cabjunky
has rocks in the head
Regency Rose Plume
Member since November 2008
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Post by cabjunky on May 28, 2017 7:32:10 GMT -5
It will be interesting to see how well it works on rock
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Post by Jugglerguy on May 28, 2017 9:03:19 GMT -5
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vera
spending too much on rocks
Member since December 2016
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Post by vera on May 28, 2017 12:35:14 GMT -5
I am surprised he hasn't jumped in to this conversation. He is so good at this type of stuff! I wonder if he is out collecting somewhere...
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jamesp
Cave Dweller
Member since October 2012
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Post by jamesp on May 28, 2017 18:43:59 GMT -5
Hey guys. If that were my machine with such a big capacity I would goto Home Depot. Get a 50 pound bag of smooth quartz river pebbles. Fill it up to 2 inches from top. Wet rocks with hand sprayer. Crank it up. If rocks start rolling like a normal vibe, add grit. Say SiC 80 or SiC 220. Run them for a day watching that everything is functioning and the motor is not getting hot. After 24 hours I would pull a dozen rocks, clean them and let them dry well.
I would be looking for frosting on the quartz. That machine likely built to do metal and may frost rocks. Quartz is sensitive to such. Pock marks, surface damage. If the rocks look beat up worse than the river finish then it is too violent. It looks like a real thick metal hopper. Looks mean lol.
Metal vibes can and usually are to violent for rocks. That machine may have an adjustment for making a gentler action.
But the main goal is to see if it is traumatizing the surface of the rocks.
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Post by johnjsgems on May 28, 2017 20:45:53 GMT -5
The hose is for a "flow through bowl" metal working operation. The production shops have multiple units running with a solution pumped to the tumblers. The hose basically allows the solution to flow through and back to the solution tank. You would want to plug that hole and line the bowl with something. Diamond Pacific lines their Viking metal hoppers but guessing they charge a lot to do it. Several coats of bed liner may work if you can get the metal surface really clean.
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