bouldergal
freely admits to licking rocks
Glacier Meadow
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Post by bouldergal on Sept 21, 2009 22:22:31 GMT -5
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lparker
fully equipped rock polisher
Still doing too much for being retired!
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Post by lparker on Sept 22, 2009 6:24:23 GMT -5
That's just across the pond from me...I'll have to buy a lottery ticket, win, and cash it in before the end of the week so I can bid on it. Lee
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Post by johnjsgems on Sept 22, 2009 9:26:06 GMT -5
Better to buy Chinese cabs for $1-$2. At least you provide jobs for children.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2009 9:50:24 GMT -5
Ugh, thats awful. Kinda sorta takes away from the whole "individually hand cut" thing that we all admire. I wonder........why would you fork out 3k just to run 15 stones through it and then let it sit?
Shan
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rockdewd
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Post by rockdewd on Sept 22, 2009 10:35:52 GMT -5
I'm with John and Shan. Leave the calibrated cuts to the Chinese. Show some creativity and cut freeform. Of course as a tool freak I would like to see that thing run once...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2009 10:41:52 GMT -5
I have also heard (dont know if its true) that some oversease cabs are just stamped somehow and then tumbled.......not even truly cabbed.
rockdewd,
The only thing I'd have to disagree with is the calibrated cabs part. Nowdays it seems like everyone looks down on calibrated rounds, ovals etc.......yet most agree when they do them, they are not easy at all to keep even. They do take skill. Plus some projects just absolutely require them. There's a chain mail weave that I can do that can be wrapped around cabs but they HAVE to be rounds or ovals, doesnt work with other shapes.
Sorry, nothing against what you said LOL. ;D Its just a personal pet peeve of mine that the lowly rounds and ovals are seen as non creative then when people make them they say "oh my gosh, these are NOT always easy to do!"
Shan
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wyobrian
fully equipped rock polisher
GO VIKINGS
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Post by wyobrian on Sept 22, 2009 11:05:12 GMT -5
Theirs know fun in it i like my rock rascal ;D ;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2009 11:16:20 GMT -5
I agree Brian LOL I'd have a hard time just sitting there watching it. Umm, how does it work exactly? I mean, every stone is different. Shannon
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Post by tkrueger3 on Sept 22, 2009 11:46:40 GMT -5
I'm a guy who is usually looking for a better or easier way to do things, but my goodness - that machine is too close to "cheating"! Where's the fun?
Tom
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rockdewd
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Post by rockdewd on Sept 22, 2009 14:57:00 GMT -5
Shan,
I agree that calibrated cabs have a place and take skill to cut. When I'm cutting cabs for someone if they specify calibrated sizes I charge them double my usual cutting fee for cabs. Otherwise I sit with them and take a marking pen and draw out how I see to get the best cabs out. I try to use the whole slab.
I just hate to see the wasted stone from using a template to mark out stones. I try not to waste anything in my shop. Everything that won't fall through a colander gets tumbled. A lot of the smaller stuff spend a lot of time in my barrels. I call them worker stones. Every couple months I collect all the worker stones and put them through the finish stages in the vibes. I then use a couple different screens I made up to sort them my size. The bag them up in small bags and sell them at shows.
I've also got a couple lamps made out of old Mason canning jars that could be a good way to show off tumble stones...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2009 15:14:44 GMT -5
I love the worker stone idea. I dont like to waste either, even the itty bitty ones are tumbled.
Shan
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Post by NatureNut on Sept 22, 2009 16:24:04 GMT -5
Takes all the character out of the finished piece, I would say. Alot of us don't even start to give a piece it's personality until we start working it. Sounds like a cool machine, though.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Sept 22, 2009 18:08:18 GMT -5
I did a search and can't find any info on this machine. It's kinda ugly! lol
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bouldergal
freely admits to licking rocks
Glacier Meadow
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Post by bouldergal on Sept 22, 2009 19:04:32 GMT -5
I was amazed when I saw it.....one of the strangest machines I've seen! Susan
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 22, 2009 19:44:46 GMT -5
Wow! First off, I'd love to see one of those in action. That's got to be interesting to see for the first time. After the first time though, maybe a bit of a boring method to cab. I personally think freeforms are fun as I spent years doing calibrated cabs but gull danged, nothing is harder for me to do than a round cab, especially with a soft stone. If you use factory mounts, calibrated stones are a must do but I've always felt they are actually fairly difficult and often waste good patterns in the slabs.....Mel
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Post by Rockoonz on Sept 22, 2009 21:36:45 GMT -5
ROC has been out of business for years. They made lots of commercial type equipment. My 18 inch slab saw is a ROC with a hydraulic, pneumatic feed. Built like a Sherman tank.
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