Hello, All.
I am re-repurposing a vibratory rock tumbler to do a different job in my shop. I've got it mostly figured out, except what adhesive to use.
I make guitar picks from some expensive plastics. What I'm doing is so out-of-the-box that I'm having to create my own tooling.
A company called Covington and others makes a series of what they call vibratory flat laps. The principle here is a vibrating base into which you can put different grits, then walk away from several days and let it do it's thing. It looks like this:
covington flat lap.jpg
So I came up with the notion to re-purpose an inexpensive vibratory tumbler to perform the same tasks, but much lighter duty, since I'm doing plastic, not rocks. The tumbler below only costs about $50.
So I removed the bowl, and this is what I'm left with. The diameter is 6.5".
I'm going to be placing a piece of plywood, probably 1/2", on top of this base.
Do you think contact cement is the best way to go? If so, is there perhaps a specific brand or kind of contact cement you would recommend? It's possible the base could be exposed to a little moisture.
I'm open to suggestions. I'm having fun on this little project.
Happy New Year, and thank you,
scott