Thanks Krawdad for the insights and we are coming down to Oregon and Utah in less in a month to do some rockhounding and sightseeing. Be great to win, but the real joy is getting to share in the adventures the Lord has blessed you with. Blessings to you and yours
We just got back from OR but heading back in June since Warm Spring Reservoir and Stinkingwater Creek were impassible. Harney Lake and Beulah Reservoir were a lot of fun with great finds. Thanks so much for the video. I am going to share it with a friend who is learning to wire wrap. I prefer silver but copper is fun too. It is a beautiful pendant and I may have to try the antique look.
What a beatiful necklace 😻 I would love to win it, and would gladly pay for shipping costs myself, since I am in Denmark, Europe and it would probably cost you more than sending it to somewhere in the US 😊
I usually tumble cabochons for about 5 weeks... 2 weeks on course grit (ie. run a week, clean out, reload and run another week) and then one week on each of the others, medium, pre polish, and polish. I always hope that one week will be enough for course, but it seldom is. I inspect the stones after the first week and if I find any imperfections like scratches or flat spots, they get ran the second week. I also have the practice of running a cleaning tumble between grits. I simply rinse the stones well and then reload with clean water and a table spoon of Borax and tumble for at least an hour. This assures that there is no cross contamination from either the stones or the barrel. At the end of the whole tumbling process, I tumble the polished stones in water and Borax for at least a day as a burnish. I hope this gives you some ideas that you can use. If it keeps snowing here😕, I'll do a video on my typical cab making process.
WOW, Talented and Skillful. Truely Blessed.
Thanks Krawdad for the insights and we are coming down to Oregon and Utah in less in a month to do some rockhounding and sightseeing. Be great to win, but the real joy is getting to share in the adventures the Lord has blessed you with. Blessings to you and yours
Thanks Bill! Always my encourager! May the joy of the Lord be yours today!
We just got back from OR but heading back in June since Warm Spring Reservoir and Stinkingwater Creek were impassible. Harney Lake and Beulah Reservoir were a lot of fun with great finds.
Thanks so much for the video. I am going to share it with a friend who is learning to wire wrap. I prefer silver but copper is fun too. It is a beautiful pendant and I may have to try the antique look.
Oh good, I’m so glad you had a good venture and great finds!
Beautifully done!
Thanks so much!
Heck yeah I'd love to win that! It's gorgeous! Thank you for this opportunity to win!
You are in the drawing! Thank you, I'm so glad you like it!
I would love to win that beautiful necklace 😊. Nice job.
Thank you and you are in for the giveaway!
Great demonstration. I just got tools to start and this video taught me a lot :) Oh I would love to win, it is beautiful 😊
Oh, good… and thank you! You are entered into the giveaway, the first one!
Would love to win this! And Thank You so much for the lesson in Wire Wrapping. I'm no longer afraid to try it :)
I’m sorry the giveaway is over. But thanks for your kind words!
Love to Win, enjoy your channel.
Thank you. You are in the drawing, which I plan to do this week.
That is gorgeous! I would love to win it! Love your work!
Thanks you! And you are in the giveaway drawing.
What a beatiful necklace 😻 I would love to win it, and would gladly pay for shipping costs myself, since I am in Denmark, Europe and it would probably cost you more than sending it to somewhere in the US 😊
Thank you! You are entered into the giveaway!
That's beautiful! I'd like to be in the drawing, if I'm not too late.
You’re not too late! I’ll probably do the drawing tomorrow and stick it at the beginning of my next video.
@@krawdadandrusty Thank you!
Really nice did not, realize how much work it took to make fine jewelry, please enter me with a chance to win.
Thanks so much Ken! You are entered!
I'm curious..how long do you tumble them?
I usually tumble cabochons for about 5 weeks... 2 weeks on course grit (ie. run a week, clean out, reload and run another week) and then one week on each of the others, medium, pre polish, and polish. I always hope that one week will be enough for course, but it seldom is. I inspect the stones after the first week and if I find any imperfections like scratches or flat spots, they get ran the second week.
I also have the practice of running a cleaning tumble between grits. I simply rinse the stones well and then reload with clean water and a table spoon of Borax and tumble for at least an hour. This assures that there is no cross contamination from either the stones or the barrel. At the end of the whole tumbling process, I tumble the polished stones in water and Borax for at least a day as a burnish.
I hope this gives you some ideas that you can use. If it keeps snowing here😕, I'll do a video on my typical cab making process.
@@krawdadandrusty thank you for this..I didn't realize it took so long to tumble wow...but they look gorgeous 😍