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Post by jasperblue on Jul 26, 2013 22:05:35 GMT -5
VERY nice!
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Post by jasperblue on Jun 19, 2013 23:05:51 GMT -5
Lookin' Good Bill! Good on ya!Really looking forward to being in your awesome country again! Take care, mate -Chris.
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Post by jasperblue on Mar 9, 2013 23:05:23 GMT -5
Very, very nice!!
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Post by jasperblue on Feb 25, 2013 2:12:27 GMT -5
Welcome bradjh! You will really 'dig' this forum. The greatest bunch of folks on the net, if you ask me! You may even want to get into a club and the South Bay Lapidary and Mineral Society is Very close by. Look us up. We go on field trips and have a real cool annual show, (Mar. 23rd, 24th 2013). You are more than welcome to check us out. Hope to see you there! -Chris
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Post by jasperblue on Feb 23, 2013 18:07:29 GMT -5
Alright! I've been waiting to see some more of these. I also tumbled a load of these, posted July 14, 2011, and found them to be quite tough. You did a real nice job on yours. I'm sure the trip out there was quite cool for you too. Very cool. Thanks for sharing! -Chris.
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Post by jasperblue on Jan 14, 2012 23:26:01 GMT -5
WOW! Those are lookin' real good!
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Post by jasperblue on Jan 14, 2012 23:21:31 GMT -5
Really Nice!
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Post by jasperblue on Jan 4, 2012 15:53:42 GMT -5
Thank You!!!
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Post by jasperblue on Jan 4, 2012 15:40:59 GMT -5
Stoner, hello. Those, and all that I've seen of your work is mighty fine! You've probably been asked before, but do you dop your stones? Thanks in advance, - Chris.
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Post by jasperblue on Jan 3, 2012 20:17:29 GMT -5
Nice. I just heard about Fordite the other day! Very cool!
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Post by jasperblue on Dec 14, 2011 0:45:15 GMT -5
Those are very, very nice!
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Post by jasperblue on Sept 9, 2011 11:25:28 GMT -5
Alright! Lookin' good. Nice batch.
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Post by jasperblue on Sept 9, 2011 11:22:12 GMT -5
Lookin' good Paul. I know the feeling, from last year's WRT contest, that the filler rocks come out way better. Again, good luck in the contest! - Chris
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Post by jasperblue on Aug 15, 2011 14:33:23 GMT -5
Lookin' GOOD!
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Post by jasperblue on Aug 4, 2011 22:30:27 GMT -5
Lookin' real killer there Bill. The last pic is just awesome! At close-up it looks like the sky is on fire behind an electric mountain range with lava down below! Nice! Take care, -Chris.
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Post by jasperblue on Aug 4, 2011 22:15:13 GMT -5
I hear ya there, Daniel!
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Post by jasperblue on Aug 4, 2011 10:47:10 GMT -5
You got me there, Daniel! My 6 pounder just blew it's lid! And now I'm enjoying a sticky clean-up. Good luck grapevillians, I,m sure in the end that glass will be lookin' good. -Chris.
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Post by jasperblue on Aug 3, 2011 11:13:38 GMT -5
Yes, gran-u-lated. Powdered sugar wont work. Sugar slows down the tumbling process without affecting the grit one way or the other and actually cushions the stones/glass.
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Post by jasperblue on Aug 2, 2011 14:59:26 GMT -5
Hey there grapevilliansjr, is all this glass? If so, you would tumble this load like you would obsidian and/or Apache tears. If there are stones in with this load, take them out. They will shatter the glass. To tumble glass, remember slower is better. Add plastic beads to every stage and even throw some regular granulated sugar in to slow em' down more. Leave em' in each stage till you are satisfied. Such as; in 'coarse' till they're shaped how you want, in 'med' till they're smooth, etc. Cull out the ones that are ready in each stage and if there is excess space, after culling, add more beads. This should get you going. Oh yeah, don't use the same plastic beads once you get into the 'fine' and polish stages. Use new clean beads (or previously 'used in polish' beads. Hope this helps. Really like to see how those zebra striped and light blue ones come out. Good luck, -Chris.
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Post by jasperblue on Jul 20, 2011 9:25:38 GMT -5
Lookin' good Paul. I hope you take 1st place this time! -Chris.
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