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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2017 18:22:18 GMT -5
An old arbor  Continuous rim, less aggressive grind for jeannie's cabochons  aggressive turbo rim w/spacers for breaking down my preforms into hand ground rough spheres.  Paid $25 for that beast. Already plumbed for water, motor was free. Need to wire up the switch, swamp cooler pump and power cords. Woot! TommyrockjunquieAzRockGeekcaptbobjamespaDave (Dave this can help you pregrind your tumbles to speed the process) juzwuzI bought the blades from a local supplier with an ebay store. I get better costs because ebay doesn't get 14% or whatever in fees. Advanta Tools. This is a family run business. Husband and wife work together all day. When the cutoff time for shipping is met. The wife goes and gets the kids from school while Dad packs and labels the boxes for the day. The have customers in every state. When UPS makes their pickup, dad locks up and goes hime to be with his family. A lovely situation. The goods are all high grade Korean mfg diamond tools. I highly recommend these folks and their products. |
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Post by jeannie on Jul 22, 2017 18:33:07 GMT -5
🎉Woohoo!!!🎉
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Post by aDave on Jul 22, 2017 18:37:22 GMT -5
@shotgunner Scott, that is frickin' awesome! What housing is the sheet metal? Did you bastardize something, or was that a piece of equipment that you added the extra blades to. Inquiring newbs want to know.  Dave |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2017 19:02:46 GMT -5
@shotgunner Scott, that is frickin' awesome! What housing is the sheet metal? Did you bastardize something, or was that a piece of equipment that you added the extra blades to. Inquiring newbs want to know. Dave The poly arbor mounted to the housing and all the rest came from the saw dude we both bought from. He gave me the motor and the housing/arbor unit was $25. This was once a commvercial piece of equipment meant to run expando wheels. I used spacers and saw blades instead. I am really pleased. Not 100% running yet, but close. |
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Post by aDave on Jul 22, 2017 19:04:32 GMT -5
@shotgunner Scott, that is frickin' awesome! What housing is the sheet metal? Did you bastardize something, or was that a piece of equipment that you added the extra blades to. Inquiring newbs want to know. Dave The poly arbor mounted to the housing and all the rest came from the saw dude we both bought from. He gave me the motor and the housing/arbor unit was $25. This was once a commvercial piece of equipment meant to run expando wheels. I used spacers and saw blades instead. I am really pleased. Not 100% running yet, but close. That is outstanding. He was/is a helluva guy. It was neat to chat him up for a while. |
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Post by wampidytoo on Jul 22, 2017 23:17:04 GMT -5
If I had something similar to this I would probably work more rock again. The grinding is the thing that started me moving on to something else.
Just had a brain thaw. There is plenty of shaft on my trim saw for extra blades and a different deck would be a snap. Use my weed sprayer for water instead of the sump pick up so the muck would flush out.
Thank you for jiggling my brain Scott. I love you man. Keep on keepin on.
Jim
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Post by Rockoonz on Jul 22, 2017 23:29:58 GMT -5
It's probably a Star Lapidary machine, I have one too. The old Lortone Max Pro 8 is also basically the same thing, the rock club has 3 of them in their lapidary shop. It was my first rough grinder in our old setup.
I have kept it for a supergrinder. I have 10 or 12 blades I got (I think) from the original Lee. Need some kind of cart for the arrangement so I can use it outside
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Post by wigglinrocks on Jul 23, 2017 9:25:26 GMT -5
It's probably a Star Lapidary machine, I have one too. The old Lortone Max Pro 8 is also basically the same thing, the rock club has 3 of them in their lapidary shop. It was my first rough grinder in our old setup. I have kept it for a supergrinder. I have 10 or 12 blades I got (I think) from the original Lee. Need some kind of cart for the arrangement so I can use it outside Find yourself an old grill stand , works great .  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 23, 2017 10:23:39 GMT -5
Looks great!!! I like that grill stand idea, too.
