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Post by 150FromFundy on Mar 30, 2013 7:49:30 GMT -5
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 30, 2013 8:32:01 GMT -5
great looking batch. Are you going to drill them for pendants? those seem like good pieces for putting the "eye up" findings on. I have been wanting to try these from the rock shed on some of my tumbled amethyst. Chuck
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Mar 30, 2013 8:57:35 GMT -5
I like those eye ups from the shed.I get others on ETSY from Unkamen Supplies. I want to go to Bay of Fundy.It just sounds like it is possessed:>The pics are beautiful of the amethyst and the Bay 150.I am nervous about the tides going up and down 600 feet(60 feet):>
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Henry
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Post by Henry on Mar 30, 2013 12:38:44 GMT -5
As a novice to the hobby, how do you keep the fractures to a minimum. i.e. what do you use as a buffer?
Henry
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Post by 150FromFundy on Mar 30, 2013 15:10:22 GMT -5
Chuck: I use the very same eye-ups from the Rock Shed. There is an old post her on how I drill them that I will have to update now that I have added a Dremel and drill press. forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/index.cgi?board=trtphoto&action=display&thread=35856James: The tides are up to 60 feet vertical, but you will have run more than 600 feet horizintally to get out of the way. Generally, it takes 6 hours to go from low to high. In most locations, you are safe for a 1 to 1/2 hours before and after the low tide giving you a 2 to 3 hour collecting window around the low tide. The low tide is one hour later each day, so rock collecting around here is on an ever changing schedule. Henry: These once rough crystals were in a rotary tumbler in Stage 1 (SC 60/90) for probaby 12 to 16 weeks. I run them until all fractures, pits and scratches have been removed. They were in a mixed load with other agates and jaspers. Being fussy at this stage allows me to skip the conventional Stage 2 (SC 120/220) and go straight to Stage 3 (A0 500F). I then completed Stage 4 (A0 1000F) and Stage 5 (A0 Polish). The final stages were completed in a vibe in a mixed load with other agates and jaspers. I add enough ceramic media to overfill the bowl which minimizes some of the action to avoid chips in the final stages. Darryl.
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 30, 2013 16:01:15 GMT -5
Boy Darryl, those came out spectacular. That chevron ammy seems to be less chippy than the clearer crystalline type. I had an awful time with my last batch of ammy crystals. If I might ask, where did you buy your rough?.....Mel
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Post by Bikerrandy on Mar 30, 2013 19:51:57 GMT -5
Those turned out perfect!!
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Post by Jugglerguy on Mar 30, 2013 20:21:52 GMT -5
Wow, those are perfect! All that time in the rough tumble really pays off.
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Post by riverrock on Mar 31, 2013 6:33:53 GMT -5
They look great I was just checking out the rock shed and thinking of getting more but they are out.
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Post by Noosh9057 on Mar 31, 2013 7:50:00 GMT -5
Wow I love those. I will half to try tumbling some of them.
Roger
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Post by krazydiamond on Mar 31, 2013 15:55:20 GMT -5
super shine, beautiful stones!
KD
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Post by snuffy on Apr 2, 2013 10:34:02 GMT -5
Those came out great! I did some of those years back.Really like them!
snuffy
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