ChicagoDave
has rocks in the head
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Post by ChicagoDave on Jan 4, 2017 9:23:38 GMT -5
Beautiful. I love the fact that your "typical smalls" are amazing looking! I think my next order of rocks needs to include some coral. I always enjoy your attempts at distilling this process down to its bare minimum. The results don't lie.
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jamesp
Cave Dweller
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Post by jamesp on Jan 4, 2017 10:24:56 GMT -5
Beautiful. I love the fact that your "typical smalls" are amazing looking! I think my next order of rocks needs to include some coral. I always enjoy your attempts at distilling this process down to its bare minimum. The results don't lie. I never had a vibe for most of my tumbling career. Ran 4 barrels for 2 years averaging 18 pounds. Standard rotary finish was doing 1 week 220 10 days 500 and 2 weeks polish = 31 days in rotary. Sometimes added a week of 1000 if 500 step was not up to par. And used a ton of sugar as a protective agent in 500 and polish. This AO 80 trick knocked it way down. From 31 or 41 days and multiple clean outs in rotary to 9 days rotary and 18 hours polishing in a vibe. The AO 80 developed enough thick slurry to serve as a protective agent for the fine grits. The 30 and 40 days was not so much of a hassle but doing thorough clean outs for each grit step was work. Cleaning rocks to remove every particle of grit for each step is close to impossible. Not sure which process is cleaner, cleaning each step or grinding AO 80 grit down to oblivion. No scratches, looks like the AO 80 is all broken down.
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Post by roy on Jan 4, 2017 11:33:07 GMT -5
Still can not get over how hard/tough that rock is Roy. its good rock for sure
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 4, 2017 12:26:14 GMT -5
Well roy, my coral met it's match in 'hard as hell' competition. Close second is snakeskin Brazilian and Montana. Sumatra Flame whipped em all.
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