BuckyB93
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 5:07:00 PM
In exchange for sending AndyTv something to polish his rocks he gave me wood.

I got a box of fresh sassafras wood biscuits for my smoker and some kick ass smokes. Nice bundle of stuff to smoke. (B4 you smart asses chime in, the wood will be in the smoker, the cigar(s) will be in my hand)

He also sent a samurai titanium medallion that is in the shape of a bottle opener. He says it's for beer but since I've had it, I haven't seen a ninja around my house or even anywhere in the neighborhood. I think this thing has anti ninja powers beyond its beer opening powers.

I wonder what other powers it possesses... I'm thinking that if I use it as Andy suggests, it has the power of altered states.

andytv
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 5:56:00 PM
Enjoy your wood!

Bucky....the tumbler is....well......"tumbling" as we speak.

The bottle opener; when we first got our waterjet cutter, I practiced using it by cutting titanium openers.....a jillion of them. I wish it were fancier, but I suck at autocad.

Wood was cut with my samurai sword.

BuckyB93
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 6:59:00 PM
Sweet,

From what I've read you'll need a finer grit to polish your rocks than what I've sent. What I sent only gets you to pre-polish.

I did some googling on rock polishing and they say it could take few weeks to complete the process? That's longer than I thought.

http://www.mamasminerals.com/lmrhftumblingdirections.html 

I'll send you some finer grit abrasive for final polishing and some plastic pellets.

BuckyB93
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:10:00 PM
Regarding the bottle opener,

It looks great, don't sell yourself short. I'm taking it to work and will sand blast it to knock off as cut edges, clear coat it to keep it shiny and make a necklace out of it to ward off any ninjas.

P.S. Titanium has a special place in my heart. I spent over 10 yrs working with or against Niobium-Titanium alloys.

andytv
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:50:00 PM
Bucky....I have some Cerium (sp?) polishing grit.

No need....you've hooked me up plenty good!