dm2015
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Post by dm2015 on Jul 17, 2023 0:23:13 GMT -5
Started my first tumble Saturday night in my Lortone. I’m excited and nervous to see how this goes!! Fingers crossed!!
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Post by Starguy on Jul 17, 2023 1:22:04 GMT -5
Started my first tumble Saturday night in my Lortone. I’m excited and nervous to see how this goes!! Fingers crossed!! That’s great. You’ll love the process.
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Post by liveoak on Jul 17, 2023 6:06:31 GMT -5
I think tumbling has taught tried to teach me patience. But it's always fun on clean out day.
Look forward to seeing your results.
Patty
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rocknewb101
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Post by rocknewb101 on Jul 17, 2023 9:59:04 GMT -5
I think tumbling has taught tried to teach me patience. But it's always fun on clean out day.
Look forward to seeing your results.
Patty
Amen to this!! haha!! 48 hours to clean out day and counting!
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rocknewb101
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Post by rocknewb101 on Jul 17, 2023 9:59:43 GMT -5
Congrats on your first tumble! Look forward to seeing how they turn out!
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rocknewb101
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Post by rocknewb101 on Jul 17, 2023 10:00:32 GMT -5
Yea don't give in to excitement lol, just let er roll. You might pick up some related hobbies while you wait. This is the exact reason I started my hand at cabbing haha!!
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dm2015
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Post by dm2015 on Jul 17, 2023 20:20:03 GMT -5
My wife seems to be interested in cabbing so we've fallen in love quickly with all things rocks!!
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 17, 2023 20:55:05 GMT -5
My wife seems to be interested in cabbing so we've fallen in love quickly with all things rocks!! I'm with rocknewb101...same reason I started cabbing! LOL That's awesome your wife has shown interest!! I had the idea I would do the cabbing and I could somehow talk my wife into wire-wrapping the cabs. Nope! She had NO interest in learning wrapping! LOL - So I had to take that on too! LOL Congrats on getting your first tumble going!!
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dm2015
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Post by dm2015 on Jul 17, 2023 21:38:24 GMT -5
We both are into rockhounding and have started plotting out some early fall trips to hunt. It's still early in our obsession but I'm more into the tumbling and she seems to favor the cabbing. So we will see where this goes but I know it's going to be fun
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 17, 2023 21:51:04 GMT -5
We both are into rockhounding and have started plotting out some early fall trips to hunt. It's still early in our obsession but I'm more into the tumbling and she seems to favor the cabbing. So we will see where this goes but I know it's going to be fun You're a braver person than me! I've learned not to use the words "fall" and "trip" when describing my hounding...karma bites me in the a$$ when I use those words! LOL
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dm2015
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Post by dm2015 on Jul 17, 2023 22:43:40 GMT -5
Crap... I didn't think about that at all. My wife has some issues with falling, tripping as well. I'm thinking about wrapping her in bubble wrap just in case
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 17, 2023 22:45:50 GMT -5
Crap... I didn't think about that at all. My wife has some issues with falling, tripping as well. I'm thinking about wrapping her in bubble wrap just in case
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dm2015
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Post by dm2015 on Jul 22, 2023 22:20:19 GMT -5
Update on my 1st tumble... I put them in last Saturday annndddddd they are still in the tumbler because I'm on my 7th straight 12 hour work day. I'm way to tired whenI get home and when I wake up I feed & water the dogs and my chickens, take a shower, pack some food and back to work I go. I'm hoping to take them out on Sunday afternoon and go from there
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Post by 1dave on Jul 23, 2023 0:14:31 GMT -5
We both are into rockhounding and have started plotting out some early fall trips to hunt. It's still early in our obsession but I'm more into the tumbling and she seems to favor the cabbing. So we will see where this goes but I know it's going to be fun Welcome to the Asylum!
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dm2015
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Post by dm2015 on Jul 23, 2023 2:07:09 GMT -5
Thanks!! We have become obsessed quite quickly!
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Post by liveoak on Jul 23, 2023 6:34:30 GMT -5
Can't be a bad thing to let them go a couple more days. Don't stress it- they'll be there. Be happy they don't need daily feeding like the chickens !
OTOH- you're working too much !!!
Patty
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dillonf
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Post by dillonf on Jul 23, 2023 9:36:01 GMT -5
As long as there is enough water - 2 weeks will not hurt them a bit.
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dm2015
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Post by dm2015 on Jul 23, 2023 20:08:43 GMT -5
Ok, I took them out before I went and washed them off. I took pics but I haven't uploaded cloudinary yet. I'll try to do that in a bit and see what everyone thinks. I plan on starting them back up when I get home in the morning
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michiganpebbler
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Post by michiganpebbler on Jul 24, 2023 11:43:25 GMT -5
Ok, I took them out before I went and washed them off. I took pics but I haven't uploaded cloudinary yet. I'll try to do that in a bit and see what everyone thinks. I plan on starting them back up when I get home in the morning Look forward to seeing them! Welcome from Michigan!
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arentol
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Post by arentol on Jul 26, 2023 10:18:18 GMT -5
I think tumbling has taught tried to teach me patience. But it's always fun on clean out day.
Look forward to seeing your results.
Patty
It hasn't taught me patience. Once I finished my first stage 1 on my first (Dan and Darci 1lb) tumbler I was hooked. So then I went out and bought two Harbor Freight 6lb double-barrel tumblers so I wouldn't have to wait so long to open them and see what I got! Now I have one barrel to open each day of Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, as well as my original D&D that I only run stage 1 river rock in, and which I get to open every 3 days, giving me at least two extra openings a week.... And I am strongly considering another HFT tumbler for Mondays and Wednesdays, or building a custom setup to run 7 barrels at once. It is definitely an addicting hobby for sure.
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