Blue Tiger's Eye? I didn't even know that was a thing! That's AWESOME! Well done! My wife and I are new to Rock Tumbling, and we're discovering all kinds of cool stuff. I also like your tumbling setup! We're still using a "toy" version of a tumbler, the National Geographic 3lb Rotary tumbler, but I did get a Lot-O tumbler for my wife on her birthday, so we can't wait to mount that and start playing with it! Nice video man.
Couple of things. First, try adding a couple tablespoons of borax to your rotary to thicken your slurry, works very well. Second, hopefully you are wearing a mask when cutting, but also make sure you wear a mask when you are disposing of the dryed up rock dust in your dump bucket as well. All rocks pose a risk in the dust but tigers eye is definitely higher up on the toxic list. Turned out very nice. The petrified wood looks great as well, one of my favorites to tumble.
really nice , i just cut up a piece of my gold tigers eye and i have a big chunk of blue need to tackle that one day . i heard you say you are a big blue fan , were you talking about rocks or football , that could get you in trouble in hawkeye land lol
It thickens the slurry and helps hold the grit on the rocks and cushions the rocks when rolling so hopefully you don't get any fractures from rocks hitting each other.
Please stop with the excessive and redundant narrative to help reduce overall time of your video. Not interesred in seeing your inspection of 20 rocks. 4-5 would be perfect after each tumble stage.
Blue Tiger's Eye? I didn't even know that was a thing! That's AWESOME! Well done! My wife and I are new to Rock Tumbling, and we're discovering all kinds of cool stuff. I also like your tumbling setup! We're still using a "toy" version of a tumbler, the National Geographic 3lb Rotary tumbler, but I did get a Lot-O tumbler for my wife on her birthday, so we can't wait to mount that and start playing with it! Nice video man.
Beautiful pieces!
Couple of things. First, try adding a couple tablespoons of borax to your rotary to thicken your slurry, works very well. Second, hopefully you are wearing a mask when cutting, but also make sure you wear a mask when you are disposing of the dryed up rock dust in your dump bucket as well. All rocks pose a risk in the dust but tigers eye is definitely higher up on the toxic list. Turned out very nice. The petrified wood looks great as well, one of my favorites to tumble.
Yep always wear my mask👍👍
Well done!! Great work! :)
really nice , i just cut up a piece of my gold tigers eye and i have a big chunk of blue need to tackle that one day . i heard you say you are a big blue fan , were you talking about rocks or football , that could get you in trouble in hawkeye land lol
Just the color in general. More of a snowmobile thing I'm a yamaha blue guy lol.
Hi Wil! LOL Good to see ya over on another channel. So you ahve some Blue Tiger's Eye too? Nice! Now I MUST find some!
Don't you burnish in between grit stages?
What is the purpose of the borax?
It thickens the slurry and helps hold the grit on the rocks and cushions the rocks when rolling so hopefully you don't get any fractures from rocks hitting each other.
That’s not a flaw or a crack, it’s a vein of iron running through it.
Please stop with the excessive and redundant narrative to help reduce overall time of your video. Not interesred in seeing your inspection of 20 rocks. 4-5 would be perfect after each tumble stage.