EricD
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Post by EricD on Mar 30, 2020 13:56:48 GMT -5
Kind of a micro-crystalline version? There is tons of that around here in all shades. Purples, blues, greys, you name it. Some even with stripes clear through them. I call them potatoes They sure do take a nice shine, and I like how you can let them run a little longer until the "stained" outside part is worn away to your liking, leaving cool patterns and blends of colors
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braat
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Post by braat on Mar 30, 2020 22:24:48 GMT -5
Kind of a micro-crystalline version? There is tons of that around here in all shades. Purples, blues, greys, you name it. Some even with stripes clear through them. I call them potatoes They sure do take a nice shine, and I like how you can let them run a little longer until the "stained" outside part is worn away to your liking, leaving cool patterns and blends of colors My rock ID skills are limited would be a huge understatement. Everything is quartz, jasper or agates to me Lots of the first 2 around here...I enjoy rock hounding as much as I do tumbling and like you the local quartz variety doesn't let me get bored. Just when I think there can't be anything different something different shows up... the infinite variety of color/ pattern/ composition/ combos keeps me in the hunt....One of these days I'm gonna find that perfectly clear unfractured quartz rock
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braat
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Post by braat on Apr 1, 2020 0:11:41 GMT -5
Hazed glass unhazed! I was pulling one out every few hours checking them out and they were looking good so I finished them a day early (2 days vs planned 3 days). I'm a sugar disciple now...thank you jamesp for planting the sugar idea in my head a while ago and thank you EricD and RocksInNJ for sharing your UV10 glass tumbling info...now on to unhazing the rest of them March glass rerun1 by braat33, on Flickr
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Post by RocksInNJ on Apr 1, 2020 0:23:38 GMT -5
Great news man! Glad it worked and hope you have tons of fun along the way.
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EricD
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Post by EricD on Apr 1, 2020 7:16:28 GMT -5
Excellent result
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shardy
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Post by shardy on Apr 1, 2020 10:51:21 GMT -5
Those look great.
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lancemountain
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Post by lancemountain on Apr 3, 2020 8:40:46 GMT -5
They look very nice!
I will attempt my first glass this week. May pick your brain about the sugar slurry when I get to that point!
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braat
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Post by braat on Apr 3, 2020 11:11:38 GMT -5
They look very nice! I will attempt my first glass this week. May pick your brain about the sugar slurry when I get to that point! lancemountain - No problem. Looking forward to seeing photos of your restaurant glass...
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Apr 6, 2020 13:09:10 GMT -5
These are really cool, Glen. I am always impressed with the way that glass can come out. You picked up some nice material, and they look great. I've saved a few key posts from Jamesp in the past, as he has a way with glass. Some day I hope to pick up some decent material (possibly some old Mine dumps around my vicinity), and give it a try some time. Appreciate you sharing this!
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braat
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Post by braat on Apr 6, 2020 18:28:05 GMT -5
These are really cool, Glen. I am always impressed with the way that glass can come out. You picked up some nice material, and they look great. I've saved a few key posts from Jamesp in the past, as he has a way with glass. Some day I hope to pick up some decent material (possibly some old Mine dumps around my vicinity), and give it a try some time. Appreciate you sharing this! Thanks Bill. Nothing special about the glass I used.. beer bottles, thrift store vases and cook ware mostly...for me the learning curve was/is selecting glass where the color is not "painted" on. I'm still figuring that out, the clear ones in the photo started out colored
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Apr 7, 2020 4:53:21 GMT -5
Victory for you braat. That is some wet shined glass for sure. Victory for me too because my hobby is also process improvement.
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braat
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Post by braat on Apr 7, 2020 11:37:14 GMT -5
Victory for you braat . That is some wet shined glass for sure. Victory for me too because my hobby is also process improvement. "Process improvement" got me thinking - I've pretty much always done that...something breaks or could be more efficient and I'll modify/repair so it's less likely to repeat offend. I enjoy doing this kind of stuff and sometimes efficiency evolves as it takes 2 or more tries to get it right or a better idea happens. Once in while (not often, my OCD makes sure of that) I abandon the current task when it becomes obvious I don't have the patience/skill/knowledge/tools to hit the target. Having said that getting another tool is always good ... theory being I'll always have one in case I need it again...I don't think I'm alone on that . But always the silver lining is I learn stuff...
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Apr 7, 2020 19:37:57 GMT -5
A would be 96 year old Bill Burke taught me the sugar trick. He had seriously unusual lapidary processes and made fine living due to his lapidary machines and skills. It often pays to listen to the been there done that folks. Improving is a rewarding game. I'm more buzzed about your sugar shine than I am about my own. Now others can get the glass shine using an over-the-counter machine.
As soon as my glass has a polish I shut it off. And don't do any form of vibratory burnishing for fear of hazing. If you were to run that load for 2 days like you did and then leave it running another 2 days you can about rest assured some frost damage would occur. Polish must have a life, or the slurry, or both. Those are exceptional Glen.
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