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I had a Eureka moment today


new2woodwrk

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You all probably know this already, but it was an enlightening moment for me...

First off: I'm in the process of cutting out letters - actually, trying to decide if it's better to cut letters or cut words.  So far letters is winning for my needs since I only need 3 or 4 words.

After making a dozen or so letters approximately 1/2" in size, I thought to myself "Self, these are going to be one time consuming bear to get the fuzzies off".

So, I started to think... Hmm what can I do to speed this up...

and "EUREKA"! I yelled!

We are avid reloaders ( we reload 12 different calibers) and have a full loading room devoted to it so perhaps, our tumbler could be used to speed this up.

I threw a bunch of the letters into our tumbler - which is loaded with Corn husks and set it tumbling for 45 Minutes

Sure enough, at the end of the cycle all of the outside "fuzzies" were gone and just a few of the 'A". "P" and 'E"'s had just a small piece left inside which was easily removed!

In case you opt to try this yourself remember the tumbler mixture should be dry.  The corn cob in my tumbler had no residual wet chemical - it had dried out quite a while ago so nothing stained the letters/wood.

For mixtures, you could use: corn cob (the cheapest), walnut shells (more expensive but a really good medium), bits of sand paper, buck shot (if you load your own shot gun shells) as well as marbles and more!

Just thought I'd share in case anyone wasn't aware this worked.

Thanks for reading

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4 minutes ago, Sparkey said:

Great idea jes. I am also a reloader. I wonder if the car polish in my media will affect the wood?

From what I've discovered Rusty, yes it will affect the wood - it will seep into the pores and may inhibit staining or finishing.

I've not tried it with any of my cleaning fluids so I don't know this first hand, but it makes sense.

Also, you may want it to affect the finish with the polish though - food for thought

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