Hi,

I'm new to this forum and fairly new to making silver jewellery and could do with some advice on tumbling. I have all the basic tools but am now thinking about buying a tumbler/barrel for polishing my pieces, possibly the 3lb Metal Barrelling Machine (code 999 6005) on the Cookson Gold website as it has some good reviews.

What I'd like to know is, what is best to use in it? I've heard stainless steel shot has a longer lasting result than steel shot, but I really don't have a clue what to get, plus it comes in different shapes/sizes... And do i need to put anything else in the barrel along with the shot?? As you can tell I am completely new to tumbling (and very confused!) so any advice would be very much appreciated!

Also, can anyone recommend where's best to buy it from (ie the cheapest place!)

Thanks,

Karen