Using the QT12 (12lb barrel) for Stage 1 (F60grit) means that the Stage 2 (220grit) readies drawer for Gemstone Beach stones fills up very quickly. […]
Batch 71: Double Barrels not Turning? A Solution
Are the double barrels not turning on your rock tumbler? Is the drive shaft turning, belt tension is fine but the barrels just won’t turn […]
Batch 70: Newbies and Redos
Before these stones officially became Batch 70 the majority of them had already tumbled once in F60grit. Out of the 50 stones, 33 were ready […]
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 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 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 […]
Batch 60: Working the QT12
I introduced the latest addition to my stone shed in this post. My early thinking was I would only use the QT12 Lortone Tumbler to […]
Batch 59: Gemstone Beach Mix of Colour
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 […]