azgnoinc
spending too much on rocks
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Post by azgnoinc on Sept 14, 2014 0:32:13 GMT -5
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Post by Toad on Sept 14, 2014 4:38:35 GMT -5
Buffing wheel might help them, but so will some more time in 60/90 - or whatever you use in rough grind. Nice looking stones.
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Post by snowmom on Sept 14, 2014 5:18:14 GMT -5
nice shine on 'em. that egg is da bomb! Love the lace. Getting ready to finish my batches from 500 to 1000....another week or 2 (3 biig batches). Keep posting your tumbles!
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Post by kk on Sept 14, 2014 6:13:33 GMT -5
Me too. Love the Thundereggs. Morrisonite is always a treat too.
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azgnoinc
spending too much on rocks
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Post by azgnoinc on Sept 14, 2014 8:27:35 GMT -5
Buffing wheel might help them, but so will some more time in 60/90 - or whatever you use in rough grind. Nice looking stones. I know, I know, I know - You are absolutely right - but you probably remember way back when you were on your first 10 batches in a vibe and how anxious you were to see that shine, and this is only batch #4 for me, so I'm sure I'll gain patience with time.
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Post by orrum on Sept 14, 2014 8:33:01 GMT -5
You need time with 60 90 in a rotary tumbler. You got a nice shine!
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tkvancil
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by tkvancil on Sept 14, 2014 9:43:41 GMT -5
That T-egg slice is really nice and the morrisonite too. I like all the flats.
Haven't done a batch of slabettes myself but have been cutting and saving some to do so.
The final shine is related to the initial coarse grind. Patience will come, my first few were no where near as shiny I'm getting out now. Even redid some of my older favorites.
Keep 'em coming. Enjoyed the post.
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azgnoinc
spending too much on rocks
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Post by azgnoinc on Sept 14, 2014 10:01:19 GMT -5
You need time with 60 90 in a rotary tumbler. You got a nice shine! Agreed, 10 days in the rotary wasn't nearly enough for the Morrisonite, but then again, it's Morrisonite; so I wasn't trying to go for the completely ground down perfectly rounded look where I lose that much material through the grinding process - not for material that costs this much or is in that great of demand, I was looking for the shine - which I'm pretty happy with. I also like the contrast with some of the vugs in the CL- I actually stuffed a couple of plastic pellets in the larger vug on the last piece of CL to keep the grit out and left them in there throughout the entire process since they were just below the surface plane - I need to learn how to fill those vugs properly with the Epoxy 330 I picked up but haven't messed with yet - still a rookie who's learning the tricks.
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Post by orrum on Sept 14, 2014 10:36:47 GMT -5
Some wraps are made with natural edge cabs and look fantastic!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 14, 2014 10:41:51 GMT -5
those lucky strike eggs are very cool. I would have a hard time resisting cabbing those. Even after I tumble some slabettes I go back and cab them later.
Chuck
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Post by glennz01 on Sept 15, 2014 0:27:26 GMT -5
I wish i had some crazy lace like that Also I don't recommend tumbleing the large slabs... polishing pads work a lot better... but you only polish the fases so i guess you could go back to pads after.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 15, 2014 8:59:08 GMT -5
Wow,those are nice...
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Post by pghram on Sept 15, 2014 10:03:31 GMT -5
Nice variety.
Rich
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