notjustone
spending too much on rocks
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Post by notjustone on Nov 5, 2017 21:12:43 GMT -5
ill take a box if you have more than 1
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on Nov 5, 2017 21:03:23 GMT -5
ill take it
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on Nov 3, 2017 10:10:04 GMT -5
I alaways wondered about using the abrasive ceramic media
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on Oct 29, 2017 21:37:10 GMT -5
were not all cabbers so tommy let me send a tumble. its the thought that counts.
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on Oct 27, 2017 23:02:49 GMT -5
yepper although they make commercial wax for beds and ways on machinery a lot of home hobbyists use car wax.
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Post by notjustone on Oct 21, 2017 8:51:12 GMT -5
in ny if someone owns the property on both sides of the creek then they own the creek or riverbed as well. you can boat through but of you drop anchor or get out (if its shallow) and touch bottom you can be ticketed. thanks to a local senator who owns a large amount of land on the popular salmon river. since they passed the law the dec cops patrol that stretch of river heavily every year during the salmon run.
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on Oct 11, 2017 9:20:04 GMT -5
accepted and completed
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Post by notjustone on Aug 17, 2017 23:56:28 GMT -5
lets not forget they used large ceramics which don't really weigh enough to crack or breakdown the 20 grit. ive noticed that really big sic takes a lot to break the chunks up. if they had used 3lbs ceramics and a 1 pound grinder rock I guarantee the results would have been different. in my opinion soft barrels make a huge difference my pvc barrels definetly break down 30 grit a lot faster than my ar-12 does even with the high speed brass motor. noticeable enough that I don't even use my ar-12 anymore. Bingo, thinking that super coarse would breakdown with just ceramics in the barrel was a foolish waste of time. Notjust... don't mothball that AR-12. That is my favorite barrel for polishing and for really soft rocks. I'd suggest that you keep it in the rotation just for those purposes - especially polish stage. Not so sure I'd use a high speed motor on the polish stage though, but I haven't tried that. Not the best barrel for a coarse grit run. the ar-12 was a freebie someone gave my wife one day. the higher speed motor for brass tumbling. I used it when I first got it to polish a big chunk of lapis that wouldn't fit in the vibe. it polished but nothing to write home about too fast. tried it as course barrel with 30 grit didn't like it as much as the 8 inch pvc barrels so it sits on a shelf now lol.
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on Aug 17, 2017 23:46:56 GMT -5
it was a long frustrating night at work and I had to vent somehow
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Post by notjustone on Aug 17, 2017 22:57:12 GMT -5
OK. Here are the rocks that accidentalrockhound sent me. He realized I was a tumbler and sent appropriate material. These are all photo'd wet with a cell phone. Not something I would normally do, but I went for the quick and dirty. If I could get ID's on all of this stuff, it would be greatly appreciated. 1. 2. 3.
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6. Palm?
7. 6 ok here goes remember I'm a newbie and am not right 100% of the time #1 is a chunk of rock #2 is 2 rocks #3 could be a chunk of very rich chocolate cake that's very stale around the outside #4 is 3 rocks #5 is a very colorful rock #6 is a rock with lots of spots in it #7 is a rock that has banding of different minerals in it. whew man I think I just used my last brain cell trying to figure it out for you hope I was helpful.
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on Aug 17, 2017 22:42:24 GMT -5
but I do agree with them on small barrels I tried 30 grit in my 3lbs barrel with some special rocks I had ran separate some marfas I got from Jeremy and some self collected garnets and my 30 grit wasn't broke down after a month. so I ended up throwing them in the 8 inch pvc barrels with my other rocks. if all I had was the 3lbs barrels I would have switched to the 60-90 because the 30 wasn't breaking down.
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Post by notjustone on Aug 17, 2017 22:34:12 GMT -5
lets not forget they used large ceramics which don't really weigh enough to crack or breakdown the 20 grit. ive noticed that really big sic takes a lot to break the chunks up. if they had used 3lbs ceramics and a 1 pound grinder rock I guarantee the results would have been different. in my opinion soft barrels make a huge difference my pvc barrels definetly break down 30 grit a lot faster than my ar-12 does even with the high speed brass motor. noticeable enough that I don't even use my ar-12 anymore. here that jamesp the finer grits even do a lot of cutting and to think we were going to screen them out.
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on Aug 17, 2017 11:12:02 GMT -5
no theme?
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Post by notjustone on Aug 16, 2017 10:33:39 GMT -5
hello welcome from cny Syracuse area.
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Post by notjustone on Aug 15, 2017 11:50:55 GMT -5
cant blame a guy for trying to increase his odds lol
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Post by notjustone on Aug 15, 2017 11:38:50 GMT -5
interesting and different especially with the pockets I mean craters left in it.
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on Aug 15, 2017 11:33:47 GMT -5
I was gonna say Horse Canyon, too. I WANT! I would cab it and make some fine looking jewelry with it. rockjunquie only said "I want" not the required I WANT IT as specified above just saying
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on Aug 15, 2017 11:27:20 GMT -5
Just post " I want it". One post per person. Tell me what it is if you know, and what you would do with it. Winner drawn at random, using random number generator. Good luck. Piece is 4 1/2" x 5" x 5/8" 117.1 grams Comes to you POSTPAID, it's free 100% free Delivered to your door. I want it! with its translucence I would have to display it with backlighting.
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on Aug 14, 2017 21:34:10 GMT -5
It's easy for me ... I have everybody
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notjustone
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Post by notjustone on Aug 14, 2017 12:54:58 GMT -5
Should you suddenly die (Heaven forbid), your wife is gonna be pissed as hell. just sayin'
these days the whole cougar cub/mrs robinson thing is in. she will just have to make sure he can weld and take over the biz. reduce your inventory don't make it too easy for the next guy lol.
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