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Post by MsAli on Feb 4, 2018 9:44:22 GMT -5
Thank you!!!
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jamesp
Cave Dweller
Member since October 2012
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Post by jamesp on Feb 4, 2018 12:05:57 GMT -5
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 4, 2018 12:16:53 GMT -5
Yes, but here's the valedictorian.
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Post by MsAli on Feb 4, 2018 13:13:17 GMT -5
😂
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Post by MsAli on Feb 4, 2018 13:19:30 GMT -5
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Post by MsAli on Feb 4, 2018 13:25:31 GMT -5
Picture 9 and the last one came in a box I got from Fish that was labeled Cady and Lavic Is it crazy lace?
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Post by aDave on Feb 4, 2018 13:30:03 GMT -5
Picture 9 and the last one came in a box I got from Fish that was labeled Cady and Lavic Is it crazy lace? Sure looks like it. Definitely not Cady or Lavic. Must have been a bonus.
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Post by MsAli on Feb 4, 2018 13:34:47 GMT -5
Picture 9 and the last one came in a box I got from Fish that was labeled Cady and Lavic Is it crazy lace? Sure looks like it. Definitely not Cady or Lavic. Must have been a bonus. All I know is I want more of it
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 4, 2018 17:37:06 GMT -5
Picture 9 and the last one came in a box I got from Fish that was labeled Cady and Lavic Is it crazy lace? Nice job. You got a good shine going on. Getting them perfect with no imperfections will be a challenge without the use of grinding wheels. If you try to tumble all of those fractures out you wont have much rock left. Picture number nine is Mexican crazy lace. Chuck
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Post by MsAli on Feb 4, 2018 17:51:37 GMT -5
Picture 9 and the last one came in a box I got from Fish that was labeled Cady and Lavic Is it crazy lace? Nice job. You got a good shine going on. Getting them perfect with no imperfections will be a challenge without the use of grinding wheels. If you try to tumble all of those fractures out you wont have much rock left. Picture number nine is Mexican crazy lace. Chuck Thank you Chuck, that makes me feel better about the fractures. Maybe a dumb question, but how do you grind out a fracture? Is there a thread tutorial I can read? I will be buying more crazy lace😊
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 4, 2018 18:04:30 GMT -5
Nice job. You got a good shine going on. Getting them perfect with no imperfections will be a challenge without the use of grinding wheels. If you try to tumble all of those fractures out you wont have much rock left. Picture number nine is Mexican crazy lace. Chuck Thank you Chuck, that makes me feel better about the fractures. Maybe a dumb question, but how do you grind out a fracture? Is there a thread tutorial I can read? I will be buying more crazy lace😊 Most of use use our 80 or 100 grit diamond cabbing wheels to make quick work of it. No special technique just hold the stone against the wheel till the imperfection is gone then swirl it around to try to make it look natural instead of just a bunch of flat spots. Grinding is just for small surface fractures or pits. Deep fractures either get broke into two pieces with a hammer or split along the fracture line with the trim saw. Rock shed crazy lace is worth trying although that is another rock that I do a lot of grinding on. Chuck
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Post by MsAli on Feb 4, 2018 18:14:29 GMT -5
Thank you Chuck, that makes me feel better about the fractures. Maybe a dumb question, but how do you grind out a fracture? Is there a thread tutorial I can read? I will be buying more crazy lace😊 Most of use use our 80 or 100 grit diamond cabbing wheels to make quick work of it. No special technique just hold the stone against the wheel till the imperfection is gone then swirl it around to try to make it look natural instead of just a bunch of flat spots. Grinding is just for small surface fractures or pits. Deep fractures either get broke into two pieces with a hammer or split along the fracture line with the trim saw. Rock shed crazy lace is worth trying although that is another rock that I do a lot of grinding on. Chuck Thank you!!!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Feb 4, 2018 18:24:05 GMT -5
Most of use use our 80 or 100 grit diamond cabbing wheels to make quick work of it. No special technique just hold the stone against the wheel till the imperfection is gone then swirl it around to try to make it look natural instead of just a bunch of flat spots. Grinding is just for small surface fractures or pits. Deep fractures either get broke into two pieces with a hammer or split along the fracture line with the trim saw. Rock shed crazy lace is worth trying although that is another rock that I do a lot of grinding on. Chuck Thank you!!! I should add that there's not a right way or wrong way. Some folks could care less about imperfections and just want them shiny. Some folks want tumbled rocks that are just about as perfect as cabochons and some folks want them somewhere in the middle. Chuck
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 4, 2018 18:24:54 GMT -5
Most of use use our 80 or 100 grit diamond cabbing wheels to make quick work of it. No special technique just hold the stone against the wheel till the imperfection is gone then swirl it around to try to make it look natural instead of just a bunch of flat spots. Grinding is just for small surface fractures or pits. Deep fractures either get broke into two pieces with a hammer or split along the fracture line with the trim saw. Rock shed crazy lace is worth trying although that is another rock that I do a lot of grinding on. Chuck Thank you!!! And those of us without cabbing wheels just have to tumble them longer, Ali. A tile saw can help a little. Some grinding can be done on the side of the blade, but it shortens the life. At the least, you can cut through the very bad defects.
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Post by MsAli on Feb 4, 2018 20:17:45 GMT -5
So much to learn....thank you. You guys are great and I appreciate the tips
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Post by aDave on Feb 4, 2018 21:03:15 GMT -5
So much to learn....thank you. You guys are great and I appreciate the tips I'll add one more thing, if you don't mind. Not all Crazy Lace, or any other rough is the same. Some might get absolutely beautiful material and never have to do anything with it. In my case, most recently, I got some crazy lace and just about half of it tumbled pretty well. The issue for me was severe undercutting and crevices that pretty much caused me to discard some of what I was rolling. If I tried to grind/cut out the imperfections, I was pretty much left with unusable stuff when I was done. The agatized portions were good... it was the matrix that was part of the rock that caused the problem. I was lazy about bringing out the tile saw to take care of some of these issues, and maybe that would have taken care of my problem. If you are starting to get heavily involved in tumbling, I'd highly recommend a tile saw (which is cheap) to help you shape your stones. If you end up having questions about it, Garage Rocker can give you answers. He's an expert in shaping stuff with a tile saw and a great resource. I'll add my two cents only as a fledgling user of the saw to cut what i need. Best regards. Dave
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Post by MsAli on Feb 4, 2018 21:28:23 GMT -5
manofglass has been trying his hardest to convince me I need a tile saw in my life
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Post by manofglass on Feb 4, 2018 21:34:57 GMT -5
Why stop with just a tile saw
Walt
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Post by MsAli on Feb 4, 2018 22:12:12 GMT -5
Walt you keep trying to spend my money😂
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Post by manofglass on Feb 4, 2018 22:49:08 GMT -5
You don’t have any money to spend
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