Stone Washed Blade

[pbubsy]

I heard that if you shoot it repeatedly with a .22 it gives it a nice finish, similar to what you describe.

You've got it all wrong....that's how you get a nice peened look.....if you want a tumbled look, just throw it in the washing machine with a couple scoops of my back hair.....I'm fresh out Skunk, but if you're willing to wait.... I'm sure Cobalt could help..:thumbup:

 

[thatmguy]

Sweco "deburring" machine.

We used to tumble anything we could find, Zippo's, pistons, valves, coffee mugs.

Lots of fun...

Wear hearing protection...

Oh yeh, they vibrate more than a 65 Chrysler with 3 out-of-balance wheels....

 

[mike biz]

Skunk should throw himself into that Sweco. He could use a bit of polishing.

 

[randucci]

for those who know, thanks for the input, for the rest of you jokers go have another drink. aren't you guys EVER SERIOUS?


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Dang, I got to quit being so serious so I can drink more!!!

 

[MikeH]

true, i have a small rcbs vibrator but it would be to small for a mid sized busse. if they are tumbled a guy could use a small cement mixer with media.


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This would likely void the warranty on the cement mixer.

 

[Guyon]

a couple scoops of my back hair

Sticking to your story, I see.

Okay, I've got to sober up and get serious.

Seriously.

 

[idahoskunk]

but you may have heard of this thing called the internet. Surely lots of info out there.

sure i have heard of an internet, all my swim suits have them and i even logged on my internet once as a kid when this huge bear came out of the bushes and scared me

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[bobby.t]

Those finishing machines are pretty cool. Turns out a lot of places use them for finishing various products...you can see them at work full of ball bearings in several How It's Made episodes, and I think some of my Modern Marvels ones show them too.

Not to get too off topic, but I've always wondered this. You can see the thousands of bearings sitting their vibrating and churning, nothing too intense, but obviously over time it's enough to polish tough metal pieces. So, what would it do to say your hand if you reached in?

I mean, on the one hand (har har) it seems like nothing at all, you'd just feel the bearings moving around. On the other hand, your flesh is obviously many times less tough than the metal pieces...so would the things just eventually start rubbing your hand raw or what? Seems paradoxical (then again, I'm not sure how long pieces are typically left in there)

 

[Uncle_Jarvis]

anypork know how makers put a "tumbled" or "stonewashed" finish on a satin blade? what's the process?

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hMMMMM good question ..

One lad informed me that if you smoke a fatty splif then wash the infi in a grit bath you will have a professional stone wash finish...:thumbup::thumbup: