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Post by grizman on Feb 19, 2019 18:53:58 GMT -5
Awesome choice..... never had any luck tumbling Dino bone.... Have fun, good luck.. Fossilman, Is that true with dino-bone in a Lot-O also? If I find some dino-bone I am going to going to give it a shot.
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Post by grizman on Feb 19, 2019 18:45:43 GMT -5
Thanks Rob,very well done! I am very impressed with your trim saw skill!. Part of the secret is a thin diamond blade and you use it well.
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Post by grizman on Feb 19, 2019 18:16:28 GMT -5
I play with polishing pet-wood alot. It usually takes a very good polish. Like many rocks, the beauty imay be hidden inside. You may find a wonderful surprise after you make the cut. The one thing that you may find is even after you have cut an end off or made some slabs, they may appear flawless but after some time in the tumbling/polishing process, you may find minute cracks or pits that most likely run through the entire piece. Such is life. Sometimes they will remain very small and closed, but the next time they open up and spoil a "perfect" pet-wood slab!
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Post by grizman on Feb 11, 2019 20:50:24 GMT -5
I am pretty sure there are folks that will be able to tell us why Borax is better than Ivory soap...and the reverse. I have only used Borax and I get great results. Like most of you, I have experimented when I add Borax, how long it tumbles (or actually, vibes) and do I do Borax alone, with polish, etc. The answer is YES! I have done them all and I have a hard time saying that one produces a better shine than the other. Now I have done the Ivory too, but it did not do it for me. Maybe it was the rock, time, temperature, phase of the moon or....?, but I am sold on BORAX!
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Post by grizman on Feb 10, 2019 16:57:02 GMT -5
Looks like you've got a good start. Keep it up, as that is how most of us learned...by practice!
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Post by grizman on Dec 25, 2018 16:24:47 GMT -5
Amazing trip! Thanks for taking us along Yup! it looks like a wonderful time! I'd love to have 10#'s of those agates.
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Post by grizman on Dec 25, 2018 15:58:38 GMT -5
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY ROCK N ROLLERS! Thanks for the wonderful everlasting "green" Christmas tree!
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Post by grizman on Dec 9, 2018 21:08:45 GMT -5
Ya got those all polished up right! Too bad the bahia agate had that one cross-flaw...could have been a WOWWWZER!
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Post by grizman on Dec 9, 2018 20:36:44 GMT -5
WOWWWZERS! What a show of shine!
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Post by grizman on Dec 8, 2018 19:38:48 GMT -5
WOWWWZERS!... enough said!
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Post by grizman on Dec 8, 2018 19:10:05 GMT -5
Wonderful work and stones! You have some of the most elaborate weaves I have seen all together. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Please don't stop now!
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Post by grizman on Dec 1, 2018 20:02:05 GMT -5
Unknown skill. You obviously have it. First to find and identify the rock and second, to make the perfect split! What did you use for such a clean cleave?
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Post by grizman on Nov 28, 2018 22:01:22 GMT -5
Wow, that is some tricky Montana! You certainly did a great job with the cab and the finished piece. Thanks for sharing with us!
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Post by grizman on Nov 24, 2018 23:11:19 GMT -5
WOWWWZERS...to no. 19! You did a great job with the polishing and the banding examples are VERY nice too!
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Post by grizman on Nov 21, 2018 22:23:16 GMT -5
Related...sort of. My Lot-O is going on 5 years old but being "snow-birds", I only run it for 2 months, take a month break and then run it for 4 months before a 6 month rest. I guess that is 2.5 years. 24/7. This fall the start up seemed like it was louder than I had remembered, but I could not see any issue and it was doing what it was supposed to. I did notice that the batch I had going did not look like I thought they should but with different material, each batch can be, and is often a little different in time and results.
I have my tumblers (3 rollers, 1 vibe) in the garage. I was working on a different project, (over the tumber/vibe noise), and i heard a strange sound from the Lot=O. I went and checked it, and it seemed OK, just noisy. In the next minute it completly came to a halt. I spun the fans/counter weights and it started up again. I checked it a few minutes later and it had shut off...thermo-coupler I'm guessing. The motor was good and hot! I took it all apart and with just the motor, no fans/weights, plugged the motor in. It didn't do anything, it was just frozen...yet when I unplugged it, it spun (by hand) just fine.
OK, I knew the fix was to get a new motor. There is no way to take the motor apart for any internal repairs. I'm glad that Shawn at the Rock Shed carries the motor.
I only shared this as it sounded just like the OP with the brand new Lot-O. Lot-O will fix his. I'm out the cost of a new motor. It seems other folks get more time out of their Lot-O than I did. No two units are the same and I understand that. I just have to wait for the new motor now and I'll be up and running again!
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Post by grizman on Oct 1, 2018 21:21:54 GMT -5
A great video Greig. As others, I too like your videos that you have shared with us. I have a question that I suspect everyone else knows the answer to, but tell me all about your saw. Brand, where you buy your blades, type of blade ( I kn.ow it is a diamond) cost if you don't mind, etc. I use a tile trim saw, but I love the difference in cutting speed between your saw and mine! My cutting size is also minimal
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Post by grizman on Sept 19, 2018 20:18:05 GMT -5
Good luck with the replacement. The older I get the more I realize NOTHING IS EASY! I usually find success, but too often it takes hours, days or weeks!
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Post by grizman on Sept 19, 2018 20:09:22 GMT -5
Well you not only have access to some wonderful beachcombing, you seem to find a wide variety of stones. My fav? The same as the other folks including the quartz, and the very patterned quartz. Obviously, the fossils are wonderful. Are they hard enough to take a glass-like polish? Thank you so much for your time in sharing your finds, work, and experiences.
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Post by grizman on Aug 16, 2018 18:55:17 GMT -5
WOWWWZERS! X 10 !
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Post by grizman on May 20, 2018 15:04:44 GMT -5
WOWWWZERS! That is certainly a VERY special specimen of D-Bone! Thanks for sharing, as I will never get to see something like that in nature.
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