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Post by 1dave on Mar 28, 2024 7:42:55 GMT -5
Not at all the responses I expected.
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Post by 1dave on Mar 28, 2024 7:35:24 GMT -5
That is very nice!
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Post by 1dave on Mar 28, 2024 7:31:25 GMT -5
Welcome from Utah. Curious about your name, why 1925? If that's your birthday you are 99 years old. Really?
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Post by 1dave on Mar 28, 2024 7:20:27 GMT -5
Get something with a rock clamp to make smooth cuts. I'm 87 and out of the game.
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Post by 1dave on Mar 27, 2024 13:12:27 GMT -5
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Post by 1dave on Mar 27, 2024 10:38:08 GMT -5
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Post by 1dave on Mar 27, 2024 10:17:57 GMT -5
Enabler, and a good friend!
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Post by 1dave on Mar 27, 2024 10:10:42 GMT -5
A colorful batch!
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Post by 1dave on Mar 27, 2024 10:02:42 GMT -5
That is now officially a Rockhounding table!
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FNG
Mar 27, 2024 9:53:18 GMT -5
Post by 1dave on Mar 27, 2024 9:53:18 GMT -5
Perhaps a list of the rocks you would like to find?
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Post by 1dave on Mar 26, 2024 21:00:23 GMT -5
Beautiful Stuff. Too bad I don't saw or cab anymore. If I did, I'd take all you would give.
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Post by 1dave on Mar 26, 2024 20:38:54 GMT -5
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Post by 1dave on Mar 26, 2024 18:35:18 GMT -5
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Post by 1dave on Mar 26, 2024 12:39:36 GMT -5
Ah, memories. i was raised in Austin, and remember it fondly!
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Post by 1dave on Mar 26, 2024 12:30:52 GMT -5
Imagine A wall of water 5 or more miles high under a 500 mile diameter Comet racing Southeast across Utah carving and washing away rocks through Monument Valley and down the Grand Canyon.
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Post by 1dave on Mar 26, 2024 12:17:40 GMT -5
Thanks for posting! Makes us all think. Silver is my guess. Why is the west so different from the east? Because we were grazed by a comet 100 million years ago! That gave us many unusual minerals. Geologists don't know this because they don't understand comets. Comets do not explode on contact. Think "dirty water Balloon". That built the Rocky mountains as it raced from the Beaufort sea to Mexico and then submerged them under the Western inter mountain Seaway for 40 million years, until the asteroid hit the Yucatan and liberated it Creating the greatest Magic trick of all time.
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Post by 1dave on Mar 26, 2024 11:58:37 GMT -5
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Post by 1dave on Mar 26, 2024 11:53:25 GMT -5
I've been looking at the Richardson's Ranch dry sander. It only takes a few minutes to do an egg. The disc are $1 each and the unit itself is $595. There's a few videos on Youtube. That is what the Geokid used.
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Post by 1dave on Mar 26, 2024 11:50:14 GMT -5
I have had two vib laps, one a 16" and one a 27". They are slow and require more weight added to small pieces {about under a couple pounds}, but don't have to be babysat 100% of the time. I built a 20" rotary lap, it does have to me hand managed all the trime, but does a better job in way less time. I made several discs and run different SiC grits on each disc. It runs at 120 RPM which is as fast as I can run it without slinging the grit-water off. Photos please!
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Post by 1dave on Mar 26, 2024 11:35:06 GMT -5
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