!! Some listen to mad....hypnotic music/sounds.......but I listen to ROB!!!!!

[@2pi628]

I have a 9 volt drill without a battery that I was given at a white elephant gift party. Ha Ha I knew that thing was going to come in handy!!

[@rastamanralph6670]

I've got a rock tumbler but that's insane😂😂👍

[@Stuartrusty]

Genius!

[@jeffreyrood8755]

Another good build! May have to have so,e ridges from scrap inside to catch the parts and flip them. No biggie for you though! Question, Did your camera lens get scratched? There is always a blur in the same spot. Inquiring minds want to know lol.

[@luv2trades920]

could also use an old burned out clothes dryer also..you would have to plug off the air outlet holes and take out the paddles but it would work i think..

[@DiyEcoProjects]

Thats Cool Rob! ~ Actually that would make a great diy Washing Machine for off grid living :) Easier than a 240v 1500w machine. Also i bet crystal polishers are jealous now haha.

[@stevetobias4890]

Pretty cool, possibly a more efficient way would be mounting the motor underneath with a rubber belt going over the drum that is locked in with a lever action handle and spring that also holds the motor. (If I explained that any good)

[@craigglewis]

Let's see it in action and how it cleans :)

[@donaldhanson2908]

It could be all casters. Oh, and once the barrel is loaded, there won't be any drag from the weight of the lid. :)

[@wongowonga]

Hi Robert, I've just finished watching a TED talk that I think may be of interest to you. It's about 'the 4th phase of water' and how it can hold electrical charge from light. Very interesting concept that I think you may be able to apply to some of your battery research. The same concept could possibly also be applied to other electrolytes. You may well already be aware, sorry if we are sucking eggs here... anyway as soon as I finished watching the talk I thought of you. Strangely, YT will not let me share the link which make me even more intrigued. Search for 'The fourth phase of water' here on YT.

[@John-yf2uf]

Rob mentioned a couple of video's ago, there is either a smudge on your lens or the light is glaring onto the lens, whatever it is, it is creating a blur on you video's, have you noticed? Ok the blur disappeared at 2.55, nice vid as usual

[@jamescunliffe9872]

I used some dewalt glass polish pads of various grades to get a scratch out of a car windscreen, excellent results! Not sure if they make camera lense sized? Tumbler could also double up as a competition tombola! I wonder if there's a barrel that could fit in a tumble dryer?;)

[@colleenforrest7936]

You could put it inside your wind turbine and have that turn it... As long as the wind was blowing :)

[@flytrapjohn]

This is also a cheap washing machine. 🙂 Thanks Rob.

[@recyclebills]

I put the drums in my cement mixer.

[@claytonmccormick622]

you will need to put something in there that will positively engage whatever you wish to tumble as otherwise it will sit in the bottom and slide without tumbling and that will defeat the porpose .

[@chainmaker]

HI Rob. Have feeling you might need some longitudinal vanes inside to "stir". Am wondering if the weight of the parts and gravel are just going to slide as a single mass in the low point with the reduced friction added by cleaninv solution. But looks increbibly promising nonetheless.

[@kiddiescripterkiller]

It depends on the rpm of the barrel... I can't remember where I read about it, but once you reach a certain speed it will cause the items inside to start "folding" over on to itself, then as you increase the speed it will cause it to "stick" to the out side of the barrel. I'm designing a new style gold processing plant and used that article to figure out the speed of the trommel so I wouldn't need the vanes on the inside of the trommel. Slow, you get "slumping" motion (like what you described... just slides along the bottom) Medium, you get "cataract" motion (will fold over onto itself) Fast, you get "centrifuging" (sticks to the side)

[@tritonbradford1688]

👍

[@chuxxsss]

Blood hell, I just threw that roller in the bin. I only have one of them. For more torque you can use a windscreen washer motor too. They use them on trummels machines on gold washing machines.

[@HeimoVN]

So the only concern I have would be that the drill motor overheat when the tumbler is used for any practical amount of time, that is the problem I ran into when I built a fairly simular rig that was powered by a windshield wiper motor that I coupled to a 3D printed gearbox... It works, but the motor will kill it self if you leave it too long spinning a loaded drum...

[@GoVertical17]

pounds some carbon for superCap fabrication. :) Nice design.

[@benniedonald]

Any suggestions for mixing 🤔 black powder. LOL

[@johnmcginnis5201]

odds on in a loaded state I doubt your barrel would tip eliminating the need for the casters.

[@senna4281]

Question could have tryed develop carbon catching systems from the air. If yes what uses could you use this carbon for. Could he use it in batteries, solar cells or making stainless steel for his rockets and cyber truck etc. What other use do you know or think could use this carbon that is captured from air. Let me know. Could he find a really good use for this material. Also do you think he should build these carbon plants at his factories to of set his carbon footprint. You could start a trend that large manufacturers have to do this. I bet you could get government grants for this

[@MrTubeuser12]

all this cleaning is great, but the one thing you need to clean is your camera lens :(

[@Graham_Wideman]

Well I hope this works, but I'm concerned that all those steel parts and gravel rattling around are going to "clean" all the plastic out of the plastic drum... I do like the ad hoc use of common bits and pieces to make something interesting!

[@happydrones9187]

I use an electric cement mixer... Just so damn loud.haha And in live in town...haha Made a styrofoam box for it...barely touched it...haha

[@markgeurts258]

Hey Rob, your camera lens is a bit dirty i think..

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[@lipsee100]

I think you would be better with an old cement mixer....

[@kreynolds1123]

Is the haze, center loftin your videos, getting worse?