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Post by cobbledstones on Jan 12, 2016 22:47:49 GMT -5
Sometimes I take a day to reduce rocks to rubble. I turned a 5 gal bucket of end cuts into cubes for marble blanks. Material is graveyard point agate, some red jasper, a few types of carnelian and some other misc things.   also cut some blanks that will end up as beads, these will get drilled and shaped eventually  and the leftovers, these will end up being tumbler folder for someone  |
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Post by Pat on Jan 12, 2016 22:59:44 GMT -5
Neat ideas and good use of leftovers.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 13, 2016 13:10:08 GMT -5
Heck ya',use all the material-no waste.....
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SirRoxalot
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Post by SirRoxalot on Jan 23, 2016 13:42:25 GMT -5
How do you make your marbles, in a sphere mill? I'm trying to make some right now!
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Post by cobbledstones on Jan 23, 2016 16:07:47 GMT -5
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Post by Jugglerguy on Jan 23, 2016 16:57:44 GMT -5
I just went and reread the marble thread. Those are really cool. Have you made any more since then?
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SirRoxalot
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Post by SirRoxalot on Jan 26, 2016 12:16:26 GMT -5
I just finished a few amethyst and rose quartz marbles, simply grinding them spherical in a concavity carved into a grinding stone, held against a rubber wheel, then polishing on my cabbing machine. Not quick to make, and not perfect, but still pretty fun, and cool. I'd love a marble mill, but the cost is a bit hard to justify when you can get gemstone marbles for two bucks, sigh.
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