Banjocreek
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since March 2003
Posts: 1,115
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Post by Banjocreek on Jun 18, 2004 12:09:29 GMT -5
Here ya go. See if you can tell me what this is a picture of? OK? Besides the fact that you see a very cluttered work area and Docs ring (as inspiration) in the background, any guesses? Ok... How about now? No... Its not a bullet hole, but I thought it was very similar and how it appeared was way beyond my comprehension as I saw globs of slurry strewn about. There ya go... 'I can see clearly now the rain has come' 'I wore a hole in the lid of my Thum...............ler" (Sung to the tune of that one song there) Yep, by golly, I talked to Shawn at the RockShop and this does happen. I used this little guy for 60/90 only and sure enough wore right through his lid. Shawn also says that 'Thumle'rs' is making the lids out of a more durable material now. Replacement cost is $2.00. Just a FYI report for ya. And yes, I did have a mess to clean up, but it wasn't the first time and it won't be the last
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Post by sandsman1 on Jun 18, 2004 12:53:41 GMT -5
banjo i cant believe it ate right through like that with such a big hole bummer, after seeing that id take an extra piece of plastic and glue it in the lid and when that wears out just change that
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Banjocreek
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since March 2003
Posts: 1,115
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Post by Banjocreek on Jun 18, 2004 13:09:55 GMT -5
I got a piece of rubber from and inner tube 'rubber cemented' inside the lid now. Just a disc about the size of a 50 cent piece. Others may want to do something similar. For all the 'Thumlerholics'.
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Post by sandsman1 on Jun 18, 2004 13:35:27 GMT -5
how about takeing a gallon milk jug and cutting a piece of the plastic out the same size of the inside of the lid and glueing that in might last alittle longer and its thin so wont take up much room
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James
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since October 2003
Posts: 876
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Post by James on Jun 18, 2004 15:50:27 GMT -5
You finally had one go huh? I've went through half a dozen so far.
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Banjocreek
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since March 2003
Posts: 1,115
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Post by Banjocreek on Jun 18, 2004 18:22:11 GMT -5
Hey James- Do these lids have a tendency to wear like this regardless of the stage you use it for? Or did this happen primarily since I used it exclusively for 60/90?
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Post by cookie3rocks on Jun 18, 2004 20:34:03 GMT -5
It kinda makes sense that the 60/90 would make it go sooner. Hell, it grinds down rock. Plastic is no biggy cookie
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Post by Original Admin on Jun 18, 2004 22:24:53 GMT -5
Banjo - someone once said to me - "Grit Wrecks Everything". Reckon so..... Nice website btw - I popped over there again the other day to see you looking out over the "creek". Looks like a great place to relax and be alone. I have put a link to you on the links page of Rocktumblinghobby.com - to get more visitors to your site though - do a bit of reading on the html <TITLE> tag. Most of your pages have no title, and therefore the search engines don't know how to list them properly and rank them low down as a result. Once you insert a title tag, the engine spiders will readjust your sites positioning. Choose your words carefully, and if you really want to go for it - visit www.wordtracker.com and see what the planet is searching for...... Have fun Banjo - Laters. Andy.
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James
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since October 2003
Posts: 876
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Post by James on Jun 19, 2004 3:39:01 GMT -5
Banjo, it has only happened in 60/90 so far. 120/220 is starting to take its toll though.
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