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new	Is rhyolite easy to polish in a vibe ? Tricks ? Pages: 1 2

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new	Video of Viking tumbler running practice load Pages: 1 2 3 4 5

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new	Started a load of fluorite in coarse. Pages: 1 2 3 4

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new	Question about a vibe

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new	Coarse grit - how effective is it?

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new	Burr King 200 Vibratory Tumbler

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new	total newbie....

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new	bulk grit suppliers

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new	vibratory question- polishing calcite

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new	Can I tumble slag glass?

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new	Picked up another tumbler...

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new	Aluminum Oxide

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new	Thumlers Tumbler 18lb??

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new	Tumbling nephrite

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new	speed of tumbler

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new	tumbler size

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by tkvancil
Nov 17, 2014 12:10:25 GMT -5

new	Testing some new AO 2000-9000 Lortone polish

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Nov 16, 2014 14:15:25 GMT -5

new	Corn cob or walnut shells?

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new	ph and use in slurry, lime vs calcium carbonate Pages: 1 2

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new	Ebay Vibra-Sonic Tumbler

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new	Mini-Sonic (MT-4) stopped running

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new	Lortone QT-66 Stopped Working Pages: 1 2

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new	Thumler's A-R2

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new	Some kind of scale on rocks after polish?

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new	barrell lids leaking

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new	anyone try tumbling Apatite?

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new	apache tears - measured success?

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new	Video of lime slurry

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new	Made a super thick non-abrasive slurry w/lime Pages: 1 2 3 4 5

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thestripedone: Hi all May 10, 2024 17:16:19 GMT -5

thestripedone: I've been using ceridium oxide for my 4th step of polishing. I was wondering if there is a 5th step for a super polish May 10, 2024 17:20:10 GMT -5

amygdule: Silicon Carbide SiC grind in Rotary then Aluminum Oxide AO polish in a vibe... May 10, 2024 17:37:12 GMT -5 *

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May 11, 2024 5:58:38 GMT -5

Wooferhound: OOOOOOoooooo...... . . . Shiney May 12, 2024 17:42:11 GMT -5 *

Wooferhound: I like to use Candy Oxide if it's not Sold Out May 13, 2024 14:36:55 GMT -5

RickB: Will someone please pass the cicadas and the sriracha dip May 13, 2024 15:52:13 GMT -5 *

RWA3006: I heard sriracha is getting scarce again. May 13, 2024 21:59:57 GMT -5

parfive: Les cucaracha are always in season. May 14, 2024 0:14:28 GMT -5

wargrafix: *in a sad country tune* "Won't someone have some sympathy for this poor lonely rockless soul" May 14, 2024 13:53:14 GMT -5

wargrafix: *someone at the back* "Lies! I heard he bought geodes this month!" May 14, 2024 13:53:46 GMT -5

amygdule: The Ocean is still tumbling on May 15, 2024

May 15, 2024 21:57:49 GMT -5

Wooferhound: Tumbling like a tumbleweed , pledging it's love for the ground. May 16, 2024 6:21:49 GMT -5 *

RickB:

Drifting along with the tumblin' tumbleweeds May 16, 2024 8:59:23 GMT -5 *

Wooferhound: Imperfect memory and false recollections are essential elements of a flexible mind. May 17, 2024 16:40:58 GMT -5

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jone: But we’re never gonna survive unless, we get a little crazy May 17, 2024 20:55:19 GMT -5

jone: Musical seal May 17, 2024 20:58:37 GMT -5 *

Wooferhound: My mind is flexible like Rock Slurry May 17, 2024 21:06:47 GMT -5

Wooferhound: I grease the wheels in a factory, hunched over metal machines , the gears moving remind me of bodies in motion May 17, 2024 22:40:28 GMT -5 *

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