inbtb
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Post by inbtb on May 15, 2020 14:51:29 GMT -5
So it seems tumbling bigger rocks is getting kind of popular.
So I went through some of my stuff and found a bigger piece of Limb Cast Snakeskin agate. 1 2 3
Sorry about there being no scale for the rough. Piece is about fist size. So it ran for about 10 days and is starting to round off and clean up. 4 5 6
have about another week before I check it again. Originally planned on cutting this but thought I might as well do a big tumble.
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Post by RocksInNJ on May 15, 2020 19:18:52 GMT -5
Cool stuff! Looking forward to following this and thanks for sharing with us.
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JBe
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Post by JBe on May 18, 2020 12:54:47 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing! I'm digging these documented tumbles.
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inbtb
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Post by inbtb on May 21, 2020 17:41:10 GMT -5
A couple of updates. First Big Rock is not Limb Cast Agate it is Snakeskin agate. Did a clean up 5-20-20 has been running since 4-20-20. Now some pictures.
SS 1
SS 2
SS 3
SS 4
Also found some other bigger rocks in the barrel.
A. Some kind of jasper.
B. Rocky Butte jasper
C. Flint ridge
D. plus the smaller stuff.
Hope you enjoy.
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Post by knave on May 21, 2020 17:42:59 GMT -5
A couple of updates. First Big Rock is not Limb Cast Agate it is Snakeskin agate. Did a clean up 5-20-20 has been running since 4-20-20. Now some pictures.
SS 1
SS 2
SS 3
SS 4
Also found some other bigger rocks in the barrel.
A. Some kind of jasper.
B. Rocky Butte jasper
C. Flint ridge
D. plus the smaller stuff.
Hope you enjoy.
The first picture looks like chicken! Nice tumbles...
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on May 22, 2020 11:43:12 GMT -5
Hey, that Snake Skin Agate turned out pretty cool! I like large format rocks like that. I got paperweights all over the place. I really like the other Jaspers that you linked. I think Jasper really lends itself well to the large formats. Really shows off the character.
Thank you for taking the time to share! Especially from start to finish.
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inbtb
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Post by inbtb on May 22, 2020 14:50:26 GMT -5
All the rocks went back into 46/70 grit they still have some spots I'm not happy with and need a little more work. Hope the Snakeskin will fit in my mini sonic vibe.
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inbtb
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Post by inbtb on May 26, 2020 9:47:31 GMT -5
Pulled Big Snakeskin out of coarse grind and not a lot of change. Decided to put in
mini sonic to start the polish phase.
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I am using 2 tsp AO100 and rainwater, a handful of small jasper and a bunch of ceramics. Don't have any idea how long to next stage, I'll give it at least a couple of days. Thanks for looking.
Les
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Post by knave on May 26, 2020 10:00:37 GMT -5
The rocky butte wants to be a shift stick
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inbtb
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Post by inbtb on May 26, 2020 10:07:08 GMT -5
The rocky butte wants to be a shift stick Yep. Did not notice that before.
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inbtb
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Post by inbtb on Jun 2, 2020 14:05:58 GMT -5
Snakeskin came out of final polish 5-31-20. I use TXP ran for about 30 hrs. 4 pictures for final update.
Thanks for looking and thanks for your comments.
Les
Inside #1
Inside #2
Outside #1
Outside #2
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