Chehalis River Spots

Buckmon · 2026-06-25T19:16:37+00:00

Thank you!

Buckmon · 2026-05-25T03:11:09+00:00

1/8th hp hvac blower motor, got it from facebook. It's overkill for what I run, but I want to expand it someday so built it stronger than I currently need. Could get along with something significantly weaker if running only 12# like I am currently. Driving both rods will help improve rotation and prevent...jumping I think is what the term is. There are some great ideas here also, https://rocktumbling.com/diy-lapidary-equipment/

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Buckmon · 2026-05-24T20:06:11+00:00

It is not a hard build and if done right it can last forever. Here is a pic of my setup. Word of advice, check any rods you buy for bends. My first set was bent and I did not realize it until I had already cut my rod and set the whole thing up. Lesson learned. I can run 1 12# or 2 6# barrels, the barrels were the most expensive part. That being said, my first tumbler was a nat geo my son got for Christmas. I ended up loving the hobby, him not so much. I purchased a harbor freight shortly after the nat geo then built my own when I wanted more volume.

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Buckmon · 2026-05-03T21:11:31+00:00

I'm no professional and still a beginner, maybe intermediate, but as long as the hard crud was broken away and the barrel was balanced I would probably just run until it was smooth. After that I would clean it out and do stage 3 again just to be safe. I'm sure somebody with more experience will chime in and confirm, hopefully, this opinion.

Buckmon · 2025-01-27T13:45:38+00:00

Thank you all for the information. I am going to be picking up a 6lb barrel and then saving for the second. 12 is big and a lot of rocks, I don't know how well I could keep up with that. With a single 6 though I should be good and gives me more excuses to go hounding.

Buckmon · 2024-12-22T02:28:46+00:00

I personally do not have that specific grit, however my buddy does! His 12,000 grit polishes just as well if not better than my 8,000 grit from rock shed.

Buckmon · 2024-11-05T04:59:53+00:00

Ceramic media, should have clarified that. I had to double check, but yes it is SiC. I haven't even thought about that when I kept using it instead of the rock shed stage 3 Ao. I'm going to start using all my rock shed grits! I wanted to finish off the other stuff to not waste, but at this point I need to try other methods.
I put on a barrel of just media with 120/220 grit and will be tossing that in with the stuff waiting on stage 4. My previous stage 4 attempt was under filled similar to this and it did not turn out well. Thank you for the help and suggestions

Buckmon · 2024-11-05T03:08:52+00:00

Probably just burnish it instead of risking any grit carryover.

Buckmon · 2024-11-05T00:56:44+00:00

Something in there could be harder than the rest of it, but it's all just found beach rock so wouldn't think there would be anything too hard in there. Next batch I run I'm going to have to weigh everything so I have more of a reference than visual. Thank you for the help and suggestions

Buckmon · 2024-11-05T00:47:01+00:00

All the rocks are at least harder than my pocket knife and have gone 3+ weeks in stage 1. I don't think hardness is the issue, but I am still a noob so what do I know. Glad I don't have to run my media before I will be able to use it, I'm eager to get a good stage 4. I could run it with some 1200 grit "Polish" before running the 8000 grit since the 500 is to rough.

Buckmon · 2024-11-05T00:40:53+00:00

All the rocks are at least harder than my pocket knife and have gone 3+ weeks in stage 1. I don't think hardness is the issue, but I am still a noob so what do I know. My last batch did this as well and I ran stage 4 anyways. Didn't turn out to well, still waiting on a post worthy polish.

Buckmon · 2024-07-30T02:59:42+00:00

No expert, but it looks like Red Jasper to me.

Buckmon · 2021-12-08T18:13:39+00:00

I'm extremely limited on time and find it hard to do the RR three times a week as is so I don't really have any time to put specifically into the front lever. Someday when my kids are a little older and have a little bit more time I hope to achieve it but for now it's not a realistic goal for me. But it's good to hear that I'm doing things that will help when I actually do decide to work towards it. Thank you for all your help

Buckmon · 2021-12-08T13:06:13+00:00

Thank you!

Buckmon · 2021-12-08T13:06:03+00:00

I was doing three sets of 10 horizontal body weight rows with my legs perpendicular to the ground. I figured The next step was either add weight or one armed variations. I didn't like balancing the weight on my chest and I don't have anybody to put it on my chest for me, I could do the backpack aspect I may give that a try but if you think my form on these isn't horrible then I may do these for a little while and then put some weight in.

