i had an idea for a product that maybe could be offered through Langmuir. currently, i use a industrial cement mixer and gravel to tumble my smaller parts, it works ok but wasn’t meant for this task and the hours on end it takes to provide a good finish- Ive already burned up one cement mixer. i would love to be able to build a vibratory tumbler, but don’t have the budget to go through multiple re-designs until i find one that works. my idea is: if Langmuir could R&D out all the fine details and develop either a vibratory or rotating tumbler for our parts that get cut on our Langmuir equipment. the commercially available ones are meant for large business’s that have large budgets to absorb a initial cost in the +$8K. i have seen many “builds” of such devices on Youtube and other sites, and they always appear to not quite work as anticipated, are made too janky to survive daily use, or use parts that are hard to source. if Langmuir could devise a kit to assemble either a vibratory or tumbling parts finishing machine that is about 2’x2’x2’ or larger. either sell it as all that necessary parts in one user assembled kit- much like my Crossfire Pro, or another idea is to sell a kit that includes the motor and other non-common parts- control switches, belt drives and such, where an owner of a plasma table could cut out the rest of the pieces from the Fireshare site and weld them together. just a thought for a piece of equipment that I’m looking to purchase, but don’t have the budget for it.
Might be better off with a sand blast cabinet. Glass bead for paint rust and millscale. Plastic shot for aluminum.
At the time this was one of the better plans I could find for a cheap Tumbler.
For part surfacing a Langmuir version of a Timesaver would be the cats ass.
I also suggested to Langmuir a few times to build a variable speed die filer. Maybe one day.
a sand blast cabinet wouldn’t be bad, but hard to finish small parts. i actually have one on my “to be purchased next list” to handle the bigger parts before powder coat.
Colander or strainer
ooohhhhh…
I guess I will have to start taking pictures of the one I am building…
I am using a commercial meavy compressor tank…paid $200 as is…not working
so far I have removed the 600v motor and the compressor head and split them up for salvage…made $45 in scrap Aluminum and motor weight
used the nice top and bottom to make fire pits…$145 each sold…
purchase $200…recovered $335…up $135…
now I have a 24" diameter 3’ long tube of 3/16" steel.
I have 3/16 plate I am going to cut the top and bottom with…
pillow blocks, 1" shaft, misc. parts $100…
still up $35…
pictures to come shortly
so this video just popped up on my YouTube feed… i think it looks like a much more usable and simple design… i just need a way to machine the off-center driveshaft part. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb9KSONw4CA
saw this today, is exactly what i was looking for, a kit to build a tumbler on your own. all the variables already figured out, cutting expense and time of trying to figure it out on my own. fairly inexpensive for what you get. DIY Vibratory Tumbler – Laser Bros SHOP
check this one out. its what i was hoping Langmuir could develop and sell. i think a couple of improvements could be made on it, but overall it looks like a satisfactory setup. the estimated built out price is right also. DIY Vibratory Tumbler – Laser Bros SHOP
I think you just solved your own dilemma. We hope you share your end product. This seems to have a lot of value to many of us. Thanks for bringing up this idea.