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 […]
Batch 76: Tumbling Unknowns
I am tumbling unknowns which is quite unusual for me. However this batch of stones is being tumbled and polished for a good friend of […]
Batch 69: Rubber Band Fix on Barrels
The QT66 that I got thanks to an awesome barter unfortunately doesn’t want to turn both barrels. The drive shaft works ok and the belt […]
Batch 68: Enough Slope Point Readies
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 […]
Batch 67: Kakanui & Karitane Beach
I am down to the last of the stones that were collected from Kakanui and in particular a lot of these stones were picked up […]
Batch 64: Using Less Silicon Carbide Grit
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 […]
Batch 66: Lortone Tumblers Galore!
All of my rotary machines are Lortone Tumblers. I now run 2 x double 3lb barrels; 2 x 4lb barrels; 1 x 12lb QT12 and […]
Batch 65: A Load of Hydrogrossulars
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 63: Gemstone Beach Hydrogrossulars
Most of the 65 stones in Batch 63 are Gemstone Beach hydrogrossulars apart from a couple of quartzites (?) and a jasper. They had been […]
Batch 62: Slope Point Nuggets
It took three F60grit (Stage 1) tumble cycles before there were enough Slope Point nuggets (stones) ready to make up Batch 62 to carry onto […]