Polishing Acrylic
Many types of parts are molded and machined from acrylic plastic. Once the parts are made they often have a dull ... Read More
Polishing Brass Plates
Polishing various types of metals can often be a challenging process using just mass finishing. This difficulty is often compounded with ... Read More
Polishing Brass Jewelry
Brass Jewelry Polishing The above picture shows a piece of brass jewelry directly after molding and shaping (left) and a finished ... Read More
Polishing Stainless Steel
After heat treating and laser cutting stainless steel parts, the edges generally need to be deburred and the surface needs to ... Read More
Dry Tumble Deflashing
Molded plastic parts often have flashing or excess material that needs to removed from the edges of the part (see part ... Read More
Cartridge Brass – Study (Part II)
Dirty Cartridge Brass Casings In the last post we discussed the differences in performance between vibratory tumbling and barrel tumbling to ... Read More
Two-Step Polishing
The far left in the picture shows a laser-cut, stainless steel part with sharp edges and heavy burrs. The goal is ... Read More
Deburring Steel Parts
Machined steel parts often need to be deburred. For large quantities of parts, both barrel tumbling and vibratory tumbling can accomplish ... Read More
Complex Part Geometry
There are often many tumbling media options for deburring or polishing parts. Different shapes and sizes of media can be used ... Read More
Polishing Medical Parts
Once cut, machined and heat treated, stainless steel parts to be used for medical applications (see tweezer parts above) need to ... Read More
Polishing Machined Aluminum
Polishing machined aluminum is a delicate art—transforming raw, rugged metal parts into smooth, gleaming end products. The process is not merely ... Read MoreAuto Parts Polishing
Question: I am interested in starting a metal polishing business mainly for car parts. I am wondering if your wet tumblers ... Read More
Mirror Surface Finishing
Achieving a near-mirror finish on many metals using only mass finishing such as vibratory tumbling or barrel tumbling can be a ... Read More
Polishing Firearm Parts
There are two types of finishes needed for firearms. Most (military and hunting) require a matte or dull finish to minimize ... Read More
Polishing Copper
Oxidized copper / Two options – polished pieces Upon storage and exposure to air and moisture, may metals will oxidize and ... Read More
Grinding & Polishing Steel Blades
The process of taking a piece of hardened steel and grinding it down to the proper shape and design and then ... Read More
Grinding & Polishing Steel
The two pictures below show both the handle area and the blade point on a steel part that has been prepared ... Read MorePewter Polishing – Vibratory Tumbling
Many small-run, decorative pewter manufacturers either hand polish or have smaller equipment for polishing cast pewter parts. While we have detailed ... Read MoreCleaning Heat Treat Scale
Heat treating steel parts is often specified to change the physical properties of the metal. The extreme heating and subsequent cooling ... Read More