rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on May 21, 2022 22:23:59 GMT -5
I cleaned out my rotary tumbler that's been running a week in stage 2. I let everything dry out and examined the stones. I found a few that had some small light scratches. These are in groups on some of the edges, like grinding marks (which I did) that didn't get completely cleaned up in stage 1. My question is, should I go back to stage 1, coarse to work these out?
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on May 22, 2022 3:02:58 GMT -5
I cleaned out my rotary tumbler that's been running a week in stage 2. I let everything dry out and examined the stones. I found a few that had some small light scratches. These are in groups on some of the edges, like grinding marks (which I did) that didn't get completely cleaned up in stage 1. My question is, should I go back to stage 1, coarse to work these out? I would say yes. My thought is if it bothers you a little bit now it's going to bother you a whole lot later when you have a beautiful shine going on.
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on May 22, 2022 10:02:35 GMT -5
Oh, they'll definitely bother me later. I guess I just wasn't 100% that more second stage wouldn't solve the issue but I kind of already knew the answer. Thanks! back to coarse.
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stefan
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Post by stefan on May 22, 2022 10:32:26 GMT -5
As general rule if you can see the scratches with the naked eye- it needs to go back to course.
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on May 23, 2022 8:33:55 GMT -5
We're rolling on coarse again! Thanks!
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