Has anyone experimented with different water fill levels in their wet tumbler?
We've all noticed the difference between shaking a new, full can of spray paint versus shaking one that's half-full, or the more violent mixing in a half-full bottle of water compared to one that's full to the brim.
Is this meaninful at the rate of tumbling in a wet tumbler? How do the effects of filling the tumbler full to the brim with water compare to leaving a couple inches of air space or filling it 3/4 full?
It seems to me that a tumbler bin totally filled with water and no airspace would tumble brass and pins at a lower velocity and that velocity of falling brass and pins would increase with air space. Perhaps the difference in the motor speed with the lower mass bin would contribute a little, but I'm really more interested in the difference in velocity of the mixture falling through air versus falling through water.
We've all noticed the difference between shaking a new, full can of spray paint versus shaking one that's half-full, or the more violent mixing in a half-full bottle of water compared to one that's full to the brim.
Is this meaninful at the rate of tumbling in a wet tumbler? How do the effects of filling the tumbler full to the brim with water compare to leaving a couple inches of air space or filling it 3/4 full?
It seems to me that a tumbler bin totally filled with water and no airspace would tumble brass and pins at a lower velocity and that velocity of falling brass and pins would increase with air space. Perhaps the difference in the motor speed with the lower mass bin would contribute a little, but I'm really more interested in the difference in velocity of the mixture falling through air versus falling through water.
