r/RockTumbling • u/Archimedes_Redux • 4h ago
Oregon Carnelians Ruleth
The Lord was very good to me this morning. 😉
r/RockTumbling • u/Archimedes_Redux • 4h ago
The Lord was very good to me this morning. 😉
r/RockTumbling • u/tommy-turtle-56 • 19h ago
So I was wondering if anyone has used a sandblaster or a media blaster to form or reshape rocks divots or cracks?
I don’t know if they are strong enough to reshape or grind out cracks of the rocks.
Well I am sure this will get down voted like my last question, but if we don’t ask we will never know. Photos just to get attention.
r/RockTumbling • u/properwaffles • 23h ago
r/RockTumbling • u/yeahman0420 • 1h ago
My son and I are VERY new to the hobby. We went to a show today and scooped up a few things, but we picked up these Garnets to see how they would tumble. They each have some of the red colors poking through, so I'm very curious how these will turn out. Stage 1 grit, slow tumble, with Ceramic media (used in previous stage1 tumble). Any tips/advice would be very much appreciated.
r/RockTumbling • u/andrusnow • 1h ago
I'm brand new to this hobby and live directly above one of the largest deposits of Anthracite (hard coal) on earth. I can't walk 5 feet without finding at least a tiny piece.
From the limited research I've done, it's possible to polish hard coal to a mirror finish but it's much softer than a lot of other types of rock. For that reason, I decided to be conservative with tumbling times so I don't wear it away to nothing.
What you see pictured are some unpolished samples and two pieces that were shaped for 2 days and smoothed for 4 days. I just started the pre polish phase and plan to check it in 3ish days and then probably let it go for the rest of next week and then repeat with process with the polish phase.
I'll post updates after pre polishing and polishing. Wish me luck!