bcrockhound
spending too much on rocks
Member since June 2014
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Post by bcrockhound on Jan 28, 2019 21:36:10 GMT -5
I don't know the ways of Canada Post. When I lived in Iqaluit, sometimes items would come within a week, and other times they would sit in Montreal for a month or longer before finally getting on a plane. That was somewhat of a unique circumstance though. We were slowed down shipping them trying to convince the clerk that rocks shouldn't be classified as dangerous goods.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 28, 2019 21:40:34 GMT -5
I was hoping our box would have gotten here today, but it didn't.  Hopefully tomorrow! Canada Post's tracking ends once it gets released from customs in the US, which happened on the 24th. Expected delivery is the 30th, but not sure how reliable that is. I was amazed people received boxes on Saturday. That doesn't happen here. No worries. It will get here. 
If you have the tracking number, would you pm it to me? It's possible USPS will track it just like they do with Aussie mail.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 28, 2019 23:49:39 GMT -5
I thought it odd that beefjello received his and you haven’t though you are both in Arizona. But rockjunquie in West Virginia has, and I hadn’t!! Until about an hour ago. I think California is closer to BC than the east coast!! Hang in there! Virginia, but close.  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 29, 2019 18:58:29 GMT -5
Our box came today! 
Just so everyone knows, the USPS does track the international packages with their tracking numbers.
The reason for the delay was evident on the box. TSA had opened it to see our pretty rocks and then resealed it with their lovely green tape informing you that they inspected it. Hope they enjoyed it! Also hope they didn't steal any. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Jan 30, 2019 20:06:51 GMT -5
All good! Rocks were all there according to the scale, and I didn't need dinner immediately anyway.
Picked a couple out, took them to the shop so we could get our first good look at Dallasite. We both really like it.
Polished the top of one of those first slices this morning up to 50K. It takes a consistent polish across all the colors. What a great thing it is to get a new type of rough and to find it polishes up like that!
Thank you so much for giving us here on the RTH a chance to purchase some of this great rough. |
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bcrockhound
spending too much on rocks
Member since June 2014
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Post by bcrockhound on Jan 30, 2019 21:09:24 GMT -5
All good! Rocks were all there according to the scale, and I didn't need dinner immediately anyway.
Picked a couple out, took them to the shop so we could get our first good look at Dallasite. We both really like it.
Polished the top of one of those first slices this morning up to 50K. It takes a consistent polish across all the colors. What a great thing it is to get a new type of rough and to find it polishes up like that!
Thank you so much for giving us here on the RTH a chance to purchase some of this great rough. Glad to hear it! Always interested to see if you ever post a pic of what you do with it too, almost as fun as hounding it in the first place. Thanks for helping us feel like we spent our days on the beaches well! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Jan 31, 2019 21:39:30 GMT -5
Alrighty then - still haven't really "done" anything with it, but this photo is two halves of the same small slice. The shiny one is 30x18 mm. It was so much fun seeing the transformation I wanted to post a picture of them side by side.
I didn't even work the sides. This rough was new to us, so I just had to see how it would polish. It really does shine up nicely.
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bcrockhound
spending too much on rocks
Member since June 2014
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Post by bcrockhound on Feb 1, 2019 7:48:02 GMT -5
Alrighty then - still haven't really "done" anything with it, but this photo is two halves of the same small slice. The shiny one is 30x18 mm. It was so much fun seeing the transformation I wanted to post a picture of them side by side.
I didn't even work the sides. This rough was new to us, so I just had to see how it would polish. It really does shine up nicely.
Looks awesome, thank you! |
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Post by fernwood on Feb 2, 2019 9:12:23 GMT -5
bcrockhound Received my Dallasite yesterday. It is such an amazing stone. Thanks again for offering this to people on RTH. A little Dremel work and shifting my tumbling schedule, then some of this will be going in.
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Win
spending too much on rocks
Member since June 2017
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Post by Win on Feb 4, 2019 10:01:58 GMT -5
I cut some over the weekend, it's going to tumble great. I have a friend that's an amazing art/jewelry maker, showed him a couple of slices and gave him a rock to play with, he loved it.
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avenueiarts
starting to shine!
Member since February 2019
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Post by avenueiarts on Feb 11, 2019 16:50:48 GMT -5
You said: Pat
I am no expert on cabbing. Does 4" trim saw mean rocks no bigger than 4"?No, though I wish it did. 4" diameter blade can cut a little over 1" thick stone. I can measure it today. So how much can a 7" saw cut? I have no ideas about saws. |
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Post by Pat on Feb 11, 2019 17:03:42 GMT -5
avenueiarts. Here you go. bcrockhoundHere you go. 4” sawblade can cut up to rock 1.5” thick 7” blade up to 2.6” 10” blade up to 3.75” FORMULA depth of cut = 0.375 x diameter
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Post by Rockindad on Feb 14, 2019 19:43:25 GMT -5
Received mine as well and sliced a couple already, very nice. Thanks again Stewart!
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Hopefully tomorrow!
