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Post by captbob on Jul 14, 2017 23:01:45 GMT -5
I just bought a LFRB of 36 grit from a dude in Seattle. $90 shipped. Have you used the 36 or 30 grit before Scott?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 23:16:28 GMT -5
I just bought a LFRB of 36 grit from a dude in Seattle. $90 shipped. Have you used the 36 or 30 grit before Scott? Yes. Ran thru 55# quickly.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 15, 2017 5:31:32 GMT -5
Does great on one week intervals with a big rock in the barrel notjustone. It takes about 5 days to break down at 55 RPM and do a clean out on 7 day schedule. Yes I do like the time release and am willing to pay for it. I don't want to box 50 LFRB's though and distribute them. But will pay fairly profitable price for 200 to 400 pounds to anyone buying a pallet. The grinding wheel chunks last too long. There will be 1/2 and 1 inch chunks left in the barrel after 2 weeks. This stuff breaks down to nothing after a week which fits my schedule best. I also like the triple dose method. IMO getting faster grinds. Faster grinds/faster usage, one week clean outs, suits me.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jul 15, 2017 7:51:04 GMT -5
Hurry, hurry, hurry... Don't get me wrong, I love the ingenuity and go get it attitude. Experiments are entertaining to read about, too. I can understand all you engineers out there striving for efficiency and anyone trying to make money selling tumbles wanting to 'get it done'. That said, does anyone else just enjoy the process? This is a leisurely past time for some. I'm already a hectic personality that never sits still. This hobby was suppose to teach my kids patience, but it's done wonders for me. If I speed up 'the process', it seems like I will be handling the rocks more often. Ain't nobody got time for that, anyway. (Insert Sweet Brown video) Carry on with your pallet-o-grit convo. To each his own. ETA: by the way, probably could have posted my commentary in a different thread. I DO understand the concept of bulk savings.
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Post by notjustone on Jul 15, 2017 8:20:03 GMT -5
gr my wife has the same attitude. tumbling was her idea and she simply wanted a small tumbler. of course my testosterone took over and I built woody. then purchased the uv-10. then built the "supergrinder" to speed up preforming. long story short I have boxes of tumbled rocks all over my kitchen table with absolutely no idea what I am ever going to do with them. long story short I just love to see what they will end up looking like when I'm done.
on a side note I'm getting ready to head out the door to my first ever rock show. gemworld by Syracuse gem and mineral society. see ya all in a few hours.
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Post by Wooferhound on Jul 15, 2017 8:24:05 GMT -5
Can't you get it at Costco ?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2017 8:51:04 GMT -5
Can't you get it at Costco ? To paraphrase Bill Clinton: Depends on how you define "it".
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Post by captbob on Jul 15, 2017 9:52:26 GMT -5
Hurry, hurry, hurry... Don't get me wrong, I love the ingenuity and go get it attitude. Experiments are entertaining to read about, too. I can understand all you engineers out there striving for efficiency and anyone trying to make money selling tumbles wanting to 'get it done'. That said, does anyone else just enjoy the process? This is a leisurely past time for some. I'm already a hectic personality that never sits still. This hobby was suppose to teach my kids patience, but it's done wonders for me. If I speed up 'the process', it seems like I will be handling the rocks more often. Ain't nobody got time for that, anyway. (Insert Sweet Brown video) I'm in your boat Randy. Absolutely no desire to speed up the process. Check rocks once a week? Not gonna happen in my world. Get to 'em when the time and desire coincide. Did a clean out on a couple barrels last weekend when I had some free time. One of the barrels hadn't been touched since mid May and the other was well over a month also. Rocks didn't care.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 15, 2017 11:24:56 GMT -5
Cheaper grit. Longer time release. Less recharges. Sounds good to me.
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Post by 1dave on Jul 15, 2017 11:46:52 GMT -5
TIME is not free! Neither is the energy to spin those barrels for months and years. Anything jamesp can experiment, find, and share with us to save both is PURE TREASURE! Even for those of us that don't tumble.
