jerryde
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since November 2005
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Post by jerryde on Nov 5, 2005 18:41:00 GMT -5
I just joined this forum...feels like home...this working with stone is new to me...my daughter started beading and she said I should do something like it...
so I started doing some wire sculpting with rock...liked it...kinda expensive buying individual rocks so, I decided to jump in and get wet...
Now my problem is what kind of machine do I get to tumble and polish rocks for sculpting size...probably 4-6 hardness...A Lortone twin tub..I think 33A 3lb. or a ray-teck tv-5 tumble-viberator...
I plan to do one or the same hardness in 2-3 lb. at a time...
thanks for some help of the good and not so good of it all...I know I will enjoy it here...learned quite a bit already...
Married over 30 years...little snouzer sweetheart dog...and live 30 miles no. Denver...so I need something to do this winter...
gene
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Post by joe on Nov 5, 2005 23:38:38 GMT -5
Hi Jerryde, glad to see ya! It sounds like you're in Longmont. I'm in Ft. Collins. We don't have too many Coloradoans here on RTH board so I'm glad for the moral support. I'd highly recommend the Lortone 33b tumbler. It's the workhorse around here. Most of us love 'em. If you have a camera I'd like to see pics of your wirewraps. Have fun.
Joe
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Post by Cher on Nov 6, 2005 1:05:06 GMT -5
Hi Gene,
Welcome to the forum. I highly recommend the Lortone 33B, especially for a beginner. It's nice with 2 barrels, you can use one for the coarse, medium grits and the other for the pre-polish and polish. Any questions just hop over to the general forum and ask, there's always someone around to help.
Cher
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jerryde
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since November 2005
Posts: 246
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Post by jerryde on Nov 6, 2005 12:04:37 GMT -5
Thank you for your replies...it will help me a lot...Yes I do live in Longmont, been there 30+ years...area growing to fast to keep up...just e-mail me, Joe, maybe we can have coffee sometime...
thanks again,
gene
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Post by Noosh9057 on Nov 7, 2005 14:08:19 GMT -5
Welcome to the site.
Noosh
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Post by joe on Nov 7, 2005 22:10:47 GMT -5
So what kind of stones are you going to tumble first? Are you going to try a couple batches of local rock first or will you go "exotic" on the first try? Some of our local rock looks real nice polished up. Good luck either way you go.
joe
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Post by rockyraccoon on Nov 8, 2005 9:25:43 GMT -5
welcome gene! hope you can share some of your sculptures on the board and that schnauzer too! my sister use to have 2 schnauzers and a boston terrier. what a lively group of pups that was. her parrot had decided one of the schnauzers was its mate and it was hilarious to watch. the parrot would scream "heidiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii" until the dog came and sat at the bottom of the cage. then the parrot would climb down and groom the dog. i use to purposely go ring the doorbell to get the whole group stirred up - parrot screaming, dogs yapping and running, sister hollering for everyone to quit it - ding, ding, ding - instant chaos lol.
kim
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jerryde
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since November 2005
Posts: 246
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Post by jerryde on Nov 8, 2005 12:08:48 GMT -5
When I get my equipment, I plan on doing a couple tries at some agate, jasper and chalcedony...what I have most of now is mohogany obisidian...
I gave most of my first sculptures away to family and a couple friend's wives...now I can go into the direction I want...that is to try best to leave the stones in their natural shape and sculpt...around what ever I been given to work with...
Joe, you probably know of the sand pits north of Brush, CO...where I grew up...man I wish I had some of those rocks now...of course Mom...bless her heart, would get after me for bringing so many home...
What memories...
Yes, we have had 3 snoozers...(mom, son...now gone)...But, now this whiz-banger Sadie...she knows how to steal your heart.....
catch you'all, later,
JerryDe
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Post by joe on Nov 8, 2005 22:55:57 GMT -5
Those are good choices for tumbling. Slow, frustrating, and absolutely gorgeous when done!! I don't know anything of the sand pits. What rocks did you get there and is it still open to the public?? I would love to find some good places to hunt rock. Places where I can take rock and not feel like a deputy is gonna arrest me for stealing it. (So, can you tell I don't get out much?)  joe |
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jerryde
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since November 2005
Posts: 246
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Post by jerryde on Nov 9, 2005 10:17:24 GMT -5
It's been some time ago...probably most closed up by now, along the South Platte river...a lot of these areas are private now...I know there has been a few diamond and fosils finds north of Ft Collins up towards Livermore...probably same way...private property...
Do you have a group that gets together or are you winging it alone...sounds like getting together with a couple others is a good way to go...you know telling each other lies and 1/2 truths or sort...just kidding...
gene
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Post by joe on Nov 9, 2005 21:08:58 GMT -5
Anyplace I have ever heard of that has kimberlite or actual diamond found on it is snapped up and fenced off long before I know of it. Wouldn't I love to find a piece!! No I'm just winging it alone. My "rock expeditions" have been mostly just picking up nice lookin' rocks when I see them. I took a medical retirement about seven months ago. That is when I bought the first tumbler and got hooked. I've "collected" some rock over the internet from the members here and it is the best rock I have. My outdoor collecting is somewhat affected by my severe allergies so I don't get out much.  Usually just walks up to Horsetooth res. I did hear about a place up the Poudre river where there is a garnet bearing mica schist. When I am through with my latest "temp job" I want to try to check it out. |
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Usually just walks up to Horsetooth res. I did hear about a place up the Poudre river where there is a garnet bearing mica schist. When I am through with my latest "temp job" I want to try to check it out.
