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Post by Psycho on Jun 13, 2017 13:05:41 GMT -5
Nice sphere, and shine
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2017 20:44:50 GMT -5
Outstanding sphere Justin! I need to look into picking up some of that material. What blades do you use on your super grinder? I have 75#!! |
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Post by captbob on Jun 21, 2017 7:53:31 GMT -5
Have you tried tumbling it? I picked up a couple milk crates full some time ago. Like to give tumbling some a try. It's pretty far down on my rocks to tumble list though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2017 8:36:36 GMT -5
Have you tried tumbling it? I picked up a couple milk crates full some time ago. Like to give tumbling some a try. It's pretty far down on my rocks to tumble list though. I don't tumble soft stones. |
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Post by captbob on Jun 21, 2017 8:56:04 GMT -5
sissy
A monkey can tumble agates & jasper to perfection.
Expand your boundaries!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2017 9:29:22 GMT -5
sissy A monkey can tumble agates & jasper to perfection. Expand your boundaries! I can't even get to monkey status! The purple pebble eater (thx Garage Rocker for that name) was built too aggressive. Grit gone in 36 hours. Lost volume of not replace a every 36 hours bruised the stones. I changed motors to slow it down. I'm close to having it run again. |
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Post by captbob on Jun 21, 2017 9:41:39 GMT -5
IF I had such a grand tumbler as you built, I would have one level turning fast and one level slow.
Seems a pulley change out would be all that is needed for such.
Someday I hope to find the room I want for all my lapidary gear and equipment I would like to add. *sigh*
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2017 10:20:24 GMT -5
IF I had such a grand tumbler as you built, I would have one level turning fast and one level slow. Seems a pulley change out would be all that is needed for such. Someday I hope to find the room I want for all my lapidary gear and equipment I would like to add. *sigh* Yes that is a plan. But 64rpm for the fast level was too fast. Went from 1725rpm motor to 1045rpm. No pulley change required. Plus 1/9hp saves electricity, I hope. I'm holding out on engineering speed on second shelf while I learn the details of shelf one. Thanks for the compliment. |
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Post by juzwuz on Jun 25, 2017 19:27:41 GMT -5
Finally got around to working on the 3.5" lightning stone sphere. Here it is ready to rock n' roll:  Grinding away:  After an hour it's a lot smoother:  After one more hour to get out the last flat spot, it's ready to polish:  I'm working on grinding out another sphere before re-arranging the machine for polishing. Thanks for looking! |
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 2, 2017 9:00:28 GMT -5
I can't see any photos.. Just photobucket's third party pasting...Odd I can't even get into my photobucket photos either...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2017 15:07:38 GMT -5
I can't see any photos.. Just photobucket's third party pasting...Odd I can't even get into my photobucket photos either... Nothing odd a out it. Remote viewing is prohibited by photobucket rules and they want $400/year to allow it. |
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Post by juzwuz on Jan 23, 2018 1:19:16 GMT -5
Just testing out posting pictures from the RockShow. Here's a picture of the final polished lightning stone sphere.  I also made a sphere from Seraphanite.  |
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Post by toiv0 on Jan 23, 2018 4:41:28 GMT -5
amazing, they look great
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