why gas now?

cpdad driving up their electric bill Member since February 2006 Posts: 2,989	why gas now? Jan 23, 2010 20:05:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by cpdad on Jan 23, 2010 20:05:30 GMT -5 tumbling glass.....no gas after 60/90...220....or 500....started it in 1200....then gas loaded to the point of swelling barrell enough to lock tumbler up. why now...after such a long time of none?...kev.
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why gas now? Jan 23, 2010 21:01:21 GMT -5

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Post by snuffy on Jan 23, 2010 21:01:21 GMT -5

Thats a good question there. Thats something I haven't encountered in my glass tumbles.However,that may be because I did mine in the vibe for the 500,1000,and polish,where the gas could escape. I open my rotaries almost daily to degas them in the coarse and 120 stage.Somebody out there should have an answer for you.

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why gas now? Jan 23, 2010 22:17:28 GMT -5

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Post by Bikerrandy on Jan 23, 2010 22:17:28 GMT -5

Think of this..... if you eat crackers, everything is fine.....but as soon as you eat something mooshy, you feel like you're gonna explode. This has absolutely nothing to do with rocks so I honestly have no idea where I'm going with this. Y'all have a great Sunday!

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bendsum starting to spend too much on rocks Member since October 2008 Posts: 140	why gas now? Jan 24, 2010 0:52:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bendsum on Jan 24, 2010 0:52:45 GMT -5 i noticed something like that on the obsidian i just ran the coarse was fine 220 was fin the 600 had foam and lots of it it was a mix of gold sheen midnight lace and some that i guess you would call goldsheen lace? a combo of the two

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why gas now? Jan 25, 2010 8:35:44 GMT -5

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Post by connrock on Jan 25, 2010 8:35:44 GMT -5

I would say that glass has more gas then anything I've ever done.

I'm no chemist but I would think it has something to do with how and what it's made of.

The only thing I can think of is that you didn't get down to the part of the glass that causes gas until you ground away the outer part?

What type of glass are you tumbling?

I did some broken antique bottles a long time ago and man oh man was that ever gassy!

Now that I'm thinking about it that old glass had a lot of air bubbles in it and maybe they're not really air but some sort of gas that's caused while actually making the glass???

I would suspect that even modern day glass has some "pockets" in it ever how minute??

dunno,,,,just guessing???

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