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Post by captbob on Nov 28, 2016 10:15:40 GMT -5
I get a kick out of all this "can I add more grit after 3 hours" kinda experimentation. Where do y'all get all this time to deal with tumblers every couple/few days? I did my tumbler cleanouts yesterday. It had been two weeks -to the day- since the last time I played with them. Did two full cleanouts and one grit reload. Yup, the grit was gone. The rocks didn't care. I ought to check once a week to be more efficient, but it usually comes down to when do I have a few hours to kill. I enjoy reading all the experiments, just not in that big a hurry down here. And the rocks don't care.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Nov 28, 2016 20:46:39 GMT -5
I get a kick out of all this "can I add more grit after 3 hours" kinda experimentation. Where do y'all get all this time to deal with tumblers every couple/few days? I did my tumbler cleanouts yesterday. It had been two weeks -to the day- since the last time I played with them. Did two full cleanouts and one grit reload. Yup, the grit was gone. The rocks didn't care. I ought to check once a week to be more efficient, but it usually comes down to when do I have a few hours to kill. I enjoy reading all the experiments, just not in that big a hurry down here. And the rocks don't care. Ya old goat. Off the duff and shake a leg.
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Post by huskeric on Nov 29, 2016 18:19:09 GMT -5
I get a kick out of all this "can I add more grit after 3 hours" kinda experimentation. Where do y'all get all this time to deal with tumblers every couple/few days? I did my tumbler cleanouts yesterday. It had been two weeks -to the day- since the last time I played with them. Did two full cleanouts and one grit reload. Yup, the grit was gone. The rocks didn't care. I ought to check once a week to be more efficient, but it usually comes down to when do I have a few hours to kill. I enjoy reading all the experiments, just not in that big a hurry down here. And the rocks don't care. captbobI find that three hours and 27 minutes is the optimal reload time, but only if the room is kept at a constant 71 degrees and 60% relative humidity. I find that the grit has broken down to an average of 34% of its original, and that if you reload with 75% of your original grit volume (by weight), you will see that you spend WAY too much time on rock tumbling. I have to try new stuff because I am not wired to just leave them for two weeks without looking at them. I'm not defending the fact that I'm a whack-job, but it keeps life entertaining. And for the record, the rocks DO care. I asked them, and they told me. I have to take off my tinfoil hat to hear them, but that's just because the shiny foil scares them and makes them shy.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 30, 2016 6:22:21 GMT -5
World's fastest barrels It takes 6-10 minutes to pop the caps and add grit on 3 barrels every day. Keep a 5 gallon bucket of water and a wash rag next to the tumbler to dip the caps in water to rinse them before reinstalling. (Wife's) wash rag to wipe slurry from mouth of barrel. Nut driver to remove and retighten band clamp. Old rubber caps serve as barrel stands. Barrel stands sit on deck not 6 inches from shafts in a row immediately in front of each barrel's position on the shafts. Clean outs every 7 days. Art of high production. Saving time allows more time collecting on the Rio Grande. Yes, obsessive compulsive production freak. A pair of speedo's optional captbob. Speedo barrels, 6 pound capacities. For busy people. Note Roman numeral '5' engraved in left most barrel. They are numbered. Having them all the same size is handy for comparing performance and experiments. Experiments
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Post by 1dave on Nov 30, 2016 10:41:57 GMT -5
I get a kick out of all this "can I add more grit after 3 hours" kinda experimentation. Where do y'all get all this time to deal with tumblers every couple/few days? I did my tumbler cleanouts yesterday. It had been two weeks -to the day- since the last time I played with them. Did two full cleanouts and one grit reload. Yup, the grit was gone. The rocks didn't care. I ought to check once a week to be more efficient, but it usually comes down to when do I have a few hours to kill. I enjoy reading all the experiments, just not in that big a hurry down here. And the rocks don't care. captbobI find that three hours and 27 minutes is the optimal reload time, but only if the room is kept at a constant 71 degrees and 60% relative humidity. I find that the grit has broken down to an average of 34% of its original, and that if you reload with 75% of your original grit volume (by weight), you will see that you spend WAY too much time on rock tumbling. I have to try new stuff because I am not wired to just leave them for two weeks without looking at them. I'm not defending the fact that I'm a whack-job, but it keeps life entertaining. And for the record, the rocks DO care. I asked them, and they told me. I have to take off my tinfoil hat to hear them, but that's just because the shiny foil scares them and makes them shy. Love it
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Post by rockpickerforever on Nov 30, 2016 11:13:12 GMT -5
I get a kick out of all this "can I add more grit after 3 hours" kinda experimentation. Where do y'all get all this time to deal with tumblers every couple/few days?
Bob, ya know, if ya cut back on the humanitarian efforts (i.e., saving tadpoles, feeding kittens, etc), maybe y'all might have a tad more time to tend to your tumblers, maybe add some grit. Ya think?
Just thinking out loud here...
(JK, could use more do-gooders in this world.)
According to the expert jamesp ,
World's fastest barrels It takes 6-10 minutes to pop the caps and add grit on 3 barrels every day. Keep a 5 gallon bucket of water and a wash rag next to the tumbler to dip the caps in water to rinse them before reinstalling. (Wife's) wash rag to wipe slurry from mouth of barrel. Nut driver to remove and retighten band clamp. Old rubber caps serve as barrel stands. Barrel stands sit on deck not 6 inches from shafts in a row immediately in front of each barrel's position on the shafts. Clean outs every 7 days.
Surely you have 6 to 10 minutes available to play with rocks each day?
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Post by jamesp on Nov 30, 2016 11:27:24 GMT -5
We must not rock Bob's world. +/- 2F temperature ambient air allowances and max out 4 minute work cycles rockpickerforever.
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Post by jamesp on Nov 30, 2016 12:18:49 GMT -5
We must not rock Bob's world. +/- 2F temperature ambient air allowances and max out 4 minute work cycles rockpickerforever. However, he became a Tasmanian Rio collector, up w/the sun and down with the moon. Hot and extreme sun. Hauling masssive packs of rocks up vertical cliffs.
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Post by MrMike on Dec 4, 2016 14:21:35 GMT -5
We must not rock Bob's world. +/- 2F temperature ambient air allowances and max out 4 minute work cycles rockpickerforever . Careful, "He pack a gun"
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