Most of my blocks are from Dry Dock but I've had to make some fiddle blocks. I made a little tumbler, a jar lined with sandpaper, and tumbled some blocks for a hour and nothing happened. Does anyone have a link on a how-to for a tumbler that works?
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I purchased a cheap gemstone tumbler and use granulated walnut husks for a tumbling medium.
How long do you have to tumble them with just walnut shells for abrasive?
I just found a video for a Block Buster. It has a paddle inside to move the blocks. I may try that.
Dry Dock sells beautiful violin/fiddle blocks! Though maybe you just like the process of making your own?
Well, how did I miss that. 
Thanks Paul. I'm planning an order for block from DDM so I guess it would be foolish not to spend another $5-10 since the freight will already be done. I'm going into the hospital for a couple of days so I thought I would take my rigging plan and write out a DDM order to kill the boredom.
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Thanks Paul. I'm planning an order for block from DDM so I guess it would be foolish not to spend another $5-10 since the freight will already be done. I'm going into the hospital for a couple of days so I thought I would take my rigging plan and write out a DDM order to kill the boredom.121-ShipOf16-14Guns
Hope your procedure goes well, Don!
Hah, late to the parade as usual. I diddled around with trying to "customize" blocks a couple of years ago.
An old pill bottle lined with sandpaper, a "paddle" lined with sandpaper, a small brass rod and a TV coax cable connector for a bushing in the cap. I found it worked best when chucked in a cordless drill at a medium speed. After a lot of experimenting I decided the kit blocks were too "ugly" to use whether spun down or out of the box.
I hope your hospital stay is not to long.
Jan
An old pill bottle lined with sandpaper, a "paddle" lined with sandpaper, a small brass rod and a TV coax cable connector for a bushing in the cap. I found it worked best when chucked in a cordless drill at a medium speed. After a lot of experimenting I decided the kit blocks were too "ugly" to use whether spun down or out of the box.
I hope your hospital stay is not to long.
Jan