Mazanec
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Post by Mazanec on Apr 3, 2004 15:17:27 GMT -5
I just borrowed a book from the library about rock tumbling and polishing written in the early 70s in the UK, so I wondered, how old is this hobby? When were electrical tumblers invented? What major developments have happened over the generations?
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Post by Original Admin on Apr 3, 2004 21:39:34 GMT -5
Hi Mazanec,
Doesnt the book answer your questions?
Ive no idea to be honest how long weve been polishing rocks.
I will bet a tenner though that the reasons for it were based on jewelry/ornaments ? Let us know.
Andrew
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Mazanec
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Post by Mazanec on Apr 4, 2004 11:16:51 GMT -5
Well, the book said the tumblers were "recent". It mentioned their grandmothers used to collect pebbles (that's what it calls the rocks) on their weekend visits to the seashore, but "now" we can tumble and polish them to make our own jewelry. Maybe c1960?
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shorty
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Post by shorty on Apr 4, 2004 11:35:37 GMT -5
hi all they had tumblers back in the dinasor days it was just a little harder to change grits they would het an animal and fill it up with rocks and sand and feed it to some meat eater then follow it around thendo the same prosess over till the rocks are polished.. hahaha just a little humor shorty ;D
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Mazanec
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Post by Mazanec on Apr 4, 2004 12:14:54 GMT -5
Here's something I found on the web:
The book, "Gem Tumbling and Baroque Jewelry Making" by Arthur Earl Victor and Lila Mae Victor gives general instructions on tumbling agate, preforms, Montana agate, obsidian, Apache tears, tigereye, citrine, geodes, thundereggs, garnets and more. Also included are suggestions on coolant for the saw, casting in cement, how to store your rocks, etc.
This was copyright in 1962 and is the 25 edition.
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