Showtime
spending too much on rocks
Member since November 2005
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Post by Showtime on Dec 15, 2005 5:43:33 GMT -5
This is a piece (smallest) I got from Sturgis S.D. my question is what the heck can I do with it I took one 2 footer in to "bernie's rock shop" to get a slab and show the grain (will post later) but reality says it's to nice to "bust up" and suggestions? TYIA  |
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Post by Cher on Dec 15, 2005 9:29:21 GMT -5
That's a very nice piece of pet wood but unless you're into displaying pieces, I'd bust it up. Can't tumble anything that big. Guess you could always put it up on ebay.
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Post by creativeminded on Dec 15, 2005 10:26:00 GMT -5
I would suggest you split it with the grain and then put the long pieces that will fit your tumbler in and then you would still be able to keep the beauty of the piece just more of them.
Tami
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stefan
Cave Dweller 
Member since January 2005
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Post by stefan on Dec 15, 2005 11:31:01 GMT -5
bust it up- It looks too fractured to slab well- But the shine that wood will take- OH YEA!
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drupe
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since September 2005
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Post by drupe on Dec 15, 2005 11:38:43 GMT -5
Yeah, go ahead and whack it. Its to big to tumble and to fractured to cab well. Oh yeah, one other thing you could do with it. Send it to me.  Merry Christmas. ;D Pete  |
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Dec 15, 2005 16:18:03 GMT -5
Keep at least one piece to display. You can get cheap plastic holders at either some rock shops, or in the case of the pics below, this is a plate holder from a department store, but I'm using it to display a 3 lb+ piece of petwood I found, instead of an expensive plate. This petwood looks to be about the same size as yours (quarter in there for scale), but I'm sure they come in different sizes so you can get one to match most sizes of slab or rough.   |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Dec 15, 2005 19:51:51 GMT -5
polish one side and put it on one of those stands like tom showed.
kim
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Post by krazydiamond on Dec 15, 2005 21:08:01 GMT -5
whack, whack, whack it up...do it with the grain, you will get some eye popping tumbles out of that nice piece.
KD
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Pebbles
has rocks in the head
Member since November 2005
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Post by Pebbles on Dec 15, 2005 21:29:00 GMT -5
It sounds like you have enough of it to do a little of everything with it. I know what yer saying about not wanting to just bust it to pieces. I have a small chunk of pet wood that looks too nice ( to me ) to break apart, but don't really know what else I can do with it - so it just sits on the coffee table lookin' pretty (for now, anyways).
Pebbles
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Post by rockds on Dec 17, 2005 0:35:41 GMT -5
time to whack, cut and polish
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