Dirt Nuker
Elite Member
This is awesome for my 500th post.
This is a project I've been tossing around in my head for a while. I wanted to clean my coins like everybody else, but I just couldn't bear doing it all a handful of coins at a time. Too many coins, too much wear and tear on the machine and way too much time to clean them all.
I sorted a year's worth of clad and pennies (about $200 worth) and put it into two large pretzel containers. One for pennies, one for nickels, dimes and quarters. I used a load of Teflon tape on the lid. Too much water made it leak.
Off to the garage. I dug into my wood scrap bucket and made up this frame.
Now for the power. Let's see.....what could I use to turn about ten pounds of coins, water and fish gravel. I know.....my old treadmill! I clamped the frame to the treadmill making sure there was enough clearance for the belt to run. The frame also fits the container so it doesn't move too far left or right.
Here's a look from the top down:
No comes the hard part. I had to adjust the speed of the treadmill so it would turn properly but not too fast and not too slow that it lost the friction to properly turn. 1.1mph was the sweet spot. Here's a link to my contraption in action:
Click To See The Best Rock Tumbler EVER!!
This is a project I've been tossing around in my head for a while. I wanted to clean my coins like everybody else, but I just couldn't bear doing it all a handful of coins at a time. Too many coins, too much wear and tear on the machine and way too much time to clean them all.
I sorted a year's worth of clad and pennies (about $200 worth) and put it into two large pretzel containers. One for pennies, one for nickels, dimes and quarters. I used a load of Teflon tape on the lid. Too much water made it leak.
Off to the garage. I dug into my wood scrap bucket and made up this frame.
Now for the power. Let's see.....what could I use to turn about ten pounds of coins, water and fish gravel. I know.....my old treadmill! I clamped the frame to the treadmill making sure there was enough clearance for the belt to run. The frame also fits the container so it doesn't move too far left or right.
Here's a look from the top down:
No comes the hard part. I had to adjust the speed of the treadmill so it would turn properly but not too fast and not too slow that it lost the friction to properly turn. 1.1mph was the sweet spot. Here's a link to my contraption in action:
Click To See The Best Rock Tumbler EVER!!