holdemplyer
spending too much on rocks
Member since January 2008
Posts: 418
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Post by holdemplyer on Aug 10, 2008 20:50:04 GMT -5
After taking over a month off from rocks because of the fishing contest my 6 year old daughter and I were in, the vibe is going again, and that hum sounds goooooooood. about the only rock related thing i did was cut the ocassional pendant out of a slab. Will be back at the rocks only for a while though, . Fishing is kinda slow during the next few weeks, but picks up real good again. anyway, back to checking the board daily, twice daily, thrice daily, drooling over the many great pics! Hope to have some pictures of my own up here again in a week or so. Alex
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Post by cpdad on Aug 10, 2008 20:57:17 GMT -5
cool...im back at it also ;D...for about 3 weeks now....even though im doing rotary....i know what youre saying about the sound ;D...kev.
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Post by Noosh9057 on Aug 11, 2008 6:43:04 GMT -5
Happy tumbling!!!!!!!
Roger
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darrad
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since September 2006
Posts: 1,636
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Post by darrad on Aug 11, 2008 19:27:57 GMT -5
Without the rotarys rolling in my home it sounds very odd and I do not like it.
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scottyh
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since November 2007
Posts: 181
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Post by scottyh on Aug 11, 2008 19:42:18 GMT -5
I know how it feels, I haven't been tumbling for about 8 weeks now because of a combination of equipment failure and an extended period of travel. Back home now and have rebuilt the tumbler so ready to kick off the fine, pre and polish barrels again on my 3 x 15 lb barrel homebuilt. My 50 lb rough tumbler was a bit small (I like to tumble the odd large agate) so I have just had another barrel built for me. My thoughts were that with a larger tumbler I will get through the rough a bit quicker (I am really fussy about moving material on and most of it just disappears in the rough). The big problem is that I was just a little greedy and have ended up with a monster that takes about 150 pounds so I have had to upgrade the rollers and bearings (and the motor maybe). As soon as it gets rolling I will get the photos uploaded for every one to have a look at . Cheers Scott
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