12-19-09 batch finished

These started as a small Lortone 1.5-lb barrel of Marie's small "lakers" - agates from Lake Superior. Then as time went on, and their volume went down, and other batches finished, I finally reached the point where I only had one 3-lb barrel going in the Thumler's AR-2 and one 1.5-lb barrel going in the Lortone 3-holer. My Thumler's refuses to cooperate with only one barrel, so I scratched my head, then decided to combine the lakers, a handful of leftovers from the trim saw, and fill it out with previously-tumbled beach rocks and some ceramics, to make the 2nd Thumler's barrelful.

I first started the little lakers on 11/7/09, so it's only been, what? - 5 or 6 weeks? Seems like forever! Anyway, here's the results, and to say the least, I'm really pleased with them!

First, ALL of this was in the 3-lb Thumler's barrel:


Clockwise from top left: "hard" (higher Moh's) beach rocks, WF leftovers, Marie's little lakers, "soft" beach rocks, and ceramic filler.


Here's a bit more closeup of the little lakers:




And here's some lakers really closeup, just for Marie:


Thanks for looking, and I hope you enjoyed them!

Tom