yogibear
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since December 2006
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Post by yogibear on Aug 31, 2007 6:09:35 GMT -5
I received a Ultra Vibe 10 for my birthday. The instructions that came with it are not worth anything as far as how to load tumbling material. Does anyone have a good proceedure and a formula starting with 120/220 grit? Mostly want to polish smaller slabs. Thanks
yogibear
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firewalker45
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since August 2006
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Post by firewalker45 on Aug 31, 2007 7:01:13 GMT -5
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firewalker45
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since August 2006
Posts: 929
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Post by firewalker45 on Aug 31, 2007 7:04:33 GMT -5
Just click on vib tumblers and than ultra vibe10 &18
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Post by johnjsgems on Aug 31, 2007 7:41:42 GMT -5
Hey Hey Yogibear,
The instructions on the Rock Shed site are excellent. One easy tip on vibe tumbling is if you see water splashing above the mix you have too much water. Too much water causes the grit to fall to the bottom and wear a groove around the bowl bottom. The UV10 is an industrial tumbler (if you got the Industrial model). The bowl is very thick and you may not wear a groove very quickly (like on a Raytech TV-5) but grit settled out won't grind either. Vibrating tumblers will maintain rock shapes and are used a lot for finishing flat free-form cabs and rapid finishing of materials. Vibes are up to twice as fast as rotary tumblers. I use mine for removing tarnish from finished silver jewlry and beaded jewelry my wife makes. I have a Mini Sonic that maintains shape completely but have been eying the TV10's I have in stock for doing bigger batches. I stopped selling the Raytech tumbler after several customers called to complain the bowl broke off after a few batches. I think you will enjoy the UV10.
John at JS Gems
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Post by Condor on Aug 31, 2007 7:44:58 GMT -5
Slabs will polish quite well. Place the slabs in the vibe, then add water. After that, turn it upside down and drain all the water that you can. Now the rocks will be wet enough to be able to create a slurry when the grit is added. You can leave them anywhere from three days to a week. Do that with the next stages and you should be good to go.
Condor
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