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Post by amygdule on Jun 3, 2021 0:24:52 GMT -5
That's nice carpentry and boxes full of Rocks
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Post by fernwood on Jun 3, 2021 4:08:20 GMT -5
BobNice rock storage set up. I like the handles.
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lordsorril
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since April 2020
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Post by lordsorril on Jun 3, 2021 5:03:12 GMT -5
1,320 lbs in shelf only 12x48x72". All rocks quickly accessible. Not all boxes in photo, but each weighs 5 lb empty and 60 full. Beefy comfy handles with negative bottom bevel gives super secure carry. lordsorril, your upper right ones look good enough to eat, like pretty candy. Decorative glass? That rack with the wooden boxes is awesome! It looks so neat--can't let my gf see those pics or I will have one more project on my list... Yes, that is decorative bead glass in the photo. It does look like candy when it is finished. It off-gases like crazy and there are occasionally small metal rods in the mix. My main issue with the material is the amount of time it takes to pick out the pieces moving to the next stage...and sorting the colors once they are polished.... I toss the small pieces and chips I don't want into my QT12's and let the rough stones chew them up....
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Post by Bob on Jun 3, 2021 11:47:56 GMT -5
The secret to these boxes is the least material to minimize volume taken up by box construction, yet be extremely strong, and the use of wood glue and proper nails. The plywood is Baltic birch. The thickness of bottom and ends is 3/8"; the sides are 1/4". The wood handles are from 2x4 that was sawn to be 1 1/4" thick. You can see the wood parts to the final 3 unassembled boxes on the top shelf. By proper nails I mean the right size and enough of them. So spreading the glue, and patiently nailing all those brads takes a while. Then, a big bead of wood glue was finger spread along all inside corners so that little rock grit pieces would not accumulate there. Then the whole box was liberally varnished inside and out to prevent deterioration if left in rain or fluid where to get in them. They actually turned out to be far stronger than anticipated. Even though bottom is only 3/8" thick, and supports 55lbs of rocks on top of it, there is no danger of the bottom coming out because it's glued in, it's surrounded by 2 ends and 2 sides from which nails come into it, and there are probably nails about every 2". The nails I think were 1" long. So that's 3/4" of the nail past the thickness of the 1/4" sides. Well glued joints like this, especially protected under liberal varnish, don't come apart easily. I would have to hammer the bottom out and it would be torn up in the process.
The varnish also soaks into the wood over the top ends of the brads, after they have been countersunk just a tiny bit (maybe .5mm) with a nail set. That has several benefits. No water can get in that hole and start the brad head to rusting nor soften the wood around the head. So it keeps the head locked and the nail secure. Brads were used all around (except the handles) so that nothing protruded from these boxes to catch on my skin or other boxes beside each other. So they slide past each other just fine. All edges were rounded off with a router rounding bit, which removes all edges that could splinter or hurt one's skin. Varnish soaks into an edge made like that and makes it even stronger. Baltic birch plywood is extremely strong. Even though the sides are only 1/4" thick, they hardly flex at all.
The width of these boxes is just under a certain amount so that 4 of them take up the shelf yet allow enough wiggle room to get them in and out. The shelves are extremely strong yet not expensive. The shelves sold in big box stores like Lowe's and Home Depot are not very strong.
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Post by parfive on Jun 3, 2021 15:06:32 GMT -5
24 boxes @ 55 lbs each and
6 fire rings @ 2,600 per
I’m guessing a finicky tumbler would need about eight tons of 60/90 to process that stash. : )
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Post by Bob on Jun 3, 2021 16:15:54 GMT -5
24 boxes @ 55 lbs each and 6 fire rings @ 2,600 per I’m guessing a finicky tumbler would need about eight tons of 60/90 to process that stash. : ) Thanks a lot for reminding me! I have requested a quote on buying barrels of the 50-60 instead of buying 100lbs at a time like I've been doing. The boxes in my garage reflect about half what is in my garage.
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