Rock polishing

[Tom-ADC]

A month or so back I pick up a rotary 12 pound rock tumbler a Scott & Murray his two lids with each side holding 6 pounds. Any way when I bought at a silent auction I was given all the media for it, so picked up 9 pounds of crushed rock and went at it. Today was stage 4 polish and I can't get over how nice they look.
I know zero about rocks but I like what I see.

[bruce drake]

Come on Chief, You know about rocks...thems the things us ground-pounders walk on and the Navy tries not to run up against...

[GLL]

Photos? :)

Jerry

[Tom-ADC]

The rocks I'm familiar with are the ones I use with scotch & the ones the ground pounders walk on as noted above.. BTW hats off to you guys & thanks for your service.

Here is a before picture soon as they dry out I'll do after picture.

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL174/1021972/18168454/400657508.jpg

[rexherring]

My father and me started doing the "Rockhound" thing back in 1968 and I still have some of the equipment. We had a Viking brand vibro tumbler and did a lot of agates and other rocks in it. Now, I've just adjusted the speed of it and use it for polishing my brass with walnut or corncob. It's a fun hobby.

[stubshaft]

I was always envious of my kid brother because he got a rock polisher for Christmas when we were kids. The downside was that in Hawaii there is just so much you can do with lava.

[felix]

High drainage fertilizer amendment soil when all ground up and packaged, especially the "colored" rocks? ... felix

[runfiverun]

just call it pea gravell and be done with it ^^^. :lol:
i used to polish up different rocks for my buddy that would make bolo ties, pendants,and belt buckles from them.
it's amazing how some plain ole rocks could look so different after a good shining.

[edler7]

Now get yourself 5# of stainless steel pins and you can have like new brass, too.

[DeanoBeanCounter]

There's a tourist attraction here in Utah, I think it's called Hole in the Rock. They pick up broken bottles off the highway and polish those peaces and call then desert joules. With the different colors they look like real gems.
Now you got me wanting to buy a rock polisher.
Dean

[Tom-ADC]

Here's after, they are not wet.

http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL174/1021972/18168454/401239121.jpg

[bobthenailer]

I have been useing Lorten Lapidary (rock ) tumblers for cleaning brass cases for about 35 years .
So now you have a case cleaner as a bonus !

[quilbilly]

I have been useing Lorten Lapidary (rock ) tumblers for cleaning brass cases for about 35 years .
So now you have a case cleaner as a bonus !

Same here. My Lortone tumblers take about an hour or two to cleanup my cases with the corncob media

[filric48]

I seen some at Harbor Freight I have allot of Opals I would like to try.

[quilbilly]

Be careful polishing opals. They are softer than agates, jaspers, etc. Polish them by themselves.

[Blacksmith]

Opals being softer also go a lot faster. dont run the course grit to long or you will have a tumbler full of dust. If they have good color they can be done better by hand to orient the color for best display. Good opal is valuable.

[RP]

but how are you going to shoot those rocks
lol look good bud rocks are good

[hiram]

Can ceramic polishing media polish stones?