Wow Alberta rocks are nicer.
The Alberta rocks are starting to come through stage one of rock tumbling. The smaller rocks turned the tumbler water red. I thought that was different. I reloaded the ones…
Read moreAlberta rocks stage 1
A few of the Alberta rocks are through stage one. I also started the small rocks from Alberta. As you can see the lid I made for the tumbler is…
Read moreRock drill fail
I got some diamond bits to drill through rock. On my first attempt I decided to go with 30,000rpm and to drill underwater to prevent heat. The bit fried very…
Read moreDiamond Drill Bits
I just received my order of diamond bits that can cut through stone. I wanted to try them but I’m in a rush to finish a few things and then…
Read moreOttawa Lapsmith and Mineral Club
I’d like to check out this group to see what there up to. I’ve gotten a bit interested in learning the types of rocks that are found around here (and…
Read moreOpened tumblers with local rocks
I just opened my tumblers to have a look at what’s going on. It’s actually really neat to see the rocks smoothed out compared to what they look like when…
Read moreDrilling in small stones
I’m just researching this and am coming up with drill bits that look like this. They’re called stuff like “diamond drill bit” or “jewelry drill bit”. I found this blog…
Read moreRocks from tumbler
I just opened the tumbler after running for only 5 days with fine grit (stage 4). I was a little impatient and wanted to see what’s going on in there.…
Read moreSmall rocks start stage 4, Large rocks finish stage 1
I just worked on my rock tumbling project for 20m. The used tumbler I got in ebay quit. The lid wore through. Now I see why thy sold it, it…
Read moreRock Tumbler first run
Michael Lechasseur of Artengine had a toy rock tumbler lying around which he gave me. I also picked another one up in ebay for 35.00. I just started the first…
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