» Site Navigation
0 members and 1,954 guests
No Members online
Most users ever online was 9,191, 03-09-2025 at 12:17 PM.
» Today's Birthdays
» Stats
Members: 75,876
Threads: 249,068
Posts: 2,571,972
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
|
-
Re: Snakes and Stones
Quote:
Originally Posted by Snagrio
If I may input a request, I'd love more "pre-tumbled/polished" pics like this. It's neat to see the difference with the minerals between their natural and cleaned up states.
Yes, that is a great suggestion! Ideally that is what I would do. I would even take it so far as to show week by week progress. Unfortunately I tumble so many stones that it would be an epic task to document them all. If I have an interesting one I will still try and take some 'before and after' or in-progress photos, like this piece of banded obsidian (shown below) I took a photo/week for the first 8 weeks, then I got really busy and the stone is done now after about 7 months (rotary tumble only).
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...art_baltki.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ek1_ds2vqh.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ek3_kbe3rn.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ek4_wrr0ey.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ek5_gnm0oi.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ek6_qpf72n.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ek7_u6lfio.jpg
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...ek8_dardbg.jpg
The final weight of the stone was 1.45lbs on completion and I haven't taken a snake photo yet, but, will probably be #167 in the series. :)
-
Is your tumbler EVER turned off? :D I mean, "7 months"!??
-
Re: Snakes and Stones
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogertophis
Is your tumbler EVER turned off? :D I mean, "7 months"!??
My rotary tumblers never turn off and have been running nonstop for ~3.5 years with minimal maintenance. My vibe tumbler has been running for 2.5 years straight, needs constant repairs and maintenance, hope it hangs in there, can't replace it these days due to supply chain issues abroad.
I have more than 100lbs of stone tumbling 365/7, but, the killer to my electric bill is not the rock tumblers: it is the heating elements in my reptile rooms, when it is -20F outside and I'm heating my rooms to 80F...ouch-now THAT is expensive...;)
-
Re: Snakes and Stones
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Sorril
My rotary tumblers never turn off and have been running nonstop for ~3.5 years with minimal maintenance. My vibe tumbler has been running for 2.5 years straight, needs constant repairs and maintenance, hope it hangs in there, can't replace it these days due to supply chain issues abroad.
I have more than 100lbs of stone tumbling 365/7, but, the killer to my electric bill is not the rock tumblers: it is the heating elements in my reptile rooms, when it is -20F outside and I'm heating my rooms to 80F...ouch-now THAT is expensive...;)
Must be noisy too? Too bad you don't have tumblers that can produce heat for the reptile rooms. :D Any way to add more insulation to just the reptile rooms? Seems like that would pay for itself.
-
Re: Snakes and Stones
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Sorril
It looks a lot like a ball of the new antiviral* drug to fight covid-19? https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/asse...-small-169.jpg Maybe you discovered it first? ;)
*https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/02/healt...ner/index.html
-
Re: Snakes and Stones
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogertophis
Must be noisy too? Too bad you don't have tumblers that can produce heat for the reptile rooms. :D Any way to add more insulation to just the reptile rooms? Seems like that would pay for itself.
Yeah, the rock tumblers are noisy, but, the rotary tumblers are using rubber barrels so it produces a bit of a muffled low frequency noise. The vibe tumbler on the other hand produces a higher frequency buzz that is really annoying. Thankfully my garage is on a separate wing of my house and I don't hear anything. I have a big vibe tumbler that can process 50lbs. of rocks, but, it is very time consuming to load/unload, and requires strict dedication to use properly (which I don't have)...if I run it: I can hear it at night even in my main house.
As for insulation: I am at the limit of what would be considered 'normal' for a house. The previous owner of my house was very 'big' on heat and energy conservation, but, only 'on the cheap' and she had some really-really bad windows. I replaced all the windows when I moved in with some well-rated triple panes. I still cover half of each window to my reptile rooms with foam insulation board. If I was to add insulation on the interior it would decrease the amount of space I have for caging, and I am at floor-ceiling on all four walls in each room.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogertophis
All questions regarding my role in C19 product testing/development will have to be deferred to my companies legal team (which is in fact: True). :cool:
-
Re: Snakes and Stones
-
Re: Snakes and Stones
-
I might have come home with the 4-snake platform stand of beeswax...:D Looks like a good call, either way. (this vs the reptile expo)
What IS that giant 1612 lb. produce? Some sort of pale pumpkin? Sure glad they don't grow in my garden, I think I might have trouble picking them. :rolleyes:
-
Re: Snakes and Stones
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bogertophis
I might have come home with the 4-snake platform stand of beeswax...:D Looks like a good call, either way. (this vs the reptile expo)
What IS that giant 1612 lb. produce? Some sort of pale pumpkin? Sure glad they don't grow in my garden, I think I might have trouble picking them. :rolleyes:
Yeah, pumpkins. At the county fair I used to go to growing up there was always a section showcasing similar monstrous ones. They also can come in many colors too which is why the ones pictured look pale.
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...-blog-zies.jpg
|
