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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 13, 2021 9:18:06 GMT -5
Very nice! Great job on the wrap and that colla wood is beautiful material.
I still don't know how all you wire wizards and witches get that stuff to do what you want. I've tried, but no magic...
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 12, 2021 22:48:15 GMT -5
Well, the good news is that there is some nice flash in that piece of labradorite. The other news is what you probably already know; that is some tough material to tumble. You may have already searched the forum, but there are threads out there on the methods and success (?) people have had tumbling feldspar.
I noticed you are a math guy, are you going to consider the odds or forge ahead with your tumble? Or are you going to come up with a brilliant formula to finally tumble shine some labradorite (I hope)?
Just playing, but I wish you luck!
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 12, 2021 21:57:52 GMT -5
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 12, 2021 21:19:39 GMT -5
All good things to those who wait. Beautiful cab. It almost looks like a tree with an underground view of the roots.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 12, 2021 21:14:07 GMT -5
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 12, 2021 20:48:07 GMT -5
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 12, 2021 20:43:18 GMT -5
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 11, 2021 23:07:56 GMT -5
Haven't lost your touch. Good to see your sunshiny face.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 11, 2021 22:57:02 GMT -5
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 11, 2021 22:53:30 GMT -5
I've missed too much time and could only make it through the last 4 or 5 pages for review, so I'll assume this has to have been posted here before. My apologies.
ETA: Do no not look at the name of the song and pass on by, please listen to the live version if you haven't.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 11, 2021 22:10:56 GMT -5
Wow! Those are some lookers, Chuck. Am I seeing this right? I have five previous episodes to find?
I know what you mean about that first tumble. I have a few just like it and I don't think the depth comes through in pictures. I can't explain it, but you have it in your hand, you know...
Thanks for taking the time to photograph these.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 11, 2021 22:03:32 GMT -5
If the true agates, especially the LS agates you are talking about have sizeable quartz areas in them, or are fractured to begin with, then I can relate to you lamenting the loss of material. Currently, I'm tumbling a lot of Yangtze River agates I brought back from China which are stunning. However, to get to my usual level of fracture-free perfection, I've had to suffer the loss of large amounts of material, and sometimes it just never seems to end. I've reflected upon whether a few years of experience will alter the frustration you are experiencing with only this one narrow topic. Hmmm. Not sure that it will, except for one thing. You hold an agate in your hand that has problems: quartzy areas, fractures, dents, etc. You decide between: Option 1 is you put that puppy in rough grind and it doesn't come out until that bad stuff is gone, no matter what. It might be a little smaller, or a whole lot smaller when done. Unfortunately, some never get done. Option 2 is you can tell that cleaving or sawing part of it off now, will have the end result be better than Option 1 because less material will have to be removed in rough grind. Or will result in 2 small, but nice rocks, that in total are more rock to have than just 1 small rock that had so much removed in rough grind. Option 2 is better at times, and I must admit that one only gets the experience of knowing when after tumbling a lot of rocks. So I guess some experience is going to help and if you save your favs but that have problems for a year or so, it might pay off. I spent more or less the first 2+ year never wanting to fiddle with Option 2. Now I do that a lot and regret not doing it more in the beginning. I even go with Option 3 sometimes. I'll leave the thing as is, because I know I can't improve it. These are rare, but there are some I just don't bother. Mostly, too small to have much left if I'm going to cut/tumble off imperfections.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 11, 2021 21:42:47 GMT -5
A little misleading, don't you think? I came here expecting a train wreck and got something else completely. Great material and a super shine. As far as I can tell, that's a great batch of tumbles. In my experience, Crazy Lace is a crowd pleaser and is gifted ("can I have it") often. I'm sure that bowl will look bigger and bigger over the foreseeable future.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 11, 2021 21:24:52 GMT -5
Nice work! Love the diversity in the gravel finds there; one piece is so different from the next. I've been lucky enough to get a few boxes of that material and it always makes interesting tumbles. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 9, 2021 22:54:05 GMT -5
Grant, those are some beautiful tumbles! There are some real trophies in there. Particularly fond of the blueish quartz streaks with the red and black in pics 1, 4 and 9. I have some 'keepers' in my collection like that.
I love this material, like you, and it is one of the few dig sites relatively close to me. If you ever decide to pick your own, let me know and I'll meet you there. We had a good time on the RTH dig there and a return trip is on my list.
Hope you're well!
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Post by Garage Rocker on Feb 7, 2021 7:37:29 GMT -5
Well, well...I poke my head up and guess who's birthday it is? Non other than the legendary jamesp. Hope this last year has been good to you, Jim. I'm guessing it's all been transcribed here, but I hate to say I've missed it, all of it. Have yourself a great day; I'm sure whatever you've been up to, you deserve it!
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jul 23, 2020 13:38:53 GMT -5
Got a notification from Tapatalk and saw the birthday wishes. Thanks everyone, much appreciated. Sorry I haven't been around for awhile, things have been hectic and I haven't done anything rock related in over a year. I'm afraid to guess how long it's been since I checked in, but I do miss my rockin' friends. I have been fortunate to have continued to work through all the craziness, so no imposed down time to catch up on things like hobbies, but taking a break at Sanibel Island this week. No rocks to pick up, but finding some nice shells and spending quality time with the family. If anyone is familiar with the area and has some pointers, by the way, I'm willing to listen. Again, thanks to everyone for the kind words. Great place. Just get up early to see what new waves have brought in before the crowds hit. I found a rare junonia shell as a child there - still my most prized shell Thanks, Grant. We went to the lighthouse beach at low tide last night and did very well. No junonia (had to look it up), but a nice assortment of shells. We had a great time looking for them. By the way did you get your photo in the paper as a young lad? Apparently, the junonia is still a big deal. I went out again this morning, but the sunrise and low tide didn't synch up too well. I was more interested in some pics today.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jul 22, 2020 0:04:31 GMT -5
Got a notification from Tapatalk and saw the birthday wishes. Thanks everyone, much appreciated. Sorry I haven't been around for awhile, things have been hectic and I haven't done anything rock related in over a year. I'm afraid to guess how long it's been since I checked in, but I do miss my rockin' friends. I have been fortunate to have continued to work through all the craziness, so no imposed down time to catch up on things like hobbies, but taking a break at Sanibel Island this week. No rocks to pick up, but finding some nice shells and spending quality time with the family. If anyone is familiar with the area and has some pointers, by the way, I'm willing to listen. Again, thanks to everyone for the kind words.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Apr 10, 2020 3:07:27 GMT -5
Nice piece of Montana there. Cool capture.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Apr 9, 2020 10:16:04 GMT -5
Found my first snake of the year the other day. At least I didn't stumble across a mess of them like this...
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