4lb Tumbler Archives - Tumble and Polish

Batch 84: Unique Beauty of Gemstone Beach Jaspers

Let’s dive into the unique beauty of Gemstone Beach jaspers, which I always keep an eye out for while fossicking. Types of Jasper Jasper, along […]

Slicing Stones Equipment A while back I purchased a wet tile saw from Mitre 10, swapped out the blade for a diamond blade (180mm diameter, […]

Batch 74 stones came from the Gemstone Beach readies drawer having previously tumbled in F60grit in the QT12 barrel. As the 12lb barrel is so […]

There’s a new grit supplier in town! (Unfortunately not in my town though!) Mr Grit (MrGrit on FB) has just started out as a lapidary […]

It’s been quite hard to make a batch but I finally have enough Slope Point readies! Many of the stones have been sitting in the […]

One of the smaller tweaks I have been making to my whole tumbling stones process has been using less silicon carbide grit in my barrels […]

This load of hydrogrossulars put into one of my 4lb tumbler barrels were all found on Monday, June 3rd – King’s birthday long weekend. I […]

Batch 59’s stones have all come from Gemstone Beach and the mix of colour plus the various types of stones that one can find here […]

The stones for Batch 61 were readied for polish in the QT12 tumbler. They had previously tumbled in F60grit and 220grit so were waiting in […]

I am trying something a little different by changing the process for tumbling stones. As a result of not being happy with the final polish […]