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August 11, 2005
Tumblin' Tumbleweeds...
I bought a rock tumbler over the weekend, and the stainless shot arrived yesterday afternoon so guess what I did...that's right..tumbled all my PMC disasters (none of the stones fell out, not that I would care if they did) and I actually LIKE the look of them now...I also antiqued the Flat Mesh bracelet, so it went thru the tumbler and has a nice patina on it now...the riveted bracelets from B&B made a pass too...Then Brian came home early, then Jim from BlueMoon stopped by to measure my exhaust hood so he could get some custom made for his shop locally...and then it was time to make dinner, and well, the kiln was turned off w/ nothing inside...
But today is another day and other than a 5:30 sushi dinner reservation with a friend of mine, I think I can get some beads made...I can only hope...
Lady has been eating Bagheera's breakfast when he walks away from it, and just a minute ago, I spotted him eating her breakfast...I think she's getting the better deal...
I've found a new favorite show..similar to MythBusters, this new one is on the Sci-Fi channel and called "Master Blasters"...Last week, they launched Mini Cooper cars across a field thru a football goal...it was brilliant....last night they were launching 5 gigantic 'lawn darts' at a target (that had 2 cars sitting inside, waiting to be impaled by the rockets), but just watching these things sail across the Texas sky (its filmed N of here, in Ft. Worth I think)...we used to launch rockets in fields when I was a kid, and we always thought that was the coolest thing ever...my favorite was a yellow rocket with black bats on it (go figure)...But this show is a hoot if you like that kind of stuff...next week they're building some Death Race Super charged Go-Cart and smashing it into a wall into a fireball...sweet...
Posted by Donner at August 11, 2005 08:45 AM
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Show us the stuff that went through the tumbler!!!...ummm, please?....and did you see the nifty sale on sand blasters at Freight Harbor? *sigh*...so many tools, so little time!
Posted by: Letha at August 11, 2005 11:09 AM
i can take pics, sure..the reason I haven't so far is 1. i haven't finished tumbling everything in the house yet and 2. i'm not sure if pics can capture the 'before and after' effect that being seen in real life can...Next up - a pearl ring and my blackberrybeads cuff bracelet I made at B&B...after that, I might tumble Clementine...here kitty...
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at August 11, 2005 01:14 PM
Sounds like the Master Blasters have some Sweet skills!!!!
Posted by: Jaime H at August 11, 2005 03:31 PM
oooh ooooh be VERY careful with pearls!!! the organic stuff doesn't like the tumbler very much!!! :O
Posted by: Coleen at August 11, 2005 10:36 PM