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Post by nowyo on Apr 27, 2021 13:23:41 GMT -5
Got a little of that global warming Monday morning.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Apr 2, 2021 11:41:07 GMT -5
Maybe you can build a better tumbler that lasts This is the real answer. The original belt on y Model B lasted quite a while. Bought two new "official" Thumler replacement belts just to have on hand. The first one lasted less than 24 hours before it broke, the second one lasted less than a week. Put the original belt back on. Since then I've been using O-rings that I bought a bag of a few years ago. Not ideal, they work and last longer. Russ
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Post by nowyo on Mar 26, 2021 10:44:36 GMT -5
Good stuff. Good to see you posting again.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Mar 26, 2021 10:26:09 GMT -5
duh
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Post by nowyo on Mar 20, 2021 11:14:34 GMT -5
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Post by nowyo on Mar 20, 2021 10:44:21 GMT -5
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Post by nowyo on Mar 20, 2021 10:06:41 GMT -5
Happy first day of Spring!
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Feb 25, 2021 15:14:09 GMT -5
Thanks everybody. Mostly I do self collected rocks just because I think it's more fun. Once in a while, though, it's nice to pull out some lacey stuff or something.
Several comments about the rhyolite. Getting a good polish on it mostly starts with good material. The stuff in the picture is high silica content rhyolite from over near Goldfield. Feels almost like jasper to the touch. We have some locally that works up nice, also. Handle enough of it and you can tell when collecting whether it's good or not. Fun stuff.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Feb 24, 2021 15:56:39 GMT -5
All very neat.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Feb 24, 2021 15:52:28 GMT -5
Great stuff there, Norm.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Feb 24, 2021 10:29:17 GMT -5
Been too long since I've posted anything. Just busy I guess, or just lazy-take your pick. Thought I'd post a few pictures from the last couple of batches just so I don't forget how. Don't know what these are, tumbled for a friend. Know that he bought the rock in Quartzsite last year.
Crazy Lace and Laguna Lace (that's what they were labeled anyway)
Lavic Little piece of Moroccan Seam Agate
Nevada rhyolite
The rest are just some stuff we picked up wandering around in the desert
Thanks for looking and have a great day.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Dec 24, 2020 18:22:24 GMT -5
Will be there for Pow Wow at least.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Dec 18, 2020 21:28:36 GMT -5
Very, very nice.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Dec 18, 2020 21:26:42 GMT -5
Wow. Beautiful work.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Dec 14, 2020 9:51:15 GMT -5
So beautiful! Is that framing metal tin, or something else? Adrian The metal is 60/40 lead/tin solder, same procedure as doing stained glass.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Dec 9, 2020 22:36:56 GMT -5
Those are soooo nice! Do you have a website? No. Had one when I was building log furniture, but after my heart attack I decided I didn't need to be dragging logs around anymore and let that all go. Then I started dragging rocks around. Makes sense, eh?
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Dec 9, 2020 9:25:32 GMT -5
Thanks Bill, no real skills here. Reckon if I mess around enough something wiil turn out not too ugly.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Dec 9, 2020 9:22:47 GMT -5
Seems as though every darn thing has been shut down this year. Last Saturday in Ely they had their annual Christmas Craft Bazaar. Found out on Wednesday that it was really going to happen. OK, so it's not really a rock show but we did it last year and had a decent day. This year it went well and we had a really good day. Sold out of darn near everything I took so now it's go like mad to get more stuff made up. Those stars and the butterfly things sold really well. Crowds were down but the people who were there were there to buy.
Thanks for looking. Russ
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Post by nowyo on Dec 9, 2020 9:08:10 GMT -5
With the weather cooling down it's time to move inside and get back to messing with rocks.
A few I got done last week.
The first two are from rocks we collected in Nevada. The last two are from some rocks we found one day when we sneaked over the border into Utah.
Thanks for looking.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Dec 9, 2020 8:54:53 GMT -5
Those turned out nice.
Russ
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