walte1fr
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Post by walte1fr on Dec 18, 2016 13:05:46 GMT -5
I just received my lorton 33b tumblers. Now I'm looking for media and stones. Anyone recommend a good site for them? Where do you get yours from?
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Post by Jugglerguy on Dec 18, 2016 13:18:28 GMT -5
The Rock Shed is a good place for both. Finding your own rocks is fun too, if you live in a place that has decent rocks and isn't covered in snow. What type of media are you looking for? I only do rough tumbling in my rotary tumblers and I use a vibratory tumbler for everything else. You can use either ceramic or plastic media in rotary tumblers, but I don't know what most people here prefer. Vibratory tumblers only use ceramic media, so that's what I use.
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walte1fr
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Post by walte1fr on Dec 18, 2016 13:29:01 GMT -5
I live in Michigan and it's a Christmas present to myself haha. Going to have to order stuff until it thaws out. I have some black rocks from Iceland I want to try though.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Dec 18, 2016 13:42:36 GMT -5
I live in Michigan and it's a Christmas present to myself haha. Going to have to order stuff until it thaws out. I have some black rocks from Iceland I want to try though. I'm from Michigan too! If you want to support a Michigan business, you can order from Kingsley North. But then you have to pay sales tax. Where are you in Michigan? I'm in Alpena. There are lots of good rocks in the state. I prefer going up to Lake Superior, but you're a bit late for that this year. |
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walte1fr
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Post by walte1fr on Dec 18, 2016 13:49:58 GMT -5
I'm over in the thumb. I will have to check them out
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Post by captbob on Dec 18, 2016 14:04:30 GMT -5
Wondering if being from Michigan is really worthy of an exclamation point.  |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Dec 18, 2016 14:19:37 GMT -5
Wondering if being from Michigan is really worthy of an exclamation point. Yes! It is! You wouldn't understand, because you're not from Michigan. We have white Christmases up here. |
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Dec 18, 2016 14:43:55 GMT -5
Wondering if being from Michigan is really worthy of an exclamation point. Bah-humbug lol. After getting a vibe tumbler I started off using my trim scraps of agates and hard jaspers as media - then they started getting stolen by the missus as soon as they got shiny and pretty...  Now I use ceramic from Ebay. No noticeable difference - my tumbling results still suck just as bad. |
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Post by spiceman on Dec 20, 2016 21:32:33 GMT -5
I bought a bucket of the plastic pellets that is used some kind of a air rifle. Walmart had a sale and I bought 10,000 or a bucket full.
Very hard pellets. They have been tumbled for a month and still look good. They only cost me 10 bucks.
Don't know if that's good but it's not bad, for me.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2016 21:34:10 GMT -5
I bought a bucket of the plastic pellets that is used some kind of a air rifle. Walmart had a sale and I bought 10,000 or a bucket full. Very hard pellets. They have been tumbled for a month and still look good. They only cost me 10 bucks. Don't know if that's good but it's not bad, for me. Do they float or sink? |
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Post by spiceman on Dec 20, 2016 23:36:27 GMT -5
Some float and some you don't see. Are they just below the surface, don't know. If the slurry is thick you won't get the real answer.
I will put them in water and see what's going on.
Will update tomorrow. A PM
Because I don't want to hijack a thread.
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Post by orrum on Dec 21, 2016 7:31:44 GMT -5
I use everyyhing, driveway grsvel, glint knapping debitage, wine corks, fingernail clippings....
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 21, 2016 15:47:22 GMT -5
I use about everything too.......Driveway gravel (as said),River gravel,marbles,busted and the rounds...Hard plastic pellets too.....
As for stones,make a holler on this forum-lots of sellers for that subject...
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