thewiz
has rocks in the head
"What good is money if you don't spend it"
Member since January 2004
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Post by thewiz on Apr 3, 2004 20:20:24 GMT -5
I'am going to have multi color jasper that is to large to polish in my 3 pound barrel. so i'm going to have to use my 4 pound barrel that i use for 120/220 grit. i plan on cleaning it by running a load of tiger eye rough "thats the only rough i have left" with borax. how many runs do you all think i'll need to do to clean it out and not have to worry about useing it for polish
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 3, 2004 20:31:33 GMT -5
do you mean you have too many #'s to go in the 3# barrel or that your stones are too big to go in it? cause if its that you have to many stones i'd just put in what it would hold and leave the rest out and not take the chance of contaminating them in the other barrel.
kim
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thewiz
has rocks in the head
"What good is money if you don't spend it"
Member since January 2004
Posts: 735
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Post by thewiz on Apr 3, 2004 20:36:09 GMT -5
yes the rocks them self are to large but i don't want to break them up, maybe i'll just have to buy another 4 ponder.HAHAHA
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Post by docone31 on Apr 3, 2004 21:38:04 GMT -5
I have done the same thing, and this is what I have found out. This is the perfect place to put those rubies and saphires that will not polish the way we want to see them. The main load will be too large for efficient tumbling. Not neccessarily the poundage but the distance between the meet points on the tumble. Your coarse grit will breakdown like no tomorrow. By the time you get to the polish, the grit useage will have become familiar and the cleaning will be evident. You will have to run two polish cycles to get the perfect polish. By that time, any 600 or 900 will have been loosened and easily cleaned up. To efficiently polish large stones, you need a large load. There will be a lot of space between the edges. It can be done however it will take more time and grit. Good luck with it. I have had good results using the rubies and saphires as dunnage.
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