Post by NatureNut on Feb 5, 2010 19:32:47 GMT -5
...right now. Thought I'd post pics of the load that is in polish right now in my UV-10. I ran this along with the quartz load with the leaves and the 11 hearts. I ran each in 120/220 for 2 rounds of two days each and then put them in a coffee can with water. Why? So they would not dry out between stages. Then I checked each one, used a toothbrush to get grit out of the clefts of the hearts and anywhere else. I then took them to my cabber and ground out any pits, and used my dremel with a come shaped diamond bit to smooth out the clefts of the hearts and any concave areas.
In this load is some assorted jasper/agate tumble rough from Randy, some slab cut scraps that I swiped from around his saw on my last visit, more rough that he gave me on that visit, some scraps from Lakers from NorthShoreRocks that I slabbed last summer, some local agates and pet wood from Saskrock, some Montana Agate slices from MontanaMuskrat (from my Christmas box) and stuff I don't know where they came from
, LOL. I've been saving tumble stuff since the summer and put them in bags according to hardness.
Since we are having some early spring action on the house, I wanted to finish up my tumble rough and as soon as we have an offer on the house, I'm gonna send my tumblers down to Randy so he can use them while we are on the road for the next year or two. (that's the plan, anyway, LOL) I still have some amazonite and albite moonstone left to run, and may start that up if I decide I have time.
Anyway, here is the load of red jasper, lakers, Saskrock agates and pet wood, MontanaMuskrat montanas, and other stuff I can't remember. These pics are after two rounds in 120/220 and before I cleaned them up with the cabber and dremel and put them into 500 prepolish.
Wish I would have taken pics this morning before they went into polish. Oh well, boy do they look better than these pics already. Like I said, between stages, because I was alternating loads, I keep them in coffee cans covered with water so they don't dry out. Any grit residue that dries is that much harder to get out of cracks/crevices. More to come as soon as they are done...
In this load is some assorted jasper/agate tumble rough from Randy, some slab cut scraps that I swiped from around his saw on my last visit, more rough that he gave me on that visit, some scraps from Lakers from NorthShoreRocks that I slabbed last summer, some local agates and pet wood from Saskrock, some Montana Agate slices from MontanaMuskrat (from my Christmas box) and stuff I don't know where they came from
, LOL. I've been saving tumble stuff since the summer and put them in bags according to hardness. Since we are having some early spring action on the house, I wanted to finish up my tumble rough and as soon as we have an offer on the house, I'm gonna send my tumblers down to Randy so he can use them while we are on the road for the next year or two. (that's the plan, anyway, LOL) I still have some amazonite and albite moonstone left to run, and may start that up if I decide I have time.
Anyway, here is the load of red jasper, lakers, Saskrock agates and pet wood, MontanaMuskrat montanas, and other stuff I can't remember. These pics are after two rounds in 120/220 and before I cleaned them up with the cabber and dremel and put them into 500 prepolish.
Wish I would have taken pics this morning before they went into polish. Oh well, boy do they look better than these pics already. Like I said, between stages, because I was alternating loads, I keep them in coffee cans covered with water so they don't dry out. Any grit residue that dries is that much harder to get out of cracks/crevices. More to come as soon as they are done...
I'm working them now (sore fingers and all) and will post them too! 
Jo
