notjustone
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Post by notjustone on May 6, 2017 12:06:59 GMT -5
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Post by pghram on May 7, 2017 16:18:21 GMT -5
Lots of colors and shine, nice batch.
Peace, Rich
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 8, 2017 6:15:23 GMT -5
Well done notjustone. And you rounded them with I home made rotary I believe.
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Post by wigglinrocks on May 8, 2017 9:29:08 GMT -5
Very nicely done and super polish . Glad you are likin the UV 10 .
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on May 8, 2017 10:20:56 GMT -5
Well done notjustone. And you rounded them with I home made rotary I believe. yepper and with 4 barrels now I might be able to get a full load for the uv-10 every other week. I'm running the unsorted sic in them and it is working well.
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on May 8, 2017 10:30:48 GMT -5
Very nicely done and super polish . Glad you are likin the UV 10 . loving it running ao80 for a few days straight to ao polish. no ceramics just nice and full with a good mix of sizes.
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Post by wigglinrocks on May 8, 2017 10:34:17 GMT -5
Very nicely done and super polish . Glad you are likin the UV 10 . loving it running ao80 for a few days straight to ao polish. no ceramics just nice and full with a good mix of sizes. Are you noticing any bowl wear using the 80 ? I am going to try it in the gy roc when I get things going .
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on May 8, 2017 11:00:37 GMT -5
loving it running ao80 for a few days straight to ao polish. no ceramics just nice and full with a good mix of sizes. Are you noticing any bowl wear using the 80 ? I am going to try it in the gy roc when I get things going . I don't know I'm not seeing black chunks or anything. it does look hazy after the ao-80 full of fine scratches. so I would imagine that it is wearing the barrel. but ive not run any other abrasive to compare it to.
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Post by wigglinrocks on May 8, 2017 11:09:57 GMT -5
Are you noticing any bowl wear using the 80 ? I am going to try it in the gy roc when I get things going . I don't know I'm not seeing black chunks or anything. it does look hazy after the ao-80 full of fine scratches. so I would imagine that it is wearing the barrel. but ive not run any other abrasive to compare it to. Getting a good slurry going right away is probably going to help with the bowl life . If you don't have black specks floating around , sounds like you have it figured out .
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 8, 2017 11:24:26 GMT -5
Well done notjustone. And you rounded them with I home made rotary I believe. yepper and with 4 barrels now I might be able to get a full load for the uv-10 every other week. I'm running the unsorted sic in them and it is working well. Graded grits for coarse is useless. Tumbler breaks it down to fine in a few days anyway if it's not washing down. Glad it's working for you. With all that free grit you can save a lot of money. Not so cheap for us civilans. what kind of barrels on the rotary ?
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Post by captbob on May 8, 2017 11:33:49 GMT -5
Graded grits for coarse is useless. That was kinda a blanket statement. I think that a better version might be - paying extra for graded grit for the coarse stage is kinda silly. Kingsley had (graded) 80 grit on sale awhile back. Cheaper than the 60/90. So I bought the 80. Works just fine and not a noticeable difference from the 60/90. Bottom line (my opinion) is that for the coarse run, use what you can get cheapest.
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on May 8, 2017 11:55:17 GMT -5
yepper and with 4 barrels now I might be able to get a full load for the uv-10 every other week. I'm running the unsorted sic in them and it is working well. Graded grits for coarse is useless. Tumbler breaks it down to fine in a few days anyway if it's not washing down. Glad it's working for you. With all that free grit you can save a lot of money. Not so cheap for us civilans. what kind of barrels on the rotary ? 8" pvc 2@7 inches long, 1@6" , 1@8" long. at 37 rpm. forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/78459/another-alternative-barrel
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Post by coloradocliff on May 8, 2017 12:03:19 GMT -5
Good batch.. Going to get time and build a big tumbler.. 30-40 lbs. The rest of the fleet now is 15 lbs or so each..
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on May 8, 2017 12:08:10 GMT -5
Graded grits for coarse is useless. That was kinda a blanket statement. I think that a better version might be - paying extra for graded grit for the coarse stage is kinda silly. Kingsley had (graded) 80 grit on sale awhile back. Cheaper than the 60/90. So I bought the 80. Works just fine and not a noticeable difference from the 60/90. Bottom line (my opinion) is that for the coarse run, use what you can get cheapest. my bad when I said ungraded I should have said unscreened. I posted a pic of it in this thread. no time to go to photobucket and upload it again right now. forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/78116/days-coarse-grind-opening-barrel
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 8, 2017 17:25:24 GMT -5
Graded grits for coarse is useless. That was kinda a blanket statement. I think that a better version might be - paying extra for graded grit for the coarse stage is kinda silly. Kingsley had (graded) 80 grit on sale awhile back. Cheaper than the 60/90. So I bought the 80. Works just fine and not a noticeable difference from the 60/90. Bottom line (my opinion) is that for the coarse run, use what you can get cheapest. Thank you for clarifying.
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Post by captbob on May 8, 2017 17:31:42 GMT -5
You know I've got your back!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on May 8, 2017 17:32:30 GMT -5
Sweet PVC barrel notjustone. Were you able to find out how much that unscreened SIC costs ?
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Post by jamesp on May 8, 2017 17:33:41 GMT -5
You know I've got your back! I can use all the help I can get.
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Post by morerockspleaz on May 11, 2017 20:38:36 GMT -5
I see you are feeding your addiction. Well done those are nicely shaped and shiny. Rock on. I am totally addicted to tumbling. I wonder just how many times we look and clean the same rock from course to polish.
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