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Post by MsAli on Jan 14, 2018 12:16:14 GMT -5
I was going to ask how that batch was going. Always been a favorite of mine. The glass is striking, love how it is coming out! I'm sure the cleaning people have seen stranger things than buckets of rocks.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 14, 2018 14:22:53 GMT -5
Not sure what the cleaning folks thought when they saw the buckets of rocks in both my room and Jeremy's room at the Antelope Lodge in Alpine last March, those were small rooms so 10 to 12 buckets made a real dent in floor space. Speaking of buckets, I keep 10 empties along with a digging/collecting tool boxes ready to go. Same with clothes. Truck can be loaded in 5 minutes and ready to go. Braggart, it's 19 hours from here. Maybe the border Sandinistas will keep you way. Or capture you for that matter. how far do you have to go to find pet wood and palm ?
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Post by jamesp on Jan 14, 2018 14:49:31 GMT -5
I was going to ask how that batch was going. Always been a favorite of mine. The glass is striking, love how it is coming out! I'm sure the cleaning people have seen stranger things than buckets of rocks. Got to e one of nature's finest. So much happening in it. Can you remember the first time you laid eyes on it ? It came in a pack of rocks with my first tumbler. Little 3 pound rotary at age 13. Crazy lace and moss agate and red jasper. Glass ? How abouts brown snowflake obsidian before and after 1600F. I suppose it swelled up and made pumice. Fell out laughing
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Post by MsAli on Jan 14, 2018 15:02:56 GMT -5
I was going to ask how that batch was going. Always been a favorite of mine. The glass is striking, love how it is coming out! I'm sure the cleaning people have seen stranger things than buckets of rocks. Got to e one of nature's finest. So much happening in it. Can you remember the first time you laid eyes on it ? It came in a pack of rocks with my first tumbler. Little 3 pound rotary at age 13. Crazy lace and moss agate and red jasper. Glass ? How abouts brown snowflake obsidian before and after 1600F. I suppose it swelled up and made pumice. Fell out laughing First time I layed eyes on it was in my Uncle Tuzzys agate topped coffee table he made for my Aunt Lena. It was a mosaic of all polished slabs of different agates they had picked up traveling together. He built the table from oak and covered them with glass. I loved that table. It got thrown out by my cousin when they passed away. God, my dad was mad as a badger. So much stuff gone.....I just hope someone at the dump salvaged it. I hope the top picture is the afterđŸ¤”đŸ˜² that Obsidian is growing on me. You need to run a batch of rainbow and silver.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 14, 2018 15:40:48 GMT -5
The obsidian swelled up and turned porous, guessing it has turned to pumice. top photo before, what a surprise. I may be getting better at the glass, the last two MsAli, call me Kostajames
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Post by HankRocks on Jan 14, 2018 15:41:46 GMT -5
Not sure what the cleaning folks thought when they saw the buckets of rocks in both my room and Jeremy's room at the Antelope Lodge in Alpine last March, those were small rooms so 10 to 12 buckets made a real dent in floor space. Speaking of buckets, I keep 10 empties along with a digging/collecting tool boxes ready to go. Same with clothes. Truck can be loaded in 5 minutes and ready to go. Braggart, it's 19 hours from here. Maybe the border Sandinistas will keep you way. Or capture you for that matter. how far do you have to go to find pet wood and palm ? Oh about 60 to 70 feet out my back door!! (ask Jeremy) That is something else on the agenda, to find some close places for wood and palm. I am about 80 to 100 miles away from the wood belt that runs from the Rio Valley all the way into Louisiana. It's the private land deal that gets in the way. Did check out an 800 acre ranch about 60 miles north that was apparently just south of the Belt. That was really unfortunate as they had cleared about 20 acres and were digging an 8 acre - 10-12 foot deep lake. If in the Belt I probably could have loaded truck loads. There is some National Forrest land in East Texas that the Belt runs through, but would definitely need some backup as some of that area is a bit wild and wooly. For now George West and the Rio are my first targets. I definitely like the river tumbled rocks for tumbling and hoping to pick up a supply of he Rio's.
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Post by MsAli on Jan 14, 2018 16:18:01 GMT -5
The obsidian swelled up and turned porous, guessing it has turned to pumice. top photo before, what a surprise. I may be getting better at the glass, the last two MsAli , call me Kostajames I did a little squeal!! Those are beautiful!!!! Glassmaster!! Tore up that ObsidianđŸ˜£
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Post by jamesp on Jan 14, 2018 17:16:44 GMT -5
The obsidian swelled up and turned porous, guessing it has turned to pumice. top photo before, what a surprise. I may be getting better at the glass, the last two MsAli , call me Kostajames I did a little squeal!! Those are beautiful!!!! Glassmaster!! Tore up that ObsidianđŸ˜£ Yo, glad you like them. Guess what, using the scraps from the glass blower simply grind an edge flat so they sit on the edge and bake them. The colors flow with gravity. So you arrange them so gravity does the color movement. Dots to streaks. That obsidian must have turned into pure pumice. A hole can be drilled thru it by simply twisting a knife into it. Pumice must be baked obsidian.
