azgnoinc
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Post by azgnoinc on Sept 8, 2014 19:54:52 GMT -5
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Post by Jugglerguy on Sept 8, 2014 20:47:11 GMT -5
I love the Crazy Lace!
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Sept 8, 2014 20:53:06 GMT -5
dude that lacey is crazy! nice tumbles cheers
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Post by snowmom on Sept 9, 2014 5:28:49 GMT -5
yes, you're getting on that shine. My stuff is in 500 now, working through 3lbs at a time, 6 more to go... that clear agate is da bomb! (only a LOT jealous)
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 9, 2014 7:48:41 GMT -5
Looking good! My only complaint about my vibe is that vibes do not change the contours my stones enough. This is fine for finishing preground cabs as, in that case, you do not want the contours changed. I like my tumble slabs I do for the kiddies more rounded so I found I have to do coarse grind for a bit in the rotary to round and smooth the edges and then move on to the vibe to finish. The final results are almost like tumbled cabs......Mel
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 9, 2014 8:13:00 GMT -5
Lots of color in that batch-Thumbs up
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tkvancil
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Post by tkvancil on Sept 9, 2014 9:39:16 GMT -5
Very colorful bunch of goodies you got there. The Lace is way cool and that piece of Morrisonite has me wanting more. Nice batch, keep 'em coming!
This is not meant to be critical in any way, purely curiosity. Some of your pieces have cracks or voids, I would like to know how you clean between stages. Hand scrub or just burnish and go?
I ask because I'm trying to relax my standards to get more rocks through. Having a hard time doing so because I'm paranoid about cross contamination. Obviously not a problem with your batch as they shined up really nice.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 9, 2014 10:16:49 GMT -5
You got some great material in this batch. Its nice to have some new blood showing there stuff. I ask because I'm trying to relax my standards to get more rocks through. The other way to get more rocks through without lowering your quality is too tumble more rocks in stage one. My stage one system seems to work well at about 10%. This means if I constantly have 40 pounds of rock going in stage one I am able pull out an average of 4 pounds each week to fill the lot-o. With that same figure if I was only tumbling with one 12 pound barrel I would only be getting a little over one pound per week out and could only run my lot-o one load per month. These figures are based on rounded rocks free of defects and I fully realize that there are a lot of folks that are after shiny rocks in a more natural shape. This batch is a great example of rocks getting shiny without changing the natural characteristics. chuck
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tkvancil
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Post by tkvancil on Sept 9, 2014 10:58:03 GMT -5
You got some great material in this batch. Its nice to have some new blood showing there stuff. I ask because I'm trying to relax my standards to get more rocks through. The other way to get more rocks through without lowering your quality is too tumble more rocks in stage one. I agree, he does have some nice material in this batch. I also agree that your method of getting more rock is optimal. At 4# per week I could run my UV18 once a month which I would be totally happy with. Expanding my roughing capacity is a future goal. Economically challenged at the moment. Know what to shoot for now.
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Post by iant on Sept 9, 2014 13:11:14 GMT -5
Great batch, love the variety of colours and crazy lace always has me drooling! Thanks for posting your results!
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azgnoinc
spending too much on rocks
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Post by azgnoinc on Sept 12, 2014 11:37:55 GMT -5
Very colorful bunch of goodies you got there. The Lace is way cool and that piece of Morrisonite has me wanting more. Nice batch, keep 'em coming! This is not meant to be critical in any way, purely curiosity. Some of your pieces have cracks or voids, I would like to know how you clean between stages. Hand scrub or just burnish and go? I ask because I'm trying to relax my standards to get more rocks through. Having a hard time doing so because I'm paranoid about cross contamination. Obviously not a problem with your batch as they shined up really nice. They get thoroughly rinsed & run through a "semi-burnish" type washing between every stage - I generally use a mixture of a couple teaspoons of Borax along with some liquid dishsoap (generally 4-6 drops in my UV10) and I will run that anywhere from 4-12 hours between every stage and they get a thorough rinse after that before moving to the next stage, plus I go through after every stage & pick out every little piece that is less than a 1/4in and replace that with ceramic pellets (I use these small pieces in my rotary tumblers for the initial grind stage), and I use a separate polish only bowl too, generally my other stages run from 24-48 hours, polishing generally runs 48-72 hours & I will usually put a few drops of liquid soap into the polish stage after 24 hours.
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rodeodan
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Post by rodeodan on Sept 12, 2014 12:40:25 GMT -5
LOVE the crazy lace
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tkvancil
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Post by tkvancil on Sept 12, 2014 23:49:15 GMT -5
They get thoroughly rinsed & run through a "semi-burnish" type washing between every stage - I generally use a mixture of a couple teaspoons of Borax along with some liquid dishsoap (generally 4-6 drops in my UV10) and I will run that anywhere from 4-12 hours between every stage and they get a thorough rinse after that before moving to the next stage, plus I go through after every stage & pick out every little piece that is less than a 1/4in and replace that with ceramic pellets (I use these small pieces in my rotary tumblers for the initial grind stage), and I use a separate polish only bowl too, generally my other stages run from 24-48 hours, polishing generally runs 48-72 hours & I will usually put a few drops of liquid soap into the polish stage after 24 hours. Thanks. Pretty similar to what I do already. Should be good to go.
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Joe
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Post by Joe on Sept 13, 2014 1:57:56 GMT -5
Nice tumbles!!!!
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azgnoinc
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Post by azgnoinc on Sept 14, 2014 0:03:48 GMT -5
They get thoroughly rinsed & run through a "semi-burnish" type washing between every stage - I generally use a mixture of a couple teaspoons of Borax along with some liquid dishsoap (generally 4-6 drops in my UV10) and I will run that anywhere from 4-12 hours between every stage and they get a thorough rinse after that before moving to the next stage, plus I go through after every stage & pick out every little piece that is less than a 1/4in and replace that with ceramic pellets (I use these small pieces in my rotary tumblers for the initial grind stage), and I use a separate polish only bowl too, generally my other stages run from 24-48 hours, polishing generally runs 48-72 hours & I will usually put a few drops of liquid soap into the polish stage after 24 hours. Thanks. Pretty similar to what I do already. Should be good to go. That's probably because you are one of the folks who've offered advice that I've followed, along with modifying Chuck's recipe for the vibe, so far so good, but then again I haven't tried anything softer and more challenging yet.
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Post by pghram on Sept 15, 2014 10:04:48 GMT -5
Nice batch, I especially like the lace.
Rich
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