bluejersey
off to a rocking start
Member since December 2022
Posts: 2
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Post by bluejersey on Dec 20, 2022 14:40:43 GMT -5
I'm a 40 something stay at home dad who got interested in the hobby by watching YouTube videos.
I have a Tumbler's Model T and already wore through my first lid after a dozen or so first stage tumbles using 46/70 silicone carbide. I replaced the lid and have another model tumbler on the way to increase my capacity. I run a lot of first stages consecutively, adding new rocks and setting aside rocks ready for second stage using 120/220 silicone carbide and ceramics.
I'm currently working on my first third stage using ceramics and 500 aluminum oxide. I'm looking forward to sharing my results after stage four using aluminum oxide polish. Currently only interested in rotary tumbling only but can foresee getting into vibratory tumbling and other lapidary methods in the future.
Being from NJ, there's an ample supply of quartz but I have a soft spot for jasper. I'm not a rock hound by any stretch of the imagination, I just like to find rocks that look good to me and tumble them.
Thanks for having me.
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 20, 2022 14:41:50 GMT -5
Welcome from Southern Nevada.
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 20, 2022 14:57:34 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum from South Dakota!
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Tommy
Administrator
Member since January 2013
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Post by Tommy on Dec 20, 2022 14:58:12 GMT -5
Welcome from Napa!
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Post by liveoak on Dec 21, 2022 8:24:51 GMT -5
Welcome from NW Florida
Patty
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 21, 2022 10:01:44 GMT -5
Welcome from Northern Arizona!
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Post by Starguy on Dec 21, 2022 13:38:19 GMT -5
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Post by drocknut on Dec 21, 2022 16:10:35 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum from south central Arizona
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markb
Cave Dweller
Member since May 2022
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Post by markb on Dec 22, 2022 0:08:28 GMT -5
Welcome from NW Oregon!
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Andrewa
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since September 2022
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Post by Andrewa on Dec 24, 2022 13:09:54 GMT -5
Hello and welcome from Bonnybridge, Scotland.
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Post by As I in does tries! on Jan 3, 2023 17:13:21 GMT -5
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