rallyrocks
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by rallyrocks on Mar 25, 2006 11:42:32 GMT -5
I knew there had to be a better way than this waiting around week after week for stones to tumble. At 5 PM Friday all of the goodies I needed to get my grinder up and running properly finally came in and by 2AM I had all of these and a few more pretty much done!  I know there are a few things less than perfect about them, give me a couple more weeks and I should get this stuff dialed in |
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Post by stoner on Mar 25, 2006 13:48:08 GMT -5
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beechcomber
spending too much on rocks
Summertime!
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Post by beechcomber on Mar 25, 2006 22:01:17 GMT -5
All are great but top left takes the cake! Great job!
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Post by joe on Mar 25, 2006 23:29:56 GMT -5
Lookin' good! I like the shape of the middle bottom one. Looks like it took a good shine also.
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Post by rockyraccoon on Mar 26, 2006 3:37:54 GMT -5
yes i think you will have it dialed in - great job!
kim
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 26, 2006 5:11:23 GMT -5
keep goin and you wil find (your) way------ and they will get easyer with every one you do ---your off to a great start so your ahead of the game rally
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Post by rockds on Mar 26, 2006 17:39:10 GMT -5
nice job, ain't it great!!
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on Mar 27, 2006 0:48:23 GMT -5
The output from my first weekend (minus a few that got given to pretty girls)  |
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Post by stoner on Mar 27, 2006 0:51:05 GMT -5
Wow, you been busy. Those look great, but we need closeups. More pics!
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Post by rocklicker on Mar 27, 2006 1:01:11 GMT -5
Wow, you took to cab making fast. Those look amazing, especially those obsidian looking dudes near the upper left hand side. I like that ruby n ziosite. Did you have problems with the differences in hardness of the ruby and it's host rock? I have been wary of that stuff for that reason. Those pretty looking red ones look like that hamburger ranch breccaited jasper you so well named. Can't wait to see the next batch and glad you are up and running!
Steve
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on Mar 28, 2006 3:11:40 GMT -5
The zoisite does go away really fast, they were junk coming out of stage 2 in the tumbler, and even on the grinder the ruby pieces are hard enough to prevent a smooth dome- although I expect with all hard wheels or a real flat lap one might have a better chance. Next time I'm going to try aand "flat spot" the rubies in hopes they will smooth out as the zoisite cuts down around them- and really go lightly all the way with diamonds- that one was messed up by trying to run the cerium polish on the felt wheel after getting a decent finish with 30000 diamond. Here's a closer shot of the obsidian- this is the purple and green sheen stuff that came with my grinder- sitting on a piece of the rough they were cut from  |
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Post by Cher on Mar 28, 2006 11:32:18 GMT -5
WoW awesome for just starting out, those are really nice. That chunk of stuff they are sitting on sure doesn't look like obsidian ... amazing.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Mar 29, 2006 14:16:10 GMT -5
Nice job- I can't get Obsidian to shine for nothing- I have reworked the same cab of Snowflake 3 times now- Going back to 220 one more time- if that does not work- well the tumbling pile is growing all the time!
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on Mar 29, 2006 14:24:54 GMT -5
I struggled with them a bit myself- found that diamond belts just are too aggresive even at the very fine grades, these were put back in the tumbler and run for the last 3 days of a week long 220 batch, then spent a week in AO pre-polish from whence they went straight to the felt wheel with cerium, and they came out looking like glass (which shouldn't be a surprise- since I guess that's what they are).
I'm thinking of buying a few sets of SiC belts for doing obsidian and softer stones on the grinder.
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blarneystone
spending too much on rocks
Rocks in my head
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Post by blarneystone on Apr 3, 2006 10:39:42 GMT -5
WOW - The obsidian is fantastic....everything looks great! Are you sure you just started cabbing??  Dan |
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