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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Check out rooster, Blitzkrieg of colored glass page 12 Dec 27, 2017 11:33:26 GMT -5 jamesp likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 27, 2017 11:33:26 GMT -5 and get that on video!
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Check out rooster, Blitzkrieg of colored glass page 12 Dec 27, 2017 11:33:04 GMT -5 jamesp and 1dave like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 27, 2017 11:33:04 GMT -5 It's a chicken, shoot it!
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MY NEW SHOP (Traded Hobbies} Dec 27, 2017 11:32:09 GMT -5 TheRock likes this

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Post by captbob on Dec 27, 2017 11:32:09 GMT -5

coulda done without that, but the wimmins will probably appreciate it ...

Was thinkin' - that those baking sheets under your rotary tumblers have to add (amplify?) noise. Understand the logic behind having them there, but maybe a rubber pad, towel, or something between the tumblers and the metal might not be a bad idea. ?

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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	MY NEW SHOP (Traded Hobbies} Dec 26, 2017 22:21:36 GMT -5 TheRock likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 26, 2017 22:21:36 GMT -5 needs more electrical outlets ...
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Panama ? Dec 26, 2017 22:16:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 26, 2017 22:16:30 GMT -5 I don't think that first one is a jasper either. Looks similar to aventurine. They have carnelian in Panama?
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Merry Christmas from the cardio unit Dec 26, 2017 22:12:53 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 26, 2017 22:12:53 GMT -5 Hoo boy, don't know how I missed this one. Prayers headed your way Arlen! Best wishes for a good prognosis and a HEALTHY New Year.
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George West, TX - Small Cuts Dec 26, 2017 16:46:05 GMT -5 woodman and txrockhunter like this

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Post by captbob on Dec 26, 2017 16:46:05 GMT -5

Very cool. Thank you for making that understandable!!

PDF on "hexagonally fractured petrified wood" :
www.hgms.org/StartPageHTMLFiles/PaleoPetrifiedWoodArticles/Scott-HexFractSTexPetWood.pdf

Old thread from here:
forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/69780/shrinkwood

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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	George West, TX - Small Cuts Dec 26, 2017 13:43:03 GMT -5 txrockhunter likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 26, 2017 13:43:03 GMT -5 Hey Mel, can you please spend a minute explaining the difference(s) between shrinkwood and rot wood? Thanks. Hope you and Sharon had a nice Christmas!
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	George West, TX - Small Cuts Dec 26, 2017 13:22:35 GMT -5 txrockhunter and MsAli like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 26, 2017 13:22:35 GMT -5 That's worth logging in for. Some of that shrinkwood is as good as it gets! Outstanding specimens. Thanks for the photos, but this thread should have come with a drool warning.
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Third Installment for ID Dec 25, 2017 14:54:23 GMT -5 fernwood likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 25, 2017 14:54:23 GMT -5 Try Marcasite agate from Nipomo California on the 2nd one.
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	December 2017 Fun Cab Challenge Dec 25, 2017 1:03:05 GMT -5 melhill1659 likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 25, 2017 1:03:05 GMT -5 ^^ who'da thunk that beautiful heart was inside that POS slab! Nicely done.
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	a couple rocks i made for a client Dec 25, 2017 0:56:46 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 25, 2017 0:56:46 GMT -5 This is good looking material. You find a nick chunk of it please let me know.
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FIRST WEEK Dec 25, 2017 0:51:29 GMT -5 Jugglerguy and txrockhunter like this

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Post by captbob on Dec 25, 2017 0:51:29 GMT -5

Off to a great start Paul. Pull rocks out and set them aside as they get to the shape you want them. You don't want to keep running the rocks ready to move on as they are going to continue to get smaller.

Add fresh rough to make up for pulled rocks and lost material as it grinds away. Keep this up as long as necessary to have a full load ready to move on to the next grit. You won't lose all that much mass in the finer grits.

You have plenty of material to work with, so don't be worried about pulling out pieces that are giving you problems or that have bad cracks or just don't measure up. Basically, don't waste time or poor quality rocks.

Hope that you keep at it and post pictures of your progress.

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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	USPS rate hikes... Dec 24, 2017 13:14:46 GMT -5 drocknut and rockjunquie like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 24, 2017 13:14:46 GMT -5
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Tests - welded up another barrel, 6" mouth Dec 24, 2017 13:06:24 GMT -5 jamesp likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 24, 2017 13:06:24 GMT -5 PS reading a guy's diary just feels kinda creepy.
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Tests - welded up another barrel, 6" mouth Dec 24, 2017 11:48:25 GMT -5 jamesp likes this

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Post by captbob on Dec 24, 2017 11:48:25 GMT -5

You need to show this glass with a different background. Something textureless (is that a word?) like blue construction paper. Hard to tell what's really going on there with that background surface.

I have a BUNCH of that glass from a very recent Oh Shit moment, but doubt that I will try tumbling it. Worried about what it will do to a rubber tumbler liner. Probably can't hurt your PVC, but figure it could shred rubber.
Also don't see spending time on tumbling clear glass with more quality rocks to tumble than I can get to in 5 years.
Good test material for your experiments to finesse soft rock tumbling methods.

Merry Christmas buddy!

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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	First two for ID help Dec 23, 2017 9:17:47 GMT -5 rockjunquie and fernwood like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 23, 2017 9:17:47 GMT -5 The 2nd picture is Stone Canyon jasper outta Cali.
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	Small Mini Sonic hoppers regurgitate large rock Dec 22, 2017 16:54:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 22, 2017 16:54:05 GMT -5 Fire pit bling! Bedazzle one of them suckers.
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captbob no longer being taken for granite St. Pete FL Member since December 2007 Posts: 8,186	eBay steals & deals Dec 22, 2017 16:51:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by captbob on Dec 22, 2017 16:51:21 GMT -5 Maybe not a steal, might be a deal these don't come up often in the middle of the country though. HP 20" saw in Missouri www.ebay.com/itm/HIGHLAND-PARK-20-in-SLAB-SAW/162816201902?hash=item25e89a14ae:g:SzsAAOSwFSxaLkYR
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Small Mini Sonic hoppers regurgitate large rock Dec 22, 2017 10:59:04 GMT -5

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Post by captbob on Dec 22, 2017 10:59:04 GMT -5

You finding most of your customers are wanting covers now? I recall when covers weren't even an option.
They must be profitable. Have to weld handles to all of them?
Do they get the same patina as the bowls? Thinkin' if they didn't rust then people could sit on it.
Wonder if a round all weather cushion (something that wouldn't soak up water) for when the pit is not in use would sell ...

In the 2nd photo above there are some huge rounds leaning against the wall, must be 4 to 5 feet across.
You make a fire pit that big?

Looks cold up there! 3 more days of 80° here before it cools down on Christmas day to 70°
then it warms back up!