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Post by gaetzchamp on Feb 28, 2005 23:57:48 GMT -5
Sorry if this is a duplicate post, but I'd like to hear some of the dumbest things you've done while rock hounding, tumbling etc.
I've heard people have dumped slurry down the drains, got arrested for trespassing etc.
What are some of your classic stories you'd like to share??? If your crazy enough to make them public.
I'm pretty new to this so I don't have any good ones yet, but I'm sure they're not too far away.
The only I've done worth note, is steal the wife's strainers, measuring spoons, Tupperware stuff etc. If she can't find it in the kitchen, most likely it's out by the tumbler or in my daughter's bed....She's a packrat.....LOL.
Later, Gaeter
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Post by Cher on Mar 1, 2005 1:02:12 GMT -5
Well it wasn't me but I was there and saw it. My daughter went wading in Lake Superior on November 12th because she thought she saw an agate. No towels to dry off with or anything like that and dang that water was icy!
Cher
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Post by gaetzchamp on Mar 1, 2005 1:18:01 GMT -5
Funny, I can relate to that. I took my kids ice fishing on Saturday, and my 5 yr old boy wasn't watching where he was going, and he stepped into the hole. That's one quick way to screw up a fishing/rockhounding trip, huh? Gaeter
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Post by puppie96 on Mar 1, 2005 2:32:26 GMT -5
Last October I followed the news media's directions for getting in line to try to get Series tickets in St. Louis. That was the first stupid thing. Stupid because I complied with the rules by not showing up early to stand in the line they said they weren't going to allow to form early. Those who broke the rules got the tickets. They also got what they deserved, but we didn't find that out until later. Anyhow, after standing out there in the cold, when I got home I had to peek in my fairly new 12 lb. barrel at about midnight or 1 AM. It slipped out of my hands, exploded when it hit the floor, spewed mud everywhere, and brought ALL FOUR of the Lortone machines to a complete halt. I posted about it then. Venting helped, sorta.
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Post by guest on Mar 1, 2005 5:17:30 GMT -5
Most rock tumblers are NOT rocket scientists...
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Post by docone31 on Mar 1, 2005 8:18:47 GMT -5
The absolutely stupidest thing I ever did tumbling was to put corn meal in my tumbler. It was the stupidest, most expensive, odourful event I had experienced. Corn meal being organic, does some very interesting things. It absorbs water, expands, smells, breaks down, and makes tremendous gas. I really know better but I had a brain fart. The tumbler was doing real well for about three days. On the fourth day, we went to the shop for 12hrs. We came home tired, hot, and had a lousey day. We entered the house and the smell was amazing! Our Bengals were way in the other room and they were yelling at us! The cornmeal had done ok for three days. I checked daily. A reaction must have ocurred and it went terminal. It sprayed a stinky, sticky line of brown cornmeal on the floor, walls, and ceiling. I ended up haveing to retexture the walls and ceiling. I had tile floors so I could use lots of bleach. Believe it or not, I read it on the internet! I followed like a sheep. I have come to believe, some things on the internet are not as factual as I would like to believe. Cornmeal makes a lousey filler.
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MichiganRocks
starting to spend too much on rocks
"I wasn't born to follow."
Member since April 2007
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Post by MichiganRocks on Mar 1, 2005 8:28:11 GMT -5
Hey Doc, I've been told that you can indeed polish rocks using Cerium Oxide and corn meal, but you're supposed to run it dry.
Ron
ps. You could have hooked up a copper line and ran it through a cooling coil and made some corn liquor while you were polishing your rocks!
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Post by mrbrett on Mar 1, 2005 9:04:11 GMT -5
The day I received my Lortone tumbler I followed all the directions on loading, amount of water and grit, where to oil the motor and rods,, etc,etc. I was so exited to get it running. Got it started down in the basement and let it go. The next morning I went down to check it on the way out the door to go to work and everything in the barrel was on the ground! Grit and water everywhere! Stupid me forgot to put the metal lid on the tumbler. I just put the rubber lined lid on with the washer and nut. Not to smart...
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Post by Condor on Mar 1, 2005 9:49:04 GMT -5
I was rockhunting in a canyon in the mountains alone. I slipped and when my hands went back to brace myself, my left hand landed on a Spanish Dagger cactus. The needle went in between a bundle of nerves and the pain was excruciating. It felt like my hand and fingers were being zapped by high voltage electricity. It took two days before surgery could be done. I ended up having the same kind of surgery that is done for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. A two inch needle was taken out of my hand.
Condor
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stefan
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2005
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Post by stefan on Mar 1, 2005 11:12:35 GMT -5
Umm I started tumbling rocks- Now I visit this board like clockwork- and I sit in the basement talking to the tumbler- I got a small rock saw- now I want a bigger one- I want to get a grinder polisher, and another tumbler- Oh and I want to order some more rocks- I love my wife very much- but her patience with me is starting to wear thin- No actually the dumbest thing I have done was to hold a chisel with my bare hand- It slipped and I was able to pinch my fingers between the hammer and chisel- Boy that felt good!
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 1, 2005 11:36:50 GMT -5
you guys all know i got a busted up back and befor i got a saw i usta sit on the floor and bust up my rocks with a crack hammer and chisel well i allways wear shorts in the house and when i first didit i got back off the floor when i was done and sat in my chair and happend to look at my legs and there where drops of blood and slivers of rock stickin in my legs hahaha but thats not the dumb part---------- i did it many more times without thinking cause once i get on the floor im not stopin to get up and put pants on ill never get back down there again hahahaha
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Post by cookie3rocks on Mar 1, 2005 19:05:26 GMT -5
I normaly break rocks with just a hammer and towel. A friend gve me a chisel, but I had a hard time getting the rocks secure enough to whack, so I came up with the bright idea of holding the rock with my feet Barefoot. Not smart. Just about took the side of my toe off.
cookie
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Post by connrock on Mar 1, 2005 19:27:11 GMT -5
I did the same thing as Doc but I used un-cooked rice and hot water!! The one thing I have over Doc is that my shop wasn't finished so there was just a mess to clean up and no redecorating. That was a long time ago. Last week I was filling a 6 lb Lortone barrel and was in a hurry.After load it I started to put the kid back on but couldn't find the little plastic nut that holds the cover on.Being in a hurry I quit looking for it and used another nut from another Lortone. I found the nut today.It looked a lot different then it did a week ago because it was tumbling away with the rocks!! Actually I could write a book about my tumbling antics because I had nowhere to learn the "how to's" so I always "winged" it!! Tom
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Post by Toad on Mar 1, 2005 21:52:54 GMT -5
How about buying tumbling rough without owning a tumbler. I can't help it rocks are cheaper.
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Post by docone31 on Mar 1, 2005 22:06:25 GMT -5
That is not stupidity, that is loving the craft and its trappings, that doesn't count. That makes you one of us.
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