Bought a reasonable saw off Amazon to cut my Banded Amathyst. What a process!!! Good thing it is warm outside, it throws water everywhere. 🤣🤣

I can't wait to tumble this.

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My step father found this in a creek, and had put it on a shelf because he thought it was neat. He let me take it home with me - it shined up great, with such great color.

I think the Jasper is my favorite.

I am sure this question is overly asked, but I'm curious what the best rock tumbler is... not just any tumbler but one that won't make my rocks significantly smaller in the process. I started with the nat geo beginner one and it's not good, guys. I'm in need of something way better.

Ive got agates and jasper and geodes and other north shore MN rocks up the butt and so many should be tumbled or cut!

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So this is my first time tumbling rocks. I used a NatGeo rock tumbler and grit, and I’ve heard the grit doesn’t do the job right if I want it polished (and I do!) but I’m not sure where to go after this. I’ve done all 4 rounds but they aren’t polished. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you! PS - I’m new to all of this!

Should i give up on tumbling more? Or just tumble to death?

I am pretty new, and my next batch is tiger eye. larger rough ones. I was thinking maybe saving tumble time by trimming the rocks with a tile saw. good idea????

I really want a vibratory tumbler, and I want to use it for all stages, because I really love all the variations and angles in the rocks I find. I don't want them shaped into being more uniformly rounded - just nice and shiny. I've heard from some that you can use a vibratory for all stages of tumbling/polishing, but I don't know if that includes Raytech with its thin-looking plastic bowl, or only the heavier duty, more expensive ones like the Diamond Pacific mini sonic. Thoughts? Opinions?

I bought for my daughters birthday and it arrived without a manual or any instructions. The box has been opened and had a repair sticker on it. After contacting Walmart they refunded my money but I still have no instructions! Hellllllpppp 😂

Finally got my lot o tumbler the other day and got it mounted to a cinder block. It worked great right out of the box. Real good movement in the rocks. The dowel is about 1 1/4 from each nut. Also, I didn’t fill in the two holes with cement, and it’s very stable and doesn’t move around. And I can’t believe how quiet it is.

Can't wait to get it Saturday. Has anyone else used this brand?

So my friend really likes mostly raw stones and I want to gift her this one, but I have no idea how to get the dirt/brown spots out. Any advice? This is fluorite btw.

I’ll prob throw it in with the next batch either way. Figured if you guys didn’t think it would do much, I could save the weight for something else.