roisindubh
off to a rocking start
Member since March 2003
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Post by roisindubh on Nov 3, 2003 0:28:49 GMT -5
Hello. I just received a tumbler, something I've wanted awhile, for my birthday. I mainly want to use it with beach pebbles; we live on the Puget Sound here in WA, and I love to pick up quartz and agates on the beach. I've never used a tumbler, so here's my first (and I'm sure not final) question: can the initial course of tumbling with the coarsest grit be shortened, since I'm starting out with fairly round, water-tumbled stones? Thanks!
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mrflake
having dreams about rocks
Member since August 2003
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Post by mrflake on Nov 3, 2003 9:47:17 GMT -5
If the stones you have are already nicely rounded with no nasty edges,crevices etc then you could forego the first coarse grit altogether as mother nature has saved you having to do the most tedious part. Good luck.
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Post by Noosh9057 on Nov 30, 2003 11:28:13 GMT -5
Hi there I lived in Tacoma WA for most of my life. I now live in Houston TX. I just wanted to say hi and about 25 years ago I was tumbling and getting Rocks in the Puget Sound Beachs.
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Post by docone31 on Nov 30, 2003 21:32:18 GMT -5
I have found with beachwashed stones, you can for the most part skip step one, if all the stones are smooth. The step with 220 I run a little longer. I feel, although I have no real evidence to prove it, the grit breaks down and gets finer. Some of the beach wash stones have shown some real softness in spots, and I had to go back to 80 grit. The best thing to do is to try, and see. The worst is you will have to go back to scratch.
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