1nickthegreek
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 9, 2014 13:58:25 GMT -5
WD-40 is a rather miserable lube.. find some Vaseline...sewing machine oil...mineral oil.. Gun oil.. wheel bearing grease. Motor oil even. In a pinch you could cut some small shims out of a plastic bottle and insert them into the worn plastic "bearings" to make do until ya can order some. But WD-40 isn't a lube for very long at all. Agreed fully, but in a pinch it will work (just dont count on it LUBRICATING much) LOL
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1nickthegreek
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 9, 2014 13:54:01 GMT -5
Got some more done. an interesting material from Little Wood River Idaho- the light blue is agate. Prettier in person. I have loads of this material in brown/red, and the blue/greens sitting around here, used to LOVE to go hounding out there around the Little Wood!!!
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1nickthegreek
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 9, 2014 13:48:42 GMT -5
can I use wd40? I got a can of that in the closet I think Yes you can, spray it into something and then just use a cotton swab or something to put it on the bushings/bearings.
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 8, 2014 19:45:49 GMT -5
Can just get a little bottle of gun oil or whatever almost anywhere I believe.
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 8, 2014 18:45:10 GMT -5
I always had a lot of success as a kid in the park up there LOL, Just get out to take a leak and "accidentally" get a few pockets of rocks hahaha. Dunno if I would dare even attempt that these days though, might just get hauled in and held for some NSA bull lol. Also right as you come over the MT/ID border on Hwy 20 there is a ton of good hounding on the side roads around Henrys Lake in ID, and also the other way towards Dillon.
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1nickthegreek
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 8, 2014 18:40:07 GMT -5
That has to be one of the best screw ups ever right there!!!! LOL
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 8, 2014 18:25:13 GMT -5
Update, yeah it was running then stopping running then stopping.......I turned the plastic spacer out as far as I could to keep the barrel off the frame it has grinded half away since I started....its running for now that may have been the problem......ive been running since last November/December...I haven't oiled or greased it yet I the instructions didn't say what to use, it came with a bag of belts though....anyways its running and im keeping my ear and eye on it Just put one drop of sewing machine oil, or 3in1 oil on each bearing monthly, works a charm!!!
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Blue!
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 8, 2014 18:09:14 GMT -5
Stupendous Blue there!!!!
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 7, 2014 17:37:12 GMT -5
If I do need help I will let you know buddy, and I added you on fb
Sounds good man!!!
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 7, 2014 4:10:44 GMT -5
Well hell, hit me up when you go past Idaho Falls exit off of I-15, you can come by and we will talk rock for a while and kill more of that time which you are trying to kill LOL
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 6, 2014 0:35:50 GMT -5
Nice to meet you, Scott, I have never tried tiger eye other than on the cab machine years ago, I wish you luck!!!
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 6, 2014 0:06:01 GMT -5
As far as I know, so long as you are careful then it will work. Have used them in the past myself lol
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 4, 2014 17:17:21 GMT -5
Oh thanks Nick but I'm not gonna take your rocks, those are yours, I only got 1 3lb tumbler so till I finally master what I have going now I think I'm fine.....I don't want to keep giving up on batch after batch and become a failure, I have no Idea why my first batch went semi successful, but haven't had luck since....Im starting to though after all your guys advice......I just gotta see what happens next clean up.......by then hopefully ill have some more coarse grit.......down the road I guess we could do a trade or something in that nature though if you have some left over, maybe for my misfit aquas, who knows you might be able to make them better looking than I have so far Chris I have so much stuff already and will have a ton more this week, PM me your address and I will send you a gift of some tumbling rough and enough grits to do a full polish just out of the goodness of my heart
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 3, 2014 22:04:08 GMT -5
well im trying, thanks for the insight...you were right about using ceramic with your obsidian....I haven't done any before I guess im still a rookie....will keep trying, but after what I recharged today I do need a good deal on some more rough or ill just have to let everything sit, im screwed I have 40 pounds of tumbling rough gonna be here next week, I will take care of ya there bro if ya dont mind half snakeskins and half just tumbling mix. Rather than ceramics @ 5.00 or more per pound, just snag some cheap marbles from the dollar store or wal mart or somewhere, they are far cheaper and will work almost as good. Do you want me to throw in some obsidian for ya to try on? I have plenty of it kicking around so would have no problem with that as long as ya dont mind mahogany and silver sheen cos that is all that I have unless I go shatter the 50 pound boulder of black that is sitting in the flower bed out front .
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 3, 2014 17:55:24 GMT -5
These two are looking nice also, wish I knew how to cab.... Just get a pyrex baking pan and some wet dry 80, 120, 180 and so on sandpapers and a sponge sanding block to wrap the sand paper around and start shaping them bro.
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 3, 2014 17:52:41 GMT -5
I got another question guys, It just hit me reading what herchenx said about 3lb barrels aren't as violent as his bigger ones and the such slow progess ive been have with anything I attempt compared with what herchenx and 1nickthegreek have posted, some (a lot) of my stones espically the larges are very jagged and sharp on the edges...I noticed your guys where more rounded when you started......is my problem im putting in too large and jagged rocks in my barrel and its destroying any possible great tumbles? I ask this cause before I restarted my tumble today and the stones where dry....they actually looked better before I put them in the tumbler at all....I hope I didn't ruin them I dont grade my rough at all as you can see, I just beat it up from jagged to smooth and what you are seeing is just luck I guess, start the obsidian off as big and jagged of pieces as will fit in the barrels then throw some ceramic in is my recipe. I like the 3# barrels for breaking it down initially better than the 6# one, all it does in the big one is make a helluva lot more noise lol. You saw what the pet wood starts out as, and it is getting there fairly well I think, from 4-5" straight sticks with jagged ends to same length just not as jagged, but they are starting to get some shape finally. It is only 10 days in, so I have to sit here and listen to them all roll and clatter some right in my bedroom so I have the hardest time not cracking them to check em every other day that it drives me nuts. As far as the patience is concerned, I have about 45 pounds of rock that I have done rough grind on and then just taken it out and put in a bag for down the road so I can start the next ones lol. <<<<<has ZERO patience, if it werent for the flexshaft that hangs just to the left of my tumblers and the little handful of fire agates that I have to use it on, I would go absolutely insane waiting on tumblers LOL
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 3, 2014 17:41:12 GMT -5
Looking good Nick. Folgers classic roast is what we drink here too Ahhh, thats just the container we dump the generic coffee into so we dont have to get a new can out every three days, you see the size of that coffee urn just to the right there? LOL
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 1, 2014 11:30:18 GMT -5
Aww crap, how did I miss this contest?
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Post by 1nickthegreek on May 1, 2014 11:25:38 GMT -5
Damn, wish I had the cash and a way to go get all of that. Smoking deal!!!!!
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