rockstock
spending too much on rocks
Member since April 2019
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Post by rockstock on Sept 5, 2019 16:43:55 GMT -5
Thanks for the ideas big pile o pudding!. I have a decent amount that only had a couple small spots on the outside that I could smash/cut up in what I was hoping there could be more in the center. Have you done or experienced that at all?
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Post by HankRocks on Sept 5, 2019 18:39:35 GMT -5
This was my 120, 500, polish attempted one. Wet. I don't want to smash bigger ones just to have small ones, waiting for a bigger tumbler to do a few that size or bigger if possible. One day hope to get some polished like yours! I break a decent amount of the rocks I tumble. They are usually ones that are either too angular, too fractured, or too thin. These are the ones that are poor candidates for cutting. That and as Chuck said, I have a lot more large rocks than smaller ones so I am always looking for quality smalls to fill the barrel. Recently I took about 15 pounds of larger pieces of Tiger Eye and put them to the hammer. They were in the 1 to 2 pound range, but very thin. Still have 200 pounds of thicker pieces of Tiger Eye for slabbing. When tumbling the large rocks(greater than 2 inches or so) be aware that more than two or three of them in a load and they will fight. By the looks of the picture it appears you do have a good blend of smalls to go with that large rock.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Sept 8, 2019 9:56:36 GMT -5
My rocks got done with their three day tumble last night. I didn't think it was possible to get a great shine in three days. These rocks are really weirdly shiny. They look just like the rough rock, but appear to be wet. I guess that always was the promise of a vibratory tumbler, to retain the original shape, but put on a shine. I won't be switching over to polishing this way, but it sure is interesting. I only had these four rough puddingstone. The two big ones are the largest I've ever put in my Lot-O. They had to be shoved through the hole to make them fit.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Sept 8, 2019 10:05:50 GMT -5
My rocks got done with their three day tumble last night. I didn't think it was possible to get a great shine in three days. These rocks are really weirdly shiny. They look just like the rough rock, but appear to be wet. I guess that always was the promise of a vibratory tumbler, to retain the original shape, but put on a shine. I won't be switching over to polishing this way, but it sure is interesting. I only had these four rough puddingstone. The two big ones are the largest I've ever put in my Lot-O. They had to be shoved through the hole to make them fit. Not something I will do often or with just any type of rock but I will tumble every pudding stone end cut that will fit in the lot-o that way. I really like them and as you know I am not a big fan of tumbled pudding stones. Chuck
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