Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 21, 2015 13:46:20 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Managed to get one more slab before I had to move the rock in the vice. Man it's hard to get a bite on a really rounded cobble of agate. Anyway, this one is much better looking with very few pits.....Mel
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The Dad_Ohs
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Feb 21, 2015 13:55:04 GMT -5
Nice looking material Mel !!
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Post by snowmom on Feb 22, 2015 15:28:20 GMT -5
that has a wonderful pearly peach cast to it, so many patterns and touches of color. This is a great one!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 22, 2015 15:42:11 GMT -5
AWESOME cut!!!
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Post by fantastic5 on Feb 22, 2015 16:17:16 GMT -5
Howdy folks, Managed to get one more slab before I had to move the rock in the vice. Man it's hard to get a bite on a really rounded cobble of agate. Anyway, this one is much better looking with very few pits.....Mel Sabre52 I cut one of the cobbles you sent me and it looks like this ones twin sister. The next time you are cutting, could you please post a picture of how you put these in the vice. I'm struggling with getting more than 1/2 of the cobbles cut. I am just so worried about one coming loose and damaging the blade. I just had a piece of Utah agate break along a hidden fracture line while being cut today. Luckily I heard the sound change and was able to shut everything off before any damage was done.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 22, 2015 17:12:16 GMT -5
Ann, I don't so much of anything special. I just use a couple of soft shims from Home depot in the vice and tighten it down good. I test the angle of approach of the blade to make sure it's perpendicular and is not going to deflect and dish the blade. If the nodule has a soft white cortex, I may hand start the cut so the blade, once into the cortex, will go in straight. What I'm doing on this one is, once I reached the point where the cobble was too rounded and was deflecting the blade, I reoriented the stone so the blade is approaching the sharp edge of the cut end of the rock. The blade will then bite right into that sharp edge and cut true without defecting.......Mel
PS: I seldom get more that half one of these cobbles cut before having to reorient the rock. That's why I always have a big ole pile of heels sitting around.
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Post by woodman on Feb 27, 2015 18:12:44 GMT -5
Ann, I don't so much of anything special. I just use a couple of soft shims from Home depot in the vice and tighten it down good. I test the angle of approach of the blade to make sure it's perpendicular and is not going to deflect and dish the blade. If the nodule has a soft white cortex, I may hand start the cut so the blade, once into the cortex, will go in straight. What I'm doing on this one is, once I reached the point where the cobble was too rounded and was deflecting the blade, I reoriented the stone so the blade is approaching the sharp edge of the cut end of the rock. The blade will then bite right into that sharp edge and cut true without defecting.......Mel PS: I seldom get more that half one of these cobbles cut before having to reorient the rock. That's why I always have a big ole pile of heels sitting around. You can cut the heels by gluing them to a piece in the saw that you just finished a cut on. Degrease surfaces, use medium super glue, glue a thin piece of coreageted cardboard to heel and them glue that to the piece in the saw. works real good as long as you are not using water as a collant. after las cut use hack saw or hand saw to cut through the cardboard. It is amazing how much weight it will hold.
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