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GEMSTONE TUMBLING x ROCK TUMBLING x TUMBLING (GEMSTONE) xx GEMSTONE CUTTING & POLISHING Gem tumbler made from large tin can and small electric motor. Gem tumbler made from large tin can, small electric motor and plastic bleach bottles. Gem tumbler built from paint can, electric motor, and miscellaneous wood and hardware. Est. cost: $5. Tip: Use broken silicon carbide grinding wheels to charge rock tumblers. Tip: Line tumblers with discarded offset press blankets. Tip: Technique to tumble polish freeform cabochons. Tip: Use large glass peanut butter jars when polishing jewelry with a barrel tumbler. How to tumble polish gemstones. Conventional techniques and methods used by professionals are described. How to make jewelry with tumble polished gemstones. Tip: Use toilet tissue to help in the final polish for tumbling. Tips on repairing worn-out hoppers for the Mini-Sonic vibrating tumblers. Tip: Use lime along with the grit for gemstone tumbling. This helps reduce foaming. Tip: Make your own tumbler barrels from plastic sewer pipe and caps. Tip: Use colored rock dye to add color to cracked quartz crystals which are going to be tumbled. Vibra-tumbling. Tips on using the vibrating tumbler to polish delicate rocks and minerals, such as obsidian needles. How to make necklaces and earrings from these needles. Apache tears. Tips on how to tumble polish Apache tears and obsidian. Tumbled gems. Furnishes a review of how to select a tumbler and carrying agents to meet your needs. Collecting Minerals, a Handbook..." Part 5. A summary of ways to produce gemstone jewelry. Tips on tumbling, cutting, cabochons, lapping and carving. How to modify 14 Wessex-Impex tumbler barrels to run from one 1/4 h.p. motor. A method for cleaning the contents of a tumbler after each tumbler cycle. The rock tumbler. How to select and use one. Timely tips for efficient tumbling. Tip: Add jeweler's rough to tumbler in the polish stage. Tip: Add small squares of rubber to the polish stage to keep stones moving. Getting started. The beginners guide to creating a jewel. Jewelry maker explains the basics of cutting a cabochon, from trimming a slab of gem rough to bringing up the final polish. Also includes information on tumbling. Creative tumbling. When skillfully used, vibratory tumblers are a terrific asset in many stages of gem cutting and jewely making. Tackling tumbling. What a tumbler can do and how it does it. Tip on using crushed walnut shells in a vibratory tumbler. Tip on using pieces of grinding wheels in the first grind in a tumbler. Tip on using Styrofoam chips (packaging peanuts) as the polish carrier for the final run of tumbled stones. Tip on tumbling Apache tears. Tip on reducing the noise from a rock tumbler. Tip on dry burnishing tumbled stones using "Tide" detergent. Tip describes how to tumble Apache tears (nodules of obsidian formed in perlite beads). Tip on tumbling agate slabs. How to build a wind-driven gem tumbler. | |||||||||
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