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May 9, 2008 | 5:46 PM PST
Tag: rock tumbling
So, I was doing a bit of research and apparently, people who actually KNOW what they are doing as far as tumbling rocks, try to keep rocks of the same hardness together. Me? I was just tumbling what I had :)
So -- I opened my drums 12 hours early and I have cleaned them off. They really did reduce in size!! I've got the drums soaking and I'm going to hold back the rocks that have pits, flaws, and scratches still -- and they can go in for another cycle of the coarse grinding with the next set. The ones I think are the most smoothed out will be put into the fine grind cycle tonight for a week.
I'm probably going to have to order some rough stones online, because I only had enough to do just this one set and I'd like to do more.
Here they are after the first cycle. They still need to go through fine grinding, pre-polishing, and polishing:
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May 9, 2008 | 6:43 PM PST
This is a super hobby.. I didn't even know about rock tumbling before now. Thank you so much for the pic's. These are great looking stones. Who could call them rocks!!! Keep us informed on your work. I find it most interesting. |
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May 9, 2008 | 7:09 PM PST
Wow, those look great! I used to want a rock tumbler in the worst way! It sounds much more involved than I realized. |
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May 9, 2008 | 7:36 PM PST
My son got a rock tumbler for X-mas one year. The thing was so noisy, we kept it in my husband's shop and would check every now and then. Too long to keep a 9 yr olds attention. Anyway, I found the jar of unused rocks last weekend! I'd like to try that again, too.! |
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May 9, 2008 | 8:08 PM PST
Years ago when our kids were young 3 to 14, seven of them. We gave them a rock tumbler for Christmas. Boy did I have fun with it until I ran out of medium. We glued the stones on settings that came with the kit. The kids had pieces of that jewelry around the house for years. Of course those adventures progress into life's new adventures as the children became adults. Thanks for bring back the memory of that very good time. You have a great day and happy gardening. Bill Mitchell |
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May 9, 2008 | 8:17 PM PST
Wow-with 7 kids, what's a little noise? |
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May 10, 2008 | 5:04 AM PST
Oh, how pretty. I think that I'll start a collection, but I don't know that I'll have any rocks as pretty as yours even if I did have the tumbler. I guess I'd better keep my eyes open! |
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May 10, 2008 | 6:09 AM PST
They are so pretty! I really like the blue and green ones. |
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