holdemplyer
spending too much on rocks
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Post by holdemplyer on Apr 20, 2008 13:45:07 GMT -5
finished these up a few days ago. The triangular piece came from an obsidian slab and already has a bell cap on, as well as one of the tears (although it looks like an eggplant), Put a few inside of a bead cage for pendants as well. this shows a sampling of the batch. Whole batch was 10 lbs to start and the size ranged from pea size to golf ball size, Many of the larger ones will have to go back to the rough as they still have some divots to work out. Thanks for lookin' Alex
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Post by Bikerrandy on Apr 20, 2008 14:03:34 GMT -5
Those look great!! Did you do the polish stage in the vibe?
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SteveHolmes
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by SteveHolmes on Apr 20, 2008 14:26:44 GMT -5
Alex, You did a fantastic job on those! You should be proud of them. I've only attempted Apache Tears once and have vowed never again! Steve
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Apr 20, 2008 14:29:36 GMT -5
Great shine, nice smooth shapes! Beautiful work on a difficult (as far as I hear) stone.
Adrian
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holdemplyer
spending too much on rocks
Member since January 2008
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Post by holdemplyer on Apr 20, 2008 14:39:17 GMT -5
These were done in the vibe start to finish.... 3 days in 120/220, 1 day in 500, 3 days in AO polish.
i got a bulk of them off ebay from seller khoff, this is the second time i've bought from him and have been very pleased on both counts.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Apr 20, 2008 17:26:13 GMT -5
7 days in a vibe? Dude, you got the hang of the vibe tumbler really fast!!
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holdemplyer
spending too much on rocks
Member since January 2008
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Post by holdemplyer on Apr 20, 2008 19:08:55 GMT -5
eh, just tweeked the recipe that's on therockshed.com for tears in the Lot-O for the UV-10. Thanks for the compliments all! You guys and gals are truely inspirational!
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one80mike
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Post by one80mike on Apr 20, 2008 19:35:34 GMT -5
Those are stunning. You have achieved and insane shine on them. Well done.
mike
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MidNight~Rocksi3
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by MidNight~Rocksi3 on Apr 20, 2008 20:23:34 GMT -5
Most excellent Batch! I love the apache tears! and your pendents look Great!
*smiles*
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Post by krazydiamond on Apr 21, 2008 8:32:55 GMT -5
not an easy stone to polish, well done!
KD
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Apr 21, 2008 16:38:02 GMT -5
Well done, indeed. I'm impressed you got them to shape up and get the pits out so quickly in a vibe. -Don
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