Mazanec
spending too much on rocks
Member since March 2004
Posts: 355
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Post by Mazanec on Jul 25, 2004 2:40:03 GMT -5
My copy of Secrets of the Pros Revealed: How to Tumble Polish Rocks Into Gems has "Volume 1" on the cover. Is there a Volume 2?
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deepsouth
fully equipped rock polisher
He who rocks last rocks best
Member since January 2004
Posts: 1,256
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Post by deepsouth on Jul 25, 2004 3:19:11 GMT -5
www.rockpeddler.com/pg35.htmHi Mazanec, I found your book on the link above and there is no mention of another book by that writer. cheers jack
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Post by connrock on Jul 25, 2004 11:37:51 GMT -5
There are so many "recipies" for tumbling that you can get very confused at times.Been there done that! Here I go with my opinion ,,,,,,,again,,,,,,,,, I've read just about everything both in print and on the web about tumbling and I found that the basic "recipe" is a good starting point.After I got the hang of what was going on in the tumbler and how things were supposed to work I went out on my own to create my own "recipies".(what works for one doesn't always work for others) I've experimented with all sorts of "media" such as wood,corn cob,ball bearings,cooked and uncooked rice,news paper,sharp sand,nuts and bolts,broken taps and drills,carpet tacks and flooring nails,natural rubber,honey,maple syrup,sugar,oatmeal,brass chips,and some others I just can't remember! In doing so i've come up with some pretty nasty clean ups but also some very interesting results. Totally by accident I found a way to polish rocks in their natural form using one of my vibe units!The technique isn't perfected yet but i'm a perfectionist and good enough will NEVER be good enough! What i'm trying to say Maz is to read all you can,try what you've read and "go out on your own". You can read all your life about how to ride a bicycle,,, But until you actually try it yourself you'll never learn how! Tom
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Post by krazydiamond on Jul 25, 2004 16:34:06 GMT -5
i agree whole heartedly, Tom. i once bought a cookbook "1,001 recipes for Chinese Cooking" and most of the whole book dealt with the fact that there are many ways and ingredients to drive a Wok (pun intended) and that once you master the style, you can pretty much fly by the seat of your pants as far as technique.
having said that, i just started a load of stichtite in a medium grind with a bunch of plastic pellets and some cheap plastic white beads.....had fun sawing it up today, very soft, so we will see what it looks like in a few days....
it may not take much of a polish, but i may try some of that chrome oxide (that worked on the butter jade) if the plain old aluminium doesn't do the trick....
i'm having so much fun!
KD
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