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I had a rock hounding phase in my life ... It was something fun to do with the family and we have a lot of interesting rocks in BC. I built my own rock tumbler
by YZF 1y ago
I had a rock hounding phase in my life ... It was something fun to do with the family and we have a lot of interesting rocks in BC.
I built my own rock tumbler using some wood, hardware store bits, and an old geared DC motor... I also used commercial rock tumblers. Those worked better ;)
It takes a really long time to tumble rocks, you have to go through the grits like a week or two at a time, and they sort of come out without a lot of character. Hand polishing them (with power grinders and polishers) is a lot more satisfying and you can make them into your own. That does require more equipment though.
- debo_ 1y agoMy first tumbler was built from a lawnmower my dad discarded when I was around 11 years old. I buried it in the forest and topped up the gas whenever I had time. It really did not work at all.
- noman-land 1y agoLoved the twist ending.
- DonHopkins 1y agoDo not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15886728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15886728
- zahlman 1y agoWhat does that have to do with attempts at DIY rock tumblers?
- clort 1y agothe lawnmower is the link
- DonHopkins 1y ago...You need to think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower.
- zahlman 1y ago... and your thinking is that because someone else mentioned a lawnmower, you should bring up that meme about Ellison, even though it's clearly nothing to do with the OP?
- DonHopkins 1y agoYes, the first thing that pops into my head whenever anyone mentions lawnmowers is Larry Ellison, and the other way around too. Just like couches and JD Vance.
- debo_ 1y agoTime for a remake of Lawnmower Man. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawnmower_Man_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawnmower_Man_(film)
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