Tumblers, Questions, tips & how to's |
Tumblers, Questions, tips & how to's |
Sep 7 2007, 03:57 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
Hey all,
How about we have a thread here for tumbling stones? We have been doing some and it's great fun to see what comes out in the process. How many of you have tumblers and how have your batches been turning out? Everyone wants to hear/see..... Here is a pic Fordtruckman sent over of he and his grandson's first batches.......Nice work guys......keep em' rollin'! CP
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Oct 16 2017, 09:18 AM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 7,196 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4 |
"tumbler operator tears"...too funny!
QUOTE What I do to make sure not to grit contaminate after each stage, is tumble in fresh water for an hour, dump.......then repeat till the stones are grit free. This works great, then your ready to move on to the next grit stage. This really helps! I also wait till I'm done with all the stages before using soap to burnish them. Tumbling with the soap as the final stage works great. Amazing how much film is still left on them even after the polishing stage. I have also found that obsidian is the hardest to polish. I'm thinking it's because the grits want to stick to the smoother surface more. I also use a plastic noodle strainer on a bucket to rinse them, it helps to clean them off a bit before moving on to the next grit stage. I hope this helps some! Can't wait to see the finished stones. -------------------- Education is the key to the future,
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Dec 4 2017, 12:51 PM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 80 Joined: 7-April 17 From: Buffalo MN Member No.: 129,116 |
"tumbler operator tears"...too funny! This really helps! I also wait till I'm done with all the stages before using soap to burnish them. Tumbling with the soap as the final stage works great. Amazing how much film is still left on them even after the polishing stage. I have also found that obsidian is the hardest to polish. I'm thinking it's because the grits want to stick to the smoother surface more. I also use a plastic noodle strainer on a bucket to rinse them, it helps to clean them off a bit before moving on to the next grit stage. I hope this helps some! Can't wait to see the finished stones. Okay here are the pics from my last tumble (2weeks - 1000g Alimina Oxide + 4 days of clean water tumble). Really weird how after the 600g they look even all around with that satin look. But once they go thru the 1000g they look dark on the flater sides like it might be polishing but rough again on the edges. Really not sure why. Both pics are after 1000g Alumina Oxide.. -------------------- 1/15 FA 2nd ID, Camp Casey Korea
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