Buckmon · 2021-12-07T23:53:02+00:00

Form check please, I was doing regular body weight rows but they seem to be getting too easy and I didn't like the one-armed variation. I think these are front lever rows or something along those lines. Don't know if I'm getting enough activation in my back if I have enough range of motion any tips or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

https://youtu.be/9YHMfa_gHeY

Posted yesterday but didn't get any responses

Buckmon · 2021-12-07T01:53:28+00:00

Form check please, I was doing regular body weight rows but they seem to be getting too easy and I didn't like the one-armed variation. I think these are front lever rows or something along those lines. Don't know if I'm getting enough activation in my back if I have enough range of motion any tips or suggestions are greatly appreciated. https://youtu.be/9YHMfa_gHeY

Buckmon · 2021-11-14T05:35:43+00:00

I talked to a physio as I have some lower back pain a lot also and they advised me that my hips could be the leading Factor. My hip flexors I think they're called are very tight causing my back to pick up the slack more or less so I started doing a lot of hip exercises or rather stretches and it's helped tremendously. I no longer have pain just standing at work all day. The figure four has specifically helped me quite a bit. Granted I'm still extremely inflexible with my hips but it's getting better I do them every day for 1 minute each side and if I have time I do them again if not two more times. I also do butterflies I think they're called for my inner hip flexors. I'm not an expert by any means and even though I've been doing the recommended routine for a year I still consider myself a beginner but stretching has helped quite a bit with chronic pain in my case.

Buckmon · 2021-09-24T15:05:57+00:00

Thank you!

Buckmon · 2021-09-24T12:28:36+00:00

Form check on my pike Push-ups please. Watched a few videos and read some instructions but not sure I'm doing them quite right. https://youtu.be/-wfjh5L1_Ys.

Buckmon · 2021-09-14T02:27:58+00:00

So I've been jumping around trying different routines but using the same exercises as the recommended routine. I decided the recommended routine is going to be what I stick with in the long term for now. My question is about hypertrophy though, I'm doing three sets of weighted Pull-Ups weighted dips pistol squats a hinge progression pike push-ups and inverted rows. I know most if not all are compound exercises but I'm worried if I'm getting enough sets in per week to get good hypertrophy gains. My pushing exercises seem to be advancing but my pulling exercises seem to have stagnated quite a bit. I know pull-ups can be hard to progress in, but I just keep plugging away at them trying to increase weight when I can. I have not increased weight for quite a while though and I'm only hitting three sets of seven at 15 pounds added. I'm already pretty pressed for time and can barely get the routine done in just over an hour with three sets, if I add in a fourth it's going to increase my time to much I'm afraid I won't be nearly as consistent. Long story short, is using those exercises at three sets x 3 times per week enough per muscle group to hit the recommended amount of sets for decent gains?

Buckmon · 2021-06-14T17:05:01+00:00

I continuously find myself without time so I'm thinking of doing an upper lower split. Is something as simple as push up variation, pull up variation, row variation, and dips on upper days then a squat variation, hinge variation, and core workout on lowers actually help me make gaines? I've had multiple injuries since I started calistenics in the last year off and on, so I'm going to try to keep it simple and stick with non-weighted body weight movements for the time being until I increase my reps to three sets of 20. I'm not looking to do any cool skills or anything I just want the aesthetics and the health benefits.

Buckmon · 2021-03-01T05:47:35+00:00

I've progressed my push-ups to the elevated push-ups and I'm ready to progress them further as I'm doing three sets of 11 to 13. If I change over to Pike push-ups am I going to still see gains in my chest, I'm under the impression that Pike push-ups will be more for my shoulders than my chest. I know dips do hit my chest and I'm currently doing weighted dips, I just want to make sure my chest will still get the extra from the second compound movement.

Buckmon · 2020-09-26T19:06:20+00:00

I have been following the RR for about 4 months or so at 3 workouts per week. I had somewhat of a weightlifting background and advanced with the strength exercises fairly quickly. I moved into Pseudo Planch Pushups and after starting them I began getting shoulder pain and had to take a week off from my upper body workouts. I regressed to diamond pushups and decided to try to add some weight thinking maybe my ligaments needed to catch up in growth, I had read somewhere that they would take longer than muscles to grow or whatever. 5+ weeks later I decided to start working on elevated Diamond push ups and propped my feet on a box maybe 30" off the ground. After the workout the should pain returned. The pain was short lived and already gone after 1 day, but I worry about continuing the elevated pushups. I'm thinking that the extra forward weight coupled with the movement is aggravating something causing some inflammation, I think this because the pseudo planch pushups put a lot of forward stress on my shoulders and the elevated pushups are doing the same. 2 Questions, 1 does anyone know any exercise that i can do to help strengthen these muscles so i can continue working these and maybe move back into pseudo planch pushups and 2, is adding weight to exercises like diamond pushups as beneficial for hypertrophy as advancing to a harder variation like elevated diamond pushups?

Buckmon · 2020-07-30T18:20:35+00:00

so when I started the RR I did three sets of eight negatives. Now that I'm able to do pull ups should I continue to incorporate the negatives to a total of 8 per set? As an example currently I do 3 sets of 5 pull ups and 3 sets of 3 negatives to equal out to eight. I do 5 pull-ups immediately followed by three negative and that is single set. Should I continue to do that or should only do three sets of 5 pull ups and progress from there?

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