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Post by jamesp on Apr 23, 2013 5:52:42 GMT -5
Wish me well.Larger stuff is tricky to polish.A 30 pound load turning slowly w/3 pounds of sugar,quart of plastic pellets,AO polish in 8 inch PVC barrel.Slurry is like lite syrup.The rocks were the largest from this batch and some bigger ones cherry picked.Pics before coarse grind. ![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8106/8583327235_82207a1013_b.jpg) ![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8367/8583327565_833a2115c5_b.jpg)
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Post by Toad on Apr 23, 2013 6:02:29 GMT -5
Glad i reread your caption. I was about to comment that they didn't look ready for polish... Looking forward to seeing them finished.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 23, 2013 6:42:21 GMT -5
Toad,the skin will be left on them for the most part.I got great results coarse grinding them with broken up grinding wheels at high RPM. Aluminum Oxide 36 grit grinding wheels broken to road gravel size.About 4 pounds in with 26 pounds of rock.Grinding balls/chunks as filler....was a great coarse finish for 'snake skin' effect.If i do not put filler in at 80 RPM i will frost them in an hour.The sharp grinding wheel chunks are round pebbles in a day or two.The AO does NOT cut mohs 7 agates well but it does great 'burnish' to get 'coral/snake skin effect'.Industrial junkyard near me has used and damaged 6,8,10,12 inch grinding wheels that i hammer to size. Thanks for looking
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Post by Pat on Apr 23, 2013 13:06:18 GMT -5
With or without all that sugar, they are sweet ;D ;D
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Post by jamesp on Apr 23, 2013 14:16:24 GMT -5
Your the best forumite known to man Pat.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 24, 2013 17:12:23 GMT -5
After 24 hours i had polish on high spots-yeeeeah!Today at 48 hours polish area has grown across most of rock.So,that tells me i am on the way.At the rate i see i predict 7-8 days will be max polish.Sugar laced slurry is so thick that it always slows down polish process.But i do not have to worry about frosting from large rocks hitting each other
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2013 18:00:49 GMT -5
why bother with sugar, just pour in syrup directly! lol ![](http://cdnimg.webstaurantstore.com/new/103lcsp_xlg.jpg) $7 gallon is about the same price as sugar by the pound.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 24, 2013 18:10:42 GMT -5
My dogs chewed one of those up(just a gallon though)-that's why.The sugar is in a steel box.Actually the coons started it and the dogs finished it.Karo syrup is commonly used though Scott.In the winter it pours so slow.Lazy me eh?Use that head man
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2013 22:00:17 GMT -5
lol, ur killing me! I was fooling around!
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Post by jamesp on Apr 25, 2013 14:40:52 GMT -5
Karo corn syrup is what my old timer master used for years.In Florida.Sugar pours easier in my colder enviro. ur killing me too-nail it man
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Post by jamesp on Apr 26, 2013 9:09:34 GMT -5
Slooow going.The little stuff is ripped,real shiny at day 5.The bigger stuff is slow and still on the dullard side.The botyroid in lower right is wet shiny.But w/the skin,the rind varies in hardness.The center being pure silicification and easy to polish The coating being a lot more stubborn to polish.It will be 10 day polish job easy.The top most large piece is 210 grams.I need to fill the tumbler with 250-450 gram pieces,my target sizes, and get polish.This load has very few smalls,breaking the rules a bit. The glasses are a bi-colored set.Blue for the blue in ya and pink for the pink in ya.And to catch a muskrat,lay a hollow log in a small creek parallel to the bank and stick the trap inside.NO muskrat will walk around a hollow log in a creek-never. ![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8539/8683700346_2e7d7ced00_b.jpg) Before ![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8388/8584427514_48921d8364_b.jpg) Next trip i will collect whole and interestingly shaped corals.Most of these were intentionally collected because they were broken so the silicification quality could be seen on the inside to be broken up for tumbling... ![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8113/8682705797_9b4f924c6b_b.jpg) ![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8538/8683822146_377365f3f5_b.jpg) ![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8519/8682705823_6c9d31a105_b.jpg) ![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8256/8682704673_da328ce5b8_b.jpg) ![](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8521/8683822052_b7be5fff68_b.jpg) Thanks for looking
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2013 11:19:57 GMT -5
those look good enough right now! love the contrasty textures.
Would ABS drainage pipe work as a hollow log?
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Post by jamesp on Apr 26, 2013 11:38:59 GMT -5
Yep.Long enough to create a dark hole.Most common is a drowning trap though.Smaller than a shoe box, placed a few inches underwater-in his trails.The trails he makes after he has carved his way thru submergent vegatation.It is just like a Havahart,except it is under water and has no heart.
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