Post by carloscinco on May 26, 2010 18:34:19 GMT -5
I completed a batch in a 3# barrel yesterday and took a few pictures before the sun snuffed out.
My youngest grand-daughter requested a stone whale so I took a piece of milky Montana agate and tried to form a whale shape with my tile saw. I coarse tumbled with extra small rocks for 6 weeks to get the inside curve smoothed out and finished it as normal. It looks more like a tadpole now but I'd bet she'll like it.
Some of that agate I picked up at the tracks, piece of Montana in the first pic:
I bought some Montana on Ebay that was mostly sawn pieces and end cuts but there were a few pieces I liked:
Some crazy lace from a large piece I bought at a mineral show:
Two sides of a small slab of OJ I bought:
Flint from the gravel pit near here:
Two sides of Succor Creek Jasper, looking bluer than real life due to lighting, shark tooth shape:
That's it, everything else was grit carrier. Thanks fer lookin'
My youngest grand-daughter requested a stone whale so I took a piece of milky Montana agate and tried to form a whale shape with my tile saw. I coarse tumbled with extra small rocks for 6 weeks to get the inside curve smoothed out and finished it as normal. It looks more like a tadpole now but I'd bet she'll like it.
Some of that agate I picked up at the tracks, piece of Montana in the first pic:
I bought some Montana on Ebay that was mostly sawn pieces and end cuts but there were a few pieces I liked:
Some crazy lace from a large piece I bought at a mineral show:
Two sides of a small slab of OJ I bought:
Flint from the gravel pit near here:
Two sides of Succor Creek Jasper, looking bluer than real life due to lighting, shark tooth shape:
That's it, everything else was grit carrier. Thanks fer lookin'
