drilling rocks?
Nov. 14th, 2004 02:33 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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craftgrrlI looked in the FAQ and it didn't say anything about this that I saw...
My great-grandmother left me literally almost 1,000 rocks that she had put through her rock tumbler (she was a geologist) and some quartz/precious stones that she hadn't. I've been wanting to make them into jewelry for a long time, but my problem is the drill.
I don't exactly know what kind of drill it is, but it's been around for about 30 years I'd guess, and still works. But everytime I try to drill the rocks, it slips. No matter how I hold the rock down, I can't get a hole started. I don't want to damage the rocks (well, anymore than poking a hole in them) because they are just beautiful.
Any ideas? Has anyone else had this problem?
My great-grandmother left me literally almost 1,000 rocks that she had put through her rock tumbler (she was a geologist) and some quartz/precious stones that she hadn't. I've been wanting to make them into jewelry for a long time, but my problem is the drill.
I don't exactly know what kind of drill it is, but it's been around for about 30 years I'd guess, and still works. But everytime I try to drill the rocks, it slips. No matter how I hold the rock down, I can't get a hole started. I don't want to damage the rocks (well, anymore than poking a hole in them) because they are just beautiful.
Any ideas? Has anyone else had this problem?
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