RockingRuralMo
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since July 2022
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Post by RockingRuralMo on Mar 18, 2023 8:23:25 GMT -5
I've got a huge chunk of tiger iron I've been mostly slabbing and cabbing, but was thinking of putting my scraps in the tumbler. I've done way less tumbling than cabbing so far. I just have cheap stuff - a Chicago Electric rotary and a Raytech vibratory. I'm worried that the chatoyant bits will be destroyed though. Has anyone tried this? Will the shiny bits survive? I've had good luck cabbing it, and don't want to ruin it.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Mar 18, 2023 8:49:37 GMT -5
The tiger does just fine, its the iron (hematite) that has the tendency to undercut. I tumbled some years ago (saw scrap) and it did well. Because it was saw scrap there wasn't a lot of time in course so the undercutting was very minimal.
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Mar 18, 2023 9:08:39 GMT -5
I have tumbled both tiger eye and iron. I have found that if it is good stuff it will work out, but some lower quality stuff will lose the "fibers" and look bad.
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RockingRuralMo
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since July 2022
Posts: 129
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Post by RockingRuralMo on Mar 21, 2023 18:31:07 GMT -5
The tiger does just fine, its the iron (hematite) that has the tendency to undercut. I tumbled some years ago (saw scrap) and it did well. Because it was saw scrap there wasn't a lot of time in course so the undercutting was very minimal.
Awesome! thank You!
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