I Know What I Said....
Posted by Bev Darby, Rock n Spheres on 8th Mar 2017
I know I said I was going to keep that darn Dead Camel Sphere running until it was round. After 12 hours grinding yesterday and another 8 hours today, there is still one very small spot of red finger nail polish. I just can't believe how tough this rock is! Maybe by the weekend it will be round.
That being said, I now have a line up of spheres waiting to go on the high speed machine. Australian Crazy Lace, English Barite and a Lapis Lace are all round and ready to go. Alas, not so for the Carrisite. I think this will be another like the Dead Camel jasper. Super hard! There is another Australian Crazy Lace almost round and a Peruvian Chrysocolla waiting for cups to be available.
We are still a saw down. Ran around looking for a larger belt. In the end ordered it one line. Grrr!
I will grind a 4" Noble Serpentine tomorrow. This one has an interesting wormy pattern to it. There is a Mexican Crazy Lace waiting for it's corners to come off too. This material looks really great. I thought I had cubed a Squirrel Tail Stromatolite, can't seem to figure out where I put it. May need to breaking the other boulder.
I keep walking by all the really amazing rocks I got this year. Can't wait to cut them all!
Thanks for reading.......