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Post by MsAli on Jan 14, 2018 18:05:29 GMT -5
I did a little squeal!! Those are beautiful!!!! Glassmaster!! Tore up that ObsidianđŸ˜£ Yo, glad you like them. Guess what, using the scraps from the glass blower simply grind an edge flat so they sit on the edge and bake them. The colors flow with gravity. So you arrange them so gravity does the color movement. Dots to streaks. That obsidian must have turned into pure pumice. A hole can be drilled thru it by simply twisting a knife into it. Pumice must be baked obsidian. Can you use a knife or something to swirl the colors before it cools?
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Post by jamesp on Jan 14, 2018 20:14:50 GMT -5
Braggart, it's 19 hours from here. Maybe the border Sandinistas will keep you way. Or capture you for that matter. how far do you have to go to find pet wood and palm ? Oh about 60 to 70 feet out my back door!! (ask Jeremy) That is something else on the agenda, to find some close places for wood and palm. I am about 80 to 100 miles away from the wood belt that runs from the Rio Valley all the way into Louisiana. It's the private land deal that gets in the way. Did check out an 800 acre ranch about 60 miles north that was apparently just south of the Belt. That was really unfortunate as they had cleared about 20 acres and were digging an 8 acre - 10-12 foot deep lake. If in the Belt I probably could have loaded truck loads. There is some National Forrest land in East Texas that the Belt runs through, but would definitely need some backup as some of that area is a bit wild and wooly. For now George West and the Rio are my first targets. I definitely like the river tumbled rocks for tumbling and hoping to pick up a supply of he Rio's. snuffy plows a big garden near College Station Texas each year and gets loads of wood from it. Not surprised you have pet wood at your home. Seems like your soil roads would have lots a treasures.
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Post by HankRocks on Jan 14, 2018 20:27:51 GMT -5
I should have been a bit more clear, the petrified wood in my yard is not naturally occurring. It was deposited there by a hard-headed bohemian!!
College Station is definitely in the Belt. I need to see if I can arrange a trip up to see Snuffy's garden. He may need help picking tomatoes in May and June!!
which segues into this
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Post by orrum on Jan 14, 2018 21:20:30 GMT -5
Jim the epoxy lamination from surfboard stuff you have to get from a surfboard shop.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 14, 2018 22:23:54 GMT -5
Yo, glad you like them. Guess what, using the scraps from the glass blower simply grind an edge flat so they sit on the edge and bake them. The colors flow with gravity. So you arrange them so gravity does the color movement. Dots to streaks. That obsidian must have turned into pure pumice. A hole can be drilled thru it by simply twisting a knife into it. Pumice must be baked obsidian. Can you use a knife or something to swirl the colors before it cools? Don't think so. But don't know the tricks of the trade. Bought a book and flipped thru it, lots of tricks. It is a productive little kiln though. Bet a pot melt could be done. That would blend well.
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Post by MsAli on Jan 14, 2018 22:45:04 GMT -5
Can you use a knife or something to swirl the colors before it cools? Don't think so. But don't know the tricks of the trade. Bought a book and flipped thru it, lots of tricks. It is a productive little kiln though. Bet a pot melt could be done. That would blend well. I was looking at Etsy melted glass art. Pretty cool stuff. Was wondering if you could get more control over the pattern.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 15, 2018 9:36:35 GMT -5
Don't think so. But don't know the tricks of the trade. Bought a book and flipped thru it, lots of tricks. It is a productive little kiln though. Bet a pot melt could be done. That would blend well. I was looking at Etsy melted glass art. Pretty cool stuff. Was wondering if you could get more control over the pattern. Sure would be easier with a front loader kiln. Or simply a kiln with more than a 4 inch working space. You may need a front entry kiln with gas power to do glass on a stick. Much more involved. You could do 12 inch plates and bowls 'slump style' with a $750 electric kiln. Cheaper if used. Pot melts can do glass mixes that can not be done by blowing or glass on a stick. So that method should be considered.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 15, 2018 9:40:40 GMT -5
I should have been a bit more clear, the petrified wood in my yard is not naturally occurring. It was deposited there by a hard-headed bohemian!! College Station is definitely in the Belt. I need to see if I can arrange a trip up to see Snuffy's garden. He may need help picking tomatoes in May and June!! which segues into this We need to plow snuffy's garden. Simple as that. Lot n lots of wood on the Rio. BUT, the gem grade is NOT a dime a dozen. And some areas had more than others, 100% no rhyme nor reason why Henry. That Texas wood is some hard fine wood with killer color. Difficult to hammer, best sawn.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 15, 2018 9:44:22 GMT -5
Jim the epoxy lamination from surfboard stuff you have to get from a surfboard shop. Epoxy knife handle laminate stock might be similar Bill. Those guys wheel polish it. wonder if it tumble polishes ?
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Post by orrum on Jan 15, 2018 10:33:40 GMT -5
Chuck tumbles Fordite so I bet the epoxy would tumble. It's a super shiny bright wild colored thing!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 15, 2018 15:02:02 GMT -5
Chuck tumbles Fordite so I bet the epoxy would tumble. It's a super shiny bright wild colored thing! I would guess Fordite is likely epoxy paint and Chuck get a great polish on it. I may have come of the knife handle stock around here to try.
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Post by illusionist on Jan 15, 2018 19:09:23 GMT -5
Nice tumbles as usual!
The patterns on that rock almost seem impossible, one of my favorites for sure!
Glad to see another Toyota fan! I've bought a 2007 Tundra with the 5.7 new and now has 130,000 miles and still feels new! The 4.7 is also a great motor, I had that in my 2005 Tundra and was very smooth!
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