Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 14, 2009 17:20:39 GMT -5
Howdy folks, I know all my tumbles look very similar *L*.Just a single pic of a mish mosh of stuff I took out of polish today so I can free up the tumblers for my great cab polishing experiment. Contains baby lakers as filler, Flint Ridge Flint, various poppy jaspers from around our old Hornitos ranch, bubblegums and prairies, flint from our ranch here in Texas, Arizona rainbow wood filler and a little of lots of other junk. Thanks for looking.....Mel  |
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Post by frane on Sept 14, 2009 17:50:43 GMT -5
Looks like a great batch Mel! The brown are the local flints right? They sure are shiny!
Fran
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Post by Noosh9057 on Sept 15, 2009 6:41:00 GMT -5
They all look great Mel.
Roger
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Post by Toad on Sept 15, 2009 6:47:48 GMT -5
Looks like you got a beautiful shine on a varied mix of stone. Great job.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Sept 15, 2009 7:30:26 GMT -5
All sorts of junk ;D Those look great!! There's alot of variety in there, more than the typical tumble batch. Very cool  |
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NorthShore-Rocks
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since December 2008
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Post by NorthShore-Rocks on Sept 15, 2009 14:32:55 GMT -5
I love your tumbles Mel! Your craftsmanship of some awesome material deserves a couple close ups!
Great cab polishing experiment?
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Sabre52
Cave Dweller
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
Posts: 20,497
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 15, 2009 17:39:40 GMT -5
Fran: Yep the chocolate browns are flint from right around my house. It's fairly plain but really takes a fine shine.
NSR: Yeah, not too long ago I received a cab from one of our members that he cut from some rock I sent him but he could not get to take a good polish. It had such a beautiful pattern and shape that, as an experiment, I figured I'd throw in in the 33B with a whole bunch of baby lakers and plastic beads just to see how it would shine up. Well, to my surprise, it came out with zero damage and a mirror polish. So, I decided to do a mass production of cabs in this manner. I shaped and domed about 30 cabs of quartz materials, sanded them in the vibe with 110/220, and now have almost got them through the prepolish in the 33B. Next, they'll go into the final polish and hopefully, in a couple of weeks, I'll have 30 mirror polished cabs. I'll post the results whether they come out or not.....Mel
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