Post by santabarbara on May 27, 2017 18:37:17 GMT -5
Hello - a late introduction from joining. I have used RTH almost exclusively when dialing in my lapidary equipment and looking for hard to find answers/odd questions. What a great resource!
Anyway, Im a 30 yr old male, been into lapidary and rock collecting for several years. I used to have a HP b12 with bumper wheels and SC wheels, felt polishing. Sold and last year I have accumulated and refurbished equipment. I now use a star diamond super GP8 (2 diamond, 2 expandos), a 10" star diamond, an 18" frantom, 8" flat lap, trim saw, genie, star diamond tumbler, lortone ns8 dual arbor. Oddly enough most of the equipment besides the frantom is in the unused side of my kitchen. I amassed this set from old timers and great deals here and there.
I have a strong passion for rockhounding, my favorites are marcasite and sagenite, and jade to collect. I like a lot of agates and not to forget opals , sunstones, and fire agates. I frequently go and free dive for jade in big sur have gotten a lot of great stuff from there and big sur is just great. Im always open to new collecting places, I like going to acton, nipomo, malibu beaches. Locally i have gotten a lot of agatized whale bone and other varieties. I have a great collection of jade, schiller sunstones, fire agate, opals etc that i am selling ( and plan to sell here when I reach the necessary post #. '
Very much appreciate all of you have offered help and advice , I have been searching here for years had an account about 4 years ago, but now back on board. Thanks for all the good info and atmosphere.
Stephen
Anyway, Im a 30 yr old male, been into lapidary and rock collecting for several years. I used to have a HP b12 with bumper wheels and SC wheels, felt polishing. Sold and last year I have accumulated and refurbished equipment. I now use a star diamond super GP8 (2 diamond, 2 expandos), a 10" star diamond, an 18" frantom, 8" flat lap, trim saw, genie, star diamond tumbler, lortone ns8 dual arbor. Oddly enough most of the equipment besides the frantom is in the unused side of my kitchen. I amassed this set from old timers and great deals here and there.
I have a strong passion for rockhounding, my favorites are marcasite and sagenite, and jade to collect. I like a lot of agates and not to forget opals , sunstones, and fire agates. I frequently go and free dive for jade in big sur have gotten a lot of great stuff from there and big sur is just great. Im always open to new collecting places, I like going to acton, nipomo, malibu beaches. Locally i have gotten a lot of agatized whale bone and other varieties. I have a great collection of jade, schiller sunstones, fire agate, opals etc that i am selling ( and plan to sell here when I reach the necessary post #. '
Very much appreciate all of you have offered help and advice , I have been searching here for years had an account about 4 years ago, but now back on board. Thanks for all the good info and atmosphere.
Stephen