PVC Dum (STICKER SHOCK)

[tred1956]

Hi,
I am in the progress of building a wet tumbler. I have posted video of stage I am currently in. Finally got Son (the electrician) to wire up the 12 volt DC power supply (using a computer power supply). I have a piece of schedule 80, 8 inch PVC and also a piece of schedule 40, 6 inch PVC. These were donated by a friend but I was SHOCKED when I checked the price. I was also SHOCKED when I checked the price of the end cap and 6 in to 4 in reducer for the other end. AFRAID TO EVEN CHECK ON THE SCHEDULE 80, 8 INCH.

While looking and trying to recover from shock, I noticed the 6 in green PVC drain pipe and caps and reducers for it. I can buy the pipe and ends cheaper than I can buy the ends for the schedule 40. My question is has anyone else used the green drain pipe or is the schedule 4o really necessary? Belwo is link to Green Drain pipe:

http://www.lowes.com/pd_5752-1814-S/...pipe&facetInfo=


I also stumbled across these (see link below) and wondered if anyone has tried them?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/311330324203...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

As always thanks for any and all input
Doug

[IllinoisCoyoteHunter]

I use the cherne 8" plugs on my 8" pvc drum. They work great!

[mozeppa]

i made one out of schedule 80- 12" pipe with a end cap on one end and a 6" clean out on the other.
it had 3 agitators inside.

and it worked well considering that with water, pins and brass in it ...it weighed about 100 pounds.

and it wasn't cheap...the end caps cost $140 for the 2 ...the 2' piece of pipe was $70 and i had $200 more in the motor and drive mechanism.
and it leaked around the clean out.

i picked it up out of its rotator mechanism one day to open it to get my freshly cleaned pins out of it...
sat it up right on the garage floor and started to unscrew the clean-out with my trusty wrench and realized i was too close to the machine to make a complete circle with the wrench....so i picked it up to move it a few feet further away when the end cap busted sending 3 gallons of soapy water. 1500 brass and 25 pounds of pins all over my garage floor.

turns out that the end caps are only schedule 40
and they don't make schedule 80 caps...further more they really are not
that strong.

no... i didn't drop it or mishandle it....it just broke under the weight.

went to lowe's home improvements ....got a 1/3 yard cubic concrete mixer and it was $150 cheaper
than my "homemade tumbler" and i can put twice as much in it at one time.

i don't recommend pvc pipe for anything but sewers!

mine lasted about 30 days....thats all...and a cost of nearly $500

your mileage may vary.

[mozeppa]

p.s.

the concrete mixer was $349.99

[dddoo7]

I've had no problem with light wall PVC on 6" pipe.

I also am using Cherne plugs for my 8" pipe. I couldn't find fittings to match the free pipe I had.

[jmorris]

I made mine using 100 lb chlorine buckets (12.7 gal), price was 4 free.

[DLCTEX]

A plywood plug for the bottom with a plastic or plexiglass face glued to the inside would suffice.I'll bet an inventive mind could fashion the lidin the same manner using an O-ring in a groove between the wood and plastic.

[pete501]

My wet tumbler is made of the 6" Green Sewer Pipe. The pipe was given to me and the End Cap and 4" reducer and rubber cap cost all of $10. regular pvc cement works just fine. I see no reason for the thicker wall $tuff. I did see a 15" diameter Green Sewer Pipe in a trash pile at a construction site and was tempted to grab it but fear that I could not get the cap and reducer so I let it go.

[slim1836]

jmorris,

That's what I'd like to make, someday.
Good work.

Slim

I made mine using 100 lb chlorine buckets (12.7 gal), price was 4 free.

[EDG]

You might troll Craigs list for someone with drop offs and left over 6" and 8" or even larger pipe and caps.

You can also find quality ready made barrels here http://www.candmtopline.com/tumbling_barrels.html


video of the same

[dikman]

I used 6" pvc pipe for mine and yep, the screw-on end cap (other end is glued) cost me a few $. It doesn't need to be really heavy-walled, just as long as it's got a bit of rigidity. Mine is only about 15" long, plenty big enough for the amount that I do. I used a 12v motor from an old electric garage roller door opener.