I waited a long time for Lortone to restock before I found out that they were out of business. And I am so glad. I got myself one of those Highland Park tumblers and I love it. Very well built and nearly dead silent. I've got another one currently in my shopping cart, and am hoping to use my next pay check to purchase it. Thank you for the video.
I really do hope that Covington revives Lortone. I am very happy that I (by luck) bought a Lortone for my first tumbler. I went through all the newby mistakes, but at least I never really had to worry about my equipment failing. I mentioned that I've worn out some barrels, but I got a lot of use out of them before they failed.
I ordered a Highland Park dual 3lb barrel tumbler after watching that Michigan Rocks video too 😅. Well I did a little research and slept on it. I was excited to see it in his video today.
Suggestions for future videos - how to tumble specific types of trickier rocks and minerals for best results, such as a batch of fluorite, for example, or a batch of something like granite that can be tumbled but people are afraid to do it. P.S. Rob is the shiz - love his channel. Your YT goal should be to be the Ohio version, haha. Ohio Rocks, starring Ed. Lake Erie has some pretty decent rocks if you know where to look. I have found pudding stone, Charlevoix stone, unakite, and other stuff that Rob finds north of us.
I've never actually done a load of "softer" stuff like flourite. I think I may actually have some though. I did get some apache tears and I'm going to try those, but I'll probably wait until spring and I'm going to use Rob's recipe from Michigan Rocks! :)
@@edcctf Even if you just go with Rob's recommendations, it would still be cool to see someone else's results using the same methods. Thanks for the reply!
Been in Ohio my whole life and can confirm - Ohio winters SUUUUUCK. Totally worth it though to live in a state with not only so much cool geological stuff like Flint Ridge or the giant geode on Kelly's Island, plus living in a state where you can drive to like seven other states in no time at all. Like living in the hub of a great road-trip wheel that takes you to tons of other cool rock places. Makes crappy winter more tolerable.
I waited a long time for Lortone to restock before I found out that they were out of business. And I am so glad. I got myself one of those Highland Park tumblers and I love it. Very well built and nearly dead silent. I've got another one currently in my shopping cart, and am hoping to use my next pay check to purchase it. Thank you for the video.
I really do hope that Covington revives Lortone. I am very happy that I (by luck) bought a Lortone for my first tumbler. I went through all the newby mistakes, but at least I never really had to worry about my equipment failing. I mentioned that I've worn out some barrels, but I got a lot of use out of them before they failed.
@@edcctf I'm so in love with my Highland Park tumbler that I would feel like I was cheating on it if I got anything else.
I ordered a Highland Park dual 3lb barrel tumbler after watching that Michigan Rocks video too 😅. Well I did a little research and slept on it. I was excited to see it in his video today.
Those are out of stock right now, but I might get one too and be all HP on my rotaries.
@edcctf You can put the order in now and it'll ship when it's available. They told me it'd likely be in stock early December.
The Cerium Oxide worked really well even with material greater than 7 on the mohs hardness scale. Good to know. What was the grit for the final stage?
Cerium oxide was my grit in the final stage. It's pretty much all I use.
Splendid WoW
Suggestions for future videos - how to tumble specific types of trickier rocks and minerals for best results, such as a batch of fluorite, for example, or a batch of something like granite that can be tumbled but people are afraid to do it. P.S. Rob is the shiz - love his channel. Your YT goal should be to be the Ohio version, haha. Ohio Rocks, starring Ed. Lake Erie has some pretty decent rocks if you know where to look. I have found pudding stone, Charlevoix stone, unakite, and other stuff that Rob finds north of us.
I've never actually done a load of "softer" stuff like flourite. I think I may actually have some though. I did get some apache tears and I'm going to try those, but I'll probably wait until spring and I'm going to use Rob's recipe from Michigan Rocks! :)
@@edcctf Even if you just go with Rob's recommendations, it would still be cool to see someone else's results using the same methods. Thanks for the reply!
Been in Ohio my whole life and can confirm - Ohio winters SUUUUUCK. Totally worth it though to live in a state with not only so much cool geological stuff like Flint Ridge or the giant geode on Kelly's Island, plus living in a state where you can drive to like seven other states in no time at all. Like living in the hub of a great road-trip wheel that takes you to tons of other cool rock places. Makes crappy winter more tolerable.