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Post by wigglinrocks on Jul 23, 2017 10:30:47 GMT -5
Looks great!!! I like that grill stand idea, too. Had to add the bracing to take the wobble out of it . Multi purpose stand , pick the grinder off and put a different machine on if I so desire . Haven't desired yet . |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 14:18:39 GMT -5
Looks great!!! I like that grill stand idea, too. Had to add the bracing to take the wobble out of it . Multi purpose stand , pick the grinder off and put a different machine on if I so desire . Haven't desired yet . Awesome idea Rich! (It is Rich, right? I suck at names!) I made a purpose built table for jeannie's cab machine and left room for the super grinder. This machine popped up, fortuitously, and filled the space. It will land in the new workshop I'm building. Sadly, it won't hold a feather to the one meviva built. Hers had space for cars and all that cool shit. Mine will be boring in comparison. |
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Post by coloradocliff on Jul 23, 2017 14:35:03 GMT -5
Looks great!!! I like that grill stand idea, too. PLus one on the grill stand idea. |
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Post by coloradocliff on Jul 23, 2017 14:36:20 GMT -5
Looks great!!! I like that grill stand idea, too. Had to add the bracing to take the wobble out of it . Multi purpose stand , pick the grinder off and put a different machine on if I so desire . Haven't desired yet . To take the wobble out or the wiggle? |
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Post by wigglinrocks on Jul 23, 2017 15:02:31 GMT -5
Had to add the bracing to take the wobble out of it . Multi purpose stand , pick the grinder off and put a different machine on if I so desire . Haven't desired yet . To take the wobble out or the wiggle? wiggles wobble but they don't fall down ( much ) |
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Post by wigglinrocks on Jul 23, 2017 15:05:44 GMT -5
Had to add the bracing to take the wobble out of it . Multi purpose stand , pick the grinder off and put a different machine on if I so desire . Haven't desired yet . Awesome idea Rich! (It is Rich, right? I suck at names!) I made a purpose built table for jeannie 's cab machine and left room for the super grinder. This machine popped up, fortuitously, and filled the space. It will land in the new workshop I'm building. Sadly, it won't hold a feather to the one meviva built. Hers had space for cars and all that cool shit. Mine will be boring in comparison. Rich , wigglin , whatever , I'm not fussy |
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Post by coloradocliff on Jul 23, 2017 15:38:13 GMT -5
To take the wobble out or the wiggle? wiggles wobble but they don't fall down ( much ) Less they been adrinkin.. or a smokin.. or unless they are Dale. Dale is a mess huh?? wigglinrocks
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Post by coloradocliff on Jul 23, 2017 15:39:27 GMT -5
Awesome idea Rich! (It is Rich, right? I suck at names!) I made a purpose built table for jeannie 's cab machine and left room for the super grinder. This machine popped up, fortuitously, and filled the space. It will land in the new workshop I'm building. Sadly, it won't hold a feather to the one meviva built. Hers had space for cars and all that cool shit. Mine will be boring in comparison. Rich , wigglin , whatever , I'm not fussy Sometimes Dale.. Yep and he's picky not fussy.. sometimes.. hehehehe Confuses people when you put "Rich" at the bottom of all your posts..
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Post by wigglinrocks on Jul 23, 2017 16:57:13 GMT -5
Rich , wigglin , whatever , I'm not fussy Sometimes Dale.. Yep and he's picky not fussy.. sometimes.. hehehehe Confuses people when you put "Rich" at the bottom of all your posts..
Confuses me , makes me want to buy some rocks cuz I'm rich |
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Post by coloradocliff on Jul 23, 2017 17:18:15 GMT -5
Yeah confuses me too cause I think you're rich. I been sucking up so you buy me rocks cause you said you were rich.
You be rich, sometimes Dale and I'll just be good looking.. Yep good looking is better cause I look in front of you and I find ALL the rocks . Superior greed finds rocks. wigglinrocks sometimes Dale |
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Post by meviva on Jul 23, 2017 18:35:40 GMT -5
It will land in the new workshop I'm building. Sadly, it won't hold a feather to the one meviva built. Hers had space for cars and all that cool shit. Mine will be boring in comparison. Those pesky cars take up so much room. Imagine all the cool rock stuff I could get if they weren't around. Lol The machine looks good. Looking forward to seeing what you make with it. Andrea |
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