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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 30, 2017 18:21:30 GMT -5
Here's about 10 pounds of Botswana agates and Brazilian agates I sliced up last weekend. These just came out of the tumbler after their first week in stage one. Going to be a really fun tumble.    Chuck |
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Post by orrum on Sept 30, 2017 19:05:32 GMT -5
Possibly the bestest batch I have ever seen!!!
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Post by fernwood on Sept 30, 2017 19:37:12 GMT -5
Those are amazing.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Sept 30, 2017 19:53:10 GMT -5
Those are coming along nicely. I ordered 25 lbs. of baby Brazilian agates from Kingsley North, but their supplier is in Texas and won't be able to get them for about a month due to the hurricane. I have some Bots in rough now. I didn't cut any of my bots. I'm starting to think that I should have. Some have nice banding now, but others are looking pretty plain. I think I'll cut those plain ones when I do a clean out next Saturday.
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Post by aDave on Sept 30, 2017 20:27:41 GMT -5
That's great stuff Rob Jugglerguy. I still have a bunch of bots,and your work is tempting me to cut them before tumbling. Not sure what I'll do, but great work nonetheless. Dave |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2017 20:54:57 GMT -5
Those are coming along nicely. I ordered 25 lbs. of baby Brazilian agates from Kingsley North, but their supplier is in Texas and won't be able to get them for about a month due to the hurricane. I have some Bots in rough now. I didn't cut any of my bots. I'm starting to think that I should have. Some have nice banding now, but others are looking pretty plain. I think I'll cut those plain ones when I do a clean out next Saturday. Doesn't 26# get you the best price? |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 30, 2017 21:16:17 GMT -5
Those are coming along nicely. I ordered 25 lbs. of baby Brazilian agates from Kingsley North, but their supplier is in Texas and won't be able to get them for about a month due to the hurricane. I have some Bots in rough now. I didn't cut any of my bots. I'm starting to think that I should have. Some have nice banding now, but others are looking pretty plain. I think I'll cut those plain ones when I do a clean out next Saturday. These are real blade eaters. I had planned on cutting a slice from the center of each one but gave up. I put a brand new $45 MK303 blade in the trim saw when I started these and used up over half of it just cutting 10 pounds of them into halves. Chuck |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 30, 2017 21:17:56 GMT -5
Those are coming along nicely. I ordered 25 lbs. of baby Brazilian agates from Kingsley North, but their supplier is in Texas and won't be able to get them for about a month due to the hurricane. I have some Bots in rough now. I didn't cut any of my bots. I'm starting to think that I should have. Some have nice banding now, but others are looking pretty plain. I think I'll cut those plain ones when I do a clean out next Saturday. Doesn't 26# get you the best price? 25 pounds and up gets best price. $1.80 per pound. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2017 21:22:00 GMT -5
Doesn't 26# get you the best price? 25 pounds and up gets best price. $1.80 per pound. I guess I read it wrong. I thought price before ended at 25# so the last price started at 26# I got the very same story. Out of stock, Texas supplier may take a month.... |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 30, 2017 21:29:04 GMT -5
25 pounds and up gets best price. $1.80 per pound. I guess I read it wrong. I thought price before ended at 25# so the last price started at 26# I got the very same story. Out of stock, Texas supplier may take a month.... My kid hand picked these brazilians at a show a couple weeks ago. $2 per pound but no shipping and able to high grade. Chuck |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2017 22:09:24 GMT -5
I guess I read it wrong. I thought price before ended at 25# so the last price started at 26# I got the very same story. Out of stock, Texas supplier may take a month.... My kid hand picked these brazilians at a show a couple weeks ago. $2 per pound but no shipping and able to high grade. Chuck That is a great opportunity. I'd gladly pay 10% more to hand pick. Well.done. |
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Post by fishnpinball on Sept 30, 2017 22:28:26 GMT -5
I do like the way cutting them in half really exposes the agate patterns.
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Post by captbob on Oct 1, 2017 0:10:00 GMT -5
Chuck, that is going to be an awesome batch! Please post some pics along the way before they get to polished.
Rob, don't cut your Bots! Let them run. May have to add them to other batches for months before they get there, but it will be worth the wait. Like getting to the center of a tootsie pop. It's amazing when the "plain" outside finally gets worn away.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 1, 2017 7:13:41 GMT -5
Chuck, that is going to be an awesome batch! Please post some pics along the way before they get to polished. Rob, don't cut your Bots! Let them run. May have to add them to other batches for months before they get there, but it will be worth the wait. Like getting to the center of a tootsie pop. It's amazing when the "plain" outside finally gets worn away. Thanks, Bob, that’s what I needed to know. They’re not that big to begin with, so I wasn’t sure which way to go. |
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Post by captbob on Oct 1, 2017 9:04:04 GMT -5
Rob - Cut 'em and you are likely to only have the banding show on the cut face, as they probably won't run long enough to remove the plain outer layer around the entire rock. Let 'em run whole and you will have the banding showing surface wide.
I put some in a load in February, my first time for Bots. After 3 or 4 months, I still had just plain grey rounded rocks. I'm thinking what the heck, did I get duds or what? Pulled most of them out and threw in my maybe someday bucket and just let 3 continue to run. Still just boring and with no banding at all.
The 3 are in a barrel I'd just blown off for sometime. I last checked the barrel on July 30. Opened it this past Friday, Sept 29th, so it had been running for 2 months. (yeah, I know... I'm a tumbling slacker)
Outer plain layer entirely worn away. May have happened a month ago... I don't know! But the Bots are fantastic.
Moved to AO 500 pre-polish. Will keep a closer eye on them now that I know they aren't duds!
Have a box of these things that I got some years ago. Now that I know, I will be looking for that box. The tumble will take awhile, but that's not unusual around here! They sure are worth the time when you get down to the center treat.
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Post by Fossilman on Oct 1, 2017 9:15:14 GMT -5
Those are beautiful material!!!!
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Post by Luminin on Oct 1, 2017 20:22:47 GMT -5
Those look great! I especially like the dark ones with the light banding!
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