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Post by Alice on Oct 4, 2005 21:10:16 GMT -5
They took so long because I kept getting annoying little chips (some rocks were fractured internally and pieces would just break off), so I had to grind them some more until they smoothed out again. Not all the rocks went through 6 weeks. Some were pulled out within a few days of starting the batch, and others at a couple of weeks, etc... but I kept adding more rocks to keep the barrel full (that's why there's more rocks at the end then there was at the beginning). There were a few though that did take 6 weeks to shape.
But after those 6 weeks of coarse, medium, fine grit, and Tripoli ... some (just some, not ALL) got damaged again during burnishing after prepolish. You don't see the pictures, but they're there.
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carolelgin
starting to spend too much on rocks
BlueBelle
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Post by carolelgin on Oct 19, 2005 16:37:54 GMT -5
I am in awe!
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Oct 19, 2005 20:11:22 GMT -5
Wow that fossil rock is neat! Great bunch of pics. I love seeing the step by step process. Thanks for the pics....mel
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Post by creativeminded on Oct 20, 2005 14:04:57 GMT -5
Those turned out beautiful, great shine on them. Tami
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Post by Alice on Oct 22, 2005 21:40:17 GMT -5
Thanks everybody I have some brown covered rocks in coarse right now (Iraqi rocks #3). I'd say 2 or 3 more weeks and they'll move on. I'm seeing some real neat-o rocks in the batch that I'm doing now. I'll post pictures when they're done.
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Post by puppie96 on Oct 24, 2005 1:05:51 GMT -5
Alice, they are great photos. How did you do the lighting? Like you said in the other thread, I believe I've picked up everyone of these rocks at one time or another.
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Post by Alice on Oct 24, 2005 3:10:06 GMT -5
Thanks Puppie
The pictures were taken by a window. The sun was shining in and I placed the rocks on the floor between the wall and the suns rays (in the shade).
If you look at the last group of pictures, on most rocks you will see a reflection of the windows on the left, and on the right a reflection of yellow. The yellow is the sun beading off my kids toys and reflecting off the rocks. I tried to get as less glare as possible in the close-ups, but with some, it was just impossible.
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drupe
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by drupe on Jan 15, 2006 19:32:53 GMT -5
See I told you Iraq was good for something beside oil.
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