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Post by jamesp on Jul 15, 2017 13:32:30 GMT -5
TIME is not free! Neither is the energy to spin those barrels for months and years. Anything jamesp can experiment, find, and share with us to save both is PURE TREASURE! I do try to reduce labor, it's a fetish. And I have spent about $1200 on coarse grit in 5 years. Spare time Dave, it's all about spare time.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jul 15, 2017 13:51:59 GMT -5
Not all activities need to be pared down to the quickest, most efficient means. 4 out of 5 wives agree. Just sayin'.
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Post by notjustone on Jul 15, 2017 16:48:39 GMT -5
if your not in a hurry you can always throw your rocks out in the front yard and wait for them to erode.
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Post by catmandewe on Jul 15, 2017 17:15:38 GMT -5
Heck I throw mine in the rotary tumbler and check it in a month or two. I run 1 90 lb barrel and 2 50 lb barrels so I want as few cleanouts as possible. If you leave it alone long enough the SC grit keeps breaking down until it is almost prepolish grit. After a month or two I just throw it in the Viking with some polish and I am done. Kids like em, we give them away at the shows for free.
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Post by catmandewe on Jul 15, 2017 17:32:50 GMT -5
I could use about half of a pallet, I dont mind doing the shipping to the other members either. Tony The pallet deal works best if someone wanted a large quantity. I guess it would be best to offer you a some booty if you want to send it out to members. Not to be greedy, I would take 200 pounds. Or up to 400 pounds. Gladly pay LFRB shipping for 200 to 400 pounds. To help finance effort, how about $100 per LFRB ? $400 for 200 pounds $800 for 400 pounds I am certainly comfortable with it's performance. Actually prefer it's time release. Let me know Tony. Yeah by the time I pay shipping to Idaho and figure in the cost to reship it, (garbage bags, shrink wrap, tape) then it is probably going to approach that price. I would be comfortable with $100 per LFRB and I will pack as much as I can get into it, I can get 55-60 lbs of graded 80 grit in a LFRB with a hefty garbage bag inside of it, not sure how the chunks would affect the weight per box though. Tony
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Post by jamesp on Jul 15, 2017 17:50:17 GMT -5
The pallet deal works best if someone wanted a large quantity. I guess it would be best to offer you a some booty if you want to send it out to members. Not to be greedy, I would take 200 pounds. Or up to 400 pounds. Gladly pay LFRB shipping for 200 to 400 pounds. To help finance effort, how about $100 per LFRB ? $400 for 200 pounds $800 for 400 pounds I am certainly comfortable with it's performance. Actually prefer it's time release. Let me know Tony. Yeah by the time I pay shipping to Idaho and figure in the cost to reship it, (garbage bags, shrink wrap, tape) then it is probably going to approach that price. I would be comfortable with $100 per LFRB and I will pack as much as I can get into it, I can get 55-60 lbs of graded 80 grit in a LFRB with a hefty garbage bag inside of it, not sure how the chunks would affect the weight per box though. Tony I'm in for up to 8 LFRB's @ $100 each Tony. There is little void since it has so much smaller particles.
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Post by lori12563 on Jul 15, 2017 17:58:28 GMT -5
I live about 4 hours from Springdale
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Post by jamesp on Jul 15, 2017 18:23:18 GMT -5
I live about 4 hours from Springdale Minimum order is 3000 pounds !! That's a lot of abrasive.
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Post by quartz on Jul 15, 2017 22:21:17 GMT -5
I'm in for three boxes, at least.
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Post by Pat on Jul 15, 2017 23:08:20 GMT -5
I don't need or want any, and I am surprised that I've read the entire thread. What kept me going was all the figuring for cost and efficiency. I admire that, not that I would recognize a math error here if I saw one.
I hope all goes well with the sorting out and sending/sharing. What a job!
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