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Post by stoner on Jul 21, 2005 1:48:04 GMT -5
Hi all. These are the latest out of polish.There are Koi Jasper, Sunset Jasper, Poppy Jasper, Laguna Agates and some misc. stones. These were in 60/90 for around 2.5 weeks, 5 days in 120/220, 4 days in 600, 3 days in 1000, and 5 days in polish-tin oxide. These were run in my accelerated tumbler, except for polish. I got busy during the coarse grind and didn't check them for about 6 days, and when I did, a lot of the jaspers were getting pretty small. The poppy jasper fractured pretty badly, but it seems to be the nature of this stone. Nothing that can't be fixed on the grinder. First plate:     Second plate:  All together:   And a few stones worked on the grinder and will become pendants-someday. Laguna agates, botswana agate, Blue Swirlstone, sunset jasper and ameythst.  Thanks for looking. Ed |
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Post by rollingstone on Jul 21, 2005 3:58:26 GMT -5
Ed,
Those look great! Wow, you did accelerate things...yet you seem to have achieved great shapes too.. did you speed up your tumbler or what?
In the 4th pic, you've got a great looking stone -- white with red lines...what is that?
I love the poppy jasper in the third pic, bottom-left. Got a close-up of that?
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Jul 21, 2005 4:08:25 GMT -5
Hi Ed
Nice lot I particulary like the worked pendants & the ameythst in particular
Are they your own "collected" rocks? lovley range
Whats the banded one on the 3rd plate?
Yours.
Jack
Yorkshire UK
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Post by Alice on Jul 21, 2005 7:02:13 GMT -5
nice looking batch stoner!
I have 2 speedy tumblers and am finding they the grit disapears quite qickly without doing much to the rocks. I have to reload the grit every 2 - 3 days. Did you have this problem?
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Post by Tweetiepy on Jul 21, 2005 8:06:05 GMT -5
The amethyst is amazing! I love the shapes!
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Post by creativeminded on Jul 21, 2005 8:34:40 GMT -5
Very nicely done, those are beautiful. That amethyst looks like what I picked up called phantom amethyst, it is very pretty.
Tami
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Post by stefan on Jul 21, 2005 8:42:29 GMT -5
so you shaped some on the grinder than went into the tumbler? Oh and what is an accelerated tumbler? Nice batch there!
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Post by Cher on Jul 21, 2005 10:20:48 GMT -5
Wow Ed, very nice. Love the color range and variety. I just love the loads that have lots of different colors and stuff. You've got a lot of nice pieces in there for jewelry. Great job!!
Cher
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Post by krazydiamond on Jul 21, 2005 11:09:07 GMT -5
8-)cool stones, Stoner!
some gorgeous colors in there and such a variety of flavors. that amethyst pendant is a real eye catcher, that looks like Chevron Amethyst?
great platesfull! ;D
KD
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Post by Alice on Jul 21, 2005 12:42:08 GMT -5
Stefan, Stoner (I believe) had a post up a while back saying that he raised the RPM on his tumbler making it go about 70 RPM, to make things go faster. That's what he means by accelerated tumbler
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Post by rockyraccoon on Jul 21, 2005 12:45:30 GMT -5
stoner great job on those! i love what you did with the amethyst. that is going to make a nice looking pendant (you will show us again when you make the pendant right?). did the swirlstone shine up easily?
kim
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Post by cookie3rocks on Jul 21, 2005 17:16:09 GMT -5
So Pretty! Great colors, I'm loving the Koi jasper. I've been working on some sunset jasper for a while now and parts polish really well while parts stay dull. Any tips?
cookie
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Post by joe on Jul 21, 2005 23:01:18 GMT -5
That's a well balanced plate. Great looking stones, Stoner. I love the red and white ones, and the square yellow one, and... all of 'em.
Joe
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Post by stoner on Jul 21, 2005 23:34:40 GMT -5
Hi all. Thanks for the encouragement.
RS-All the red and white stones are Koi Jasper. Really nice stuff. I was a little disappointed with the poppy jasper. It took a good shine, but had a lot of fractures. Next time I'll try using more pellets.
Alice-Try using less water-a lot less water. I recharge in 3 days and most of the grit is gone and a thick slurry has built up and the stones show good progress.
Jack and Cookie-The striped stones are the sunset jasper and Cookie, the darker bands don't take a polish as well as the colored bands, so maybe yours are as good as they are gonna get.
Stephan-Only the stones in the bottom pic were shaped on the grinder and they were not put in the tumbler. If I can't get a stone to take a polish on the grinder, I sometimes throw it in the tumbler with the next polish load.
Kim-The blue swirlstone takes an excellent polish on the leather belt with tin oxide. Really pretty stones, thanks.
Ed
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