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Post by nowyo on Aug 30, 2014 22:55:38 GMT -5
Russ the older I get the more I forget so you're not too far off with me forgetting about how to tumble rocks! LOL Different types and sizes of tumblers may take a little experimenting to get the right recipe for each one but a good starting point for the amount of grit to use in roughing is 1 lb of rough grit for every 10 lbs of rocks. Some measure their grit by volume but I like to measure it by weight on a deli scale I have. connrock I've been going by weight rather than volume, and the 1/10 ratio works really well nearly all the time, and getting the amount of water right plays a big part as well. It's all fun or we wouldn't be doing it, right? Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 30, 2014 1:24:16 GMT -5
I like the symmetry. The thought and effort that went into it really shows.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 30, 2014 1:21:01 GMT -5
John, bummer about the knee but these days they fix that stuff right up. Hope it all goes well and you heal up quick.
Jean, that sign is too funny.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 30, 2014 0:40:21 GMT -5
Looks like a fun hike. Interesting to see picture =s of other places. Russ I love looking at the photos you guys post when your out hounding. I might not be able to find such abundant and tumble/lapidary worthy stones as those of you out west, but my local geologic history is fascinating (at least imo) and I can share that at least, and I can find specimin quality material if I go to the right places. I've lived in many places around the usa and nothing quite compares with my admiration of new england, although being born here my opinion is probably biased.... until winter rolls around and I'm wishing I lived in Florida again lol Your geology IS fascinating. We may have it a little easier as far as agates and whatnot, and we don't have a lot of green stuff trying to hide it from us. Thisdis high desert around here. I'm not quite sure where in Conn. you are but you're probably a little east of the old suture between Laurentia and Africa. I've been to a spot in Vermont, Near Hubbardtown I think? where it is said you can have one foot in North America and one foot in Africa. It was years ago. Just for kicks, try to find a geologic map of the Taconic Orogeny. Kind of western Vermont/Eastern New York, say between Berlin, New York and Whitehall. That is some convoluted stuff going on there, and some of those thrust faults are really easy to spot. You have some seriously cool geology to study in that part of the country. Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 30, 2014 0:20:49 GMT -5
My apologies. i was having so much fun splitting firewood this morning that I almost forgot about rocks for a few hours. I'll get the info tomorrow.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 30, 2014 0:18:40 GMT -5
Finding the "right" recipe for tumbling is the same as finding the "right" recipe for apple pie. Tons and tons of recipes but finding the one that suits you is the key to success. One thing that's important is consistency.If you use different types of apples to bake pies you'll never got it down to what you really want and like. Same holds true for rock tumbling.You'll never get "your" recipe if you tumble different types of rocks all the time. connrock I especially like this comment by connrock, who has probably forgotten more about tumbling rocks than I'll ever know. Finding the "recipe" that suits you, your equipment, your schedule. We'd been running a couple of Lortone barrels with decent success (45C and QT6). Built a homemade that is considerably bigger solely for coarse and all was well. Received a Thumler B for Christmas and it all went out the window. For some reason the same ratios weren't really working. Still playing with amounts of grit/water/time but think I've got it narrowed down now, getting better results and feeling better about the whole thing. It takes some time and messing with things. About the patience thing-I have none. Major hurdle. Much easier in the summer when there are so many other things to do. I'm mostly letting things run 10-14 days now. Some batches it seems to make a difference, others I'm not so sure. Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 29, 2014 23:37:29 GMT -5
Ya know, if you could get a couple pieces of 24 inch pipe that would be seriously awesome. And loud. Way cool.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 29, 2014 23:33:15 GMT -5
Nerd humor. Gotta love it. Reminds me of geology class back when dirt was new.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 29, 2014 23:26:01 GMT -5
Sounds cool. Post some pics, please. Someday I'm going to try and get over in that country.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 29, 2014 0:23:29 GMT -5
Hope this fixes it and Jimmy can get back to a normal life.
I agree with what everyone says about the first doc being sued, license revoked, etc. but it won't happen. My mother broke her hip two years ago, and had a hip replacement last month because the doctor who "fixed" the broken hip messed it up so bad. Really similar deal happened to a friend's father. Doctors will say anything in an office visit, but getting them to testify in court against another doctor is nigh on impossible. Not addressing the pain issue is inexcusable.
Sure hope this all works out well.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 28, 2014 23:53:21 GMT -5
Very nice. Some of those granites work up really good. Most of ours are more coarse grained, I need to do a little more looking around.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 28, 2014 23:46:49 GMT -5
That's neat. Accidental success. I like it.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 28, 2014 23:43:07 GMT -5
Nice job on the preforms. Mine are usually always cruder than that.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 28, 2014 23:36:06 GMT -5
I'll measure the shaft on the Thumlers B in the morning and post what I find, but 1/4 inch sounds right.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 28, 2014 22:47:43 GMT -5
I just count the water spray towards my yearly bath. Won't need a bath for another 6 years.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 28, 2014 22:43:00 GMT -5
Those sound really great. We may head down to Denver, but it will be between those dates if we go. Drat.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 28, 2014 22:35:10 GMT -5
Looks like a fun hike. Interesting to see picture =s of other places.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 28, 2014 22:21:10 GMT -5
Those are cool. Imagine the work that went into making those wheels-that was all hand work. Thanks for showing them to us.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 26, 2014 22:38:26 GMT -5
Don't know much about the toad, but all over the west the same thing happened-stocked everything with brookies, rainbows, and browns. There are some holdout goldens here, up high. Tough to catch a pure cutthroat (can be done, but I'm not saying where on the interwebs, easy enough to find out if anyone really cares), one river I fish a bunch has a lot of cutt-bows. Rainbows and cutthroats spawn at the same time of year so they interbreed. The Game and Fish here has been sort of systematically poisoning streams to kill off the brookies and rainbows and then restocking with Yellowstone cutthroats, which is what belongs here. As far as eating I'll take a Rocky Mountain Whitefish over a trout any day. Throw them in the the smoker and you've got some good eats. Grayfingers, great post, great pics. Hope you have a whole bunch more days like that. Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 26, 2014 22:21:23 GMT -5
Looks like fun and you made a good haul out of there. Half price? means you can buy twice as much, right?
Russ
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