The Dad_Ohs
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Sept 27, 2012 22:35:30 GMT -5
Yep it's a high speed sander, good for sanding saw marks from flat display pieces. Be sure to wear a dust mask when using, and also a guud idea to hook up a shop vac to suck away as much dust as possible. The unit next to it is a bull wheel polisher, the next step after the sander and also good for polishing cabochons. Lee yeah thanks for the tips.. the guy who had it originally had built the bases for everything and the richardson unit has a porthole for attaching a shop vac to... I also got all his extra disks and various grits that are either for the bull wheel or the tumbler.... probably the tumbler. Do ya think it would be hard to form cabs on the richardson machine, all he ever did was slabs and 1/2 cuts, some polished flat, some not polished at all! and pf course this begs the next question, what do you use on a bull wheel to polish?? carbide/diamond paste?? or is it just a little water on the wheel??? very noobish about the whole cabbing thing!!
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The Dad_Ohs
fully equipped rock polisher
Take me to your Labradorite!!
Member since September 2012
Posts: 1,860
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Sept 27, 2012 22:44:35 GMT -5
Starting up the 18 inch saw for the first time today... added the oil that the owner had drained and stored in bottles so all the sediment has settled to the bottm of the jars, angled the table back a little bit and cut a couple different rocks, lake sup. agate, thunder egg the size of a baseball, another agate I got from a member here with nice red edge to it ... will try to post pics later... no lights on now and this camera really sux!!
I was ready to go slab crazy and cut up everyting, but the ol' honey dew list was waiting so I was forced back to reality for the rest of the day but snuck in another cut before dinner then locked up for the night.
ahh well... tomorrow will be here soon enough ..... ;D :cheesy:
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Post by Rockoonz on Sept 28, 2012 1:42:38 GMT -5
A HS sander is not a good choice for cabbing, you will shred the sandpaper discs in no time. The 12" leather bull wheel will take a polish, usually optical cerium. It is important to keep the leather surface free of contamination, we keep a dollar store shower cap on it when not in use
Lee
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The Dad_Ohs
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Take me to your Labradorite!!
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Sept 28, 2012 7:58:53 GMT -5
A HS sander is not a good choice for cabbing, you will shred the sandpaper discs in no time. The 12" leather bull wheel will take a polish, usually optical cerium. It is important to keep the leather surface free of contamination, we keep a dollar store shower cap on it when not in use Lee very cool, thanx for the info... off to the dollar store, then home depot
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The Dad_Ohs
fully equipped rock polisher
Take me to your Labradorite!!
Member since September 2012
Posts: 1,860
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Sept 30, 2012 11:15:54 GMT -5
A HS sander is not a good choice for cabbing, you will shred the sandpaper discs in no time. I have a good number of disks that came with the machine, so may try some free form shapes to see what I can do..and right now a pack of sheets fits my budget much easier than a cabbing machine or even an expando wheel for the extra motor I have. but I do agree I will probably go thru a lot of paper, but I will get some experience this way too. The 12" leather bull wheel will take a polish, usually optical cerium. It is important to keep the leather surface free of contamination, we keep a dollar store shower cap on it when not in use Lee I found a small bag of cerium in among his grits so that answers that question, and I couldn't get to the dollar store so I wrapped a walmart baggie around the end pad for now. Thanx again for the info!!
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