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Post by snowmom on Aug 8, 2015 7:21:25 GMT -5
update- checked on the barrel last week to make sure it wasn't running dry, it was perfect and developing a slurry, some grit remaining, so I sealed it up and let it run a little longer. today is the first time I looked at what is going on in there. I have removed several of the colored non-puddings and put in another larger pudding I found last week, and set back to roll a little longer. this is very interesting! (thanks again capt'bob)
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Post by captbob on Aug 8, 2015 8:37:36 GMT -5
Getting there!
I might suggest not doing a clean out anytime soon, but just adding some more grit and let it keep running. If you have a slurry going, you don't want to lose that. Just add more grit and check on it in another month.
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Post by snowmom on Aug 8, 2015 9:37:58 GMT -5
will do, I checked on it those few days after I started it out of not knowing whether I had loaded it correctly, though it seemed from the instructions I did. I did not do a cleanout when I pulled these from the barrel, everything just went back in.. now if I can just leave it alone for a month. I listen to it to make sure I still hear things moving in there a bit... having fun.
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Post by snowmom on Aug 31, 2015 5:34:17 GMT -5
overexposed but that's what I get for using a steel colander, Puddings are starting to take a little shine, have lost loads of volume. The matrix on most of them seems to be unstable, but that is probably why I found them on the beach as little stones. I expect if I had started with a good solid Pudding and broke it up, the pieces would polish better. Some of the companions in the tumble are much better polished at this point than the puddings. Thanks for looking!
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Post by orrum on Aug 31, 2015 7:28:52 GMT -5
Hey Captn Bob I think you have created another tumbling addict!!! LOL. GO SNOWMOM!!!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Aug 31, 2015 7:31:58 GMT -5
You say some are looking more "polished" then the pudding stones? I thought you were in the course stage in a rotary tumbler now? Great colors. Should be a fine looking batch.
Chuck
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Post by snowmom on Aug 31, 2015 11:56:58 GMT -5
moved them to the vibe day before yesterday Chuck, and started them in 500... the white has undercut so badly in most of them that I feared I'd lose them all if I didn't move them on... thanks for your input!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 6, 2015 13:45:22 GMT -5
What happened with this batch? Must be done by now. Inquiring minds want to know.
Chuck
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 8, 2015 21:18:35 GMT -5
Yeah, I forgot about those. How did they turn out, snowmom?
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Post by mohs on Oct 9, 2015 14:17:05 GMT -5
yeah... is it pudding yet ?
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Post by snowmom on Oct 10, 2015 4:41:52 GMT -5
thanks for your interest guys! It became evident that I had made poor selections to try to run as a pure batch. the stones were developing cracks and eroding badly. I moved a couple on to finish in another batch of hard stones, but took the rest out before they became dirt. The reason I found them as very small pieces on the beach may be the reason they did poorly... they had a tendency to break apart into pieces anyway. Lesson from this is that a better pudding stone tumble may perhaps be obtained by cutting or breaking up a better quality stone to tumble rather than using pieces found on the beach. The remains of this batch are not up to the standards of Jugglerguy or Drummond Island Rocks, mr.mohs , but they will please guests who will take them home as reminders of their visits to my home and to Michigan. Keeping on keeping on.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 10, 2015 8:37:19 GMT -5
I hate tumbling pudding stones. They never get to be perfect. That matrix is just a pain. Don't feel bad about having a hard time with them. Thanks for the update though!
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