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Pete,

I have one - Great bit of kit for polishing up metal posts/nuts/screws... throw in there with some walnut media and some autosol, and put on for a few days.... :)

Paul
 
I've heard people talk of using walnut media which you can buy from Pet shops, but again have to leave the thing running for days and days. Have any of you tried different media for faster results?
 
PeteB said:
I've heard people talk of using walnut media which you can buy from Pet shops, but again have to leave the thing running for days and days. Have any of you tried different media for faster results?
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The other is Cord Cob. Corn cob is more course.... Walnut isn't as good as getting the crap off, however it also polishes.... So maybe a day or two in Corn Cob and then a day or two in Walnut...

It's not a short thing....

and i can say ive never seen a new one for less than around £65... The Lyman, IMO, is the best...
 
Thanks dude! Yeah I think I saw a website couple of months back selling small tumblers for like £300+. No way was I gonna pay that.

Anyway I've bought the Lyman and gonna experiment with some of these different media's. :)
 
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The other is Cord Cob. Corn cob is more course.... Walnut isn't as good as getting the crap off, however it also polishes.... So maybe a day or two in Corn Cob and then a day or two in Walnut...

It's not a short thing....

and i can say ive never seen a new one for less than around £65... The Lyman, IMO, is the best...
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Its just my built in stingyness, i know i wouldnt have paid £65 for a tumbler (i dont think)

I must check, it was a few years back though also.
Any good sources for media anyone ?
 
Bizarrely it sold for £1,850.00 last time. No wonder the buyer pulled out, I mean there's been far better ones sold for less recently. Maybe it was just the Christmas season madness.
 
Too expensive, bad photos, seller is an twat.

Please close this thread, everything has already been said :p
 
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Another TFTC though! They are like buses! Waited for ages to find one and now they are all crawling out of the woodwork.
 
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Bit harsh maybe.
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Lol! It was harsh, I'm just baffled by people who can sit down and go through the trouble of creating an eBay listing but can't be bothered to walk up to their game and snap a photo or 2. Surely it was more effort to write "photo coming soon" on a piece of paper and take a photo of that, than just walking up to the actual game in the first place? o_O
 
I have delved into eBay for pinball machines in the past three months. You just can't underestimate how little some folk know about them. There are guys out there who will have never lifted the playfield.

Pinball is a specialised business. But there are guys out there who buy a single game and get lucky. Nothing goes wrong for as year or two then they sell. Or they get unlucky and sell as broken. Or they get really unlucky, it breaks, they spend £300 getting it repaired then they struggled to sell it.
 
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Anyway I've bought the Lyman and gonna experiment with some of these different media's. :)
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They're good! I borrow a friends. 24-72 hours depending on what you're polishing. Walnut harder than corn, so better at brightening up duller parts but corn gets the better shine. Do one then the other. I found a little splash of Brasso really helps or AUTOSOL. Personally I like to let the tumbler do the hard work and do the final polish by hand on the buffing wheel.
 
Oh I agree, silverball mania is a dull game. I wondered about buying one too but the internet gameplay videos put me right off.

There must be some folk that like this style of game ??
 
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