Mazanec
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Post by Mazanec on May 4, 2004 0:03:04 GMT -5
I was thinking of smoothing and polishing some tiny chips (say a centimeter) to store up for use one day in baroque jewelry. Anything I should do different or keep in mind? Or just put them back in with the bigger stones?
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Post by stoner on May 4, 2004 2:57:30 GMT -5
I just throw the small pieces in with the rest of the rocks going from one grit to the next. The only thing I watch for is going into polish, you don't want to put any small pieces that just broke off in pre-polish cuz thy will have sharp jagged edges and would probably mess up the polishing process.
later, Ed
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WilliamC
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Post by WilliamC on May 6, 2004 14:59:01 GMT -5
Greetings All,
I've always wanted to get one of the Lortone 3 1.5-B, which has three small barrels of which can hold a pound-and-a-half each. Seems it would be perfect for testing different kinds of pre-polish/polish combinations. And it would be great for more precious gems that are on the small side, instead of the cobblestones I usually try to polish ;D
WilliamC
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bschultz
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Post by bschultz on May 6, 2004 16:16:07 GMT -5
As I went to pre-polish yesterday I took all of the pebble sized stone out and put them aside. They are actually ready for pre-polish but I think I will get my little 1.5 tumbler up and running and use it just for that purpose. I can see that running a 15 lb tumbler is going to generate a lot of small yet pretty material like that and the small tumbler would seem to be perfectly suited for that purpose. Bob
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llanago
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Post by llanago on May 8, 2004 20:00:45 GMT -5
I polish my tiny chips along with everything else. I plan on using them for various projects. I'm going to embed some of them in walking sticks and use some for mosiac stuff I want to do. And, who knows what else!
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mudd1973
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Post by mudd1973 on May 11, 2004 14:58:40 GMT -5
WilliamC I love the Lortone 1.5 B. I can move along small bunches of tumbled stones as soon as they are ready instead of waiting for the whole Lortone 6 batch to be ready. I'm using it now for smaller batches of beach moonstones, which never seem to work well for me in larger tumblers if they are mixed in with other stuff that is harder. Ellen
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shorty
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Post by shorty on May 11, 2004 18:28:27 GMT -5
laingo would you like to sell one of those walking sticks i would like to buy one i have diabites and are having trouble with my legs if you ever make one let me now thank you shorty
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llanago
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Post by llanago on May 11, 2004 18:48:12 GMT -5
Shorty, I would be happy to sell ya' a walking stick! I have a few already cut and sanded - they just need a coat or two of polyurethane on them. Or if you want one of just raw wood, that will work too.
I have several sizes -ready to be finished - long like staffs and short, fat and skinny. About what length and diameter would you like it?
Just let me know and I'll get to work on it.
llana
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Post by creativeminded on May 12, 2004 16:11:25 GMT -5
I have put some small chips and partially rounded stones in the batch I am currently working on and I have noticed one thing because I started them in phase one some have ground down to the size of sand particles. What I am saying is that if you want to maintain most of the size and they are mostly smooth then put them in later stages of your tumbling. Tami
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Skipper
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Post by Skipper on May 12, 2004 22:33:16 GMT -5
I bought 3 5lb bags of small chips - dalmation jasper, utah jasper and tiger jasper, and I through a handful in with each of my larger rock loads in the lortone 3a. I read some good advice that good tumbling requires a variety of rock sizes to keep the grip moving into varies parts of the bigger rocks. It does seem to help the process, plus I'm doing some "test tubes" full of the smaller peices. They look nifty and people like them.
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