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Post by cpdad on Nov 23, 2014 18:44:19 GMT -5
glue what to the back ?...if she is on her horse and this glued stuff falls off...i am screwed ...maybe i need a buckle smith.... ...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Nov 23, 2014 18:36:37 GMT -5
i was running about 14 rpm...but rotary remember please....lots and lots of filler....after all was said and done....i had somewhat shiny flourite (some pieces)....which i was told i could not do in a rotary...but me wins ...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Nov 23, 2014 17:56:10 GMT -5
it took me installing a dimmer switch on my rotaries to get a shine on flourite.....among other things...but i did somewhat....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Nov 23, 2014 17:17:00 GMT -5
i am sorry i wasn't clear...she wants the slab as a buckle...no cutting at all...she wants me to take the slab and make it a buckle as it is...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Nov 23, 2014 16:56:35 GMT -5
hey tony....still wanna get that way for some of those fishes yaw catch . but if a ride is needed with some twigs in the truck....that may whoop up on a coyote...i can maybe help. sometimes those coyotes steal our stuff....thats not exactly nice. but coyotes kinda need to be whacked at some point....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Nov 23, 2014 15:42:43 GMT -5
my wife found a slab from my stash she wants a belt buckle made from...for christmas...the one on the right...about 2 1/2" at the widest point....and about 5" long...not sure how or where to start to make this a buckle...i have all the equipment that i should need...i think . help appreciated...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Nov 11, 2014 20:16:59 GMT -5
i have been busy moving everything from the lake back home...camper..watercraft and stuff for the winter.
but i had to stop by and wish all the veterans and folks serving a happy veterans day.
some of us here have sons/daughters/fathers/wifes etc....serving....and in battle as i type this...i pray for them daily.
some of our folks go on missions that 99.99 percent of the world will never know about...i know one of those people.
when i got home today...i was met at my door by my son...he was home... at least for a few hours...on veterans day.
he has now left heading back to another continent...hopefully little girls will be safer.
thanks each and all for your service past and present....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 10, 2014 20:56:08 GMT -5
howdy all... been away camping and stuff...some of you may know my dog loves water stuff....but i could never get him on my older jet ski....aussies are kinda smart like that if they are not comfortable in any situation. it was a 95 model...and he felt like there was never enough room on it for him...he would get on it...and then just jump off....and swim back to the boat...and get in it. but i got tired of working on the 95...so i went and bought me a new one...the 95 had been damaged in the ice storms anyway. i told picasso to get his boat coat...he went and got it off his kennel and dropped it at my feet...i put his life jacket on....and this was funny as hell....he went running down to the bank...but there was no boat for him to get into....he was messed up...he ran back to the camper....barked at me...ran back to the bank...still no boat. so..i finally said come on boy...and took him to the dock where i had the jet ski docked...i got on it...and let him get used to it...he would put his paws on it...back off...back and forth...he finally figured out he did fit on it. once he got on it..i started it up...and we were off....he kinda rode side saddle at first...then after a few minutes...he figured out it had plenty of room behind me....and he jumped on the seat behind me...and we were off at speed. i know pics are kinda bad and chit....but it is from an older phone. as far as i know...me and my aussie are the fastest team around on our lake....kev. s31.photobucket.com/user/fittycents/media/picassojetskione_zps7d722445.jpg.htmls31.photobucket.com/user/fittycents/media/picassojetskitwo_zps44f180d2.jpg.html
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Post by cpdad on Jul 12, 2014 15:31:13 GMT -5
i am an animal lover...i have been called out and told i was a prick because i would put my own dog down with a bullet if badly injured....instead of having a vet do it....i stand by that...its my dog.
but...yesterday...my neighbor calls my phone and says a pitbull is watching her from across the street when she pulled up in her driveway...i walked outside and sure enough it was eying her...she did not want to get out of her car....2 weeks ago a pitbull did attack someone in the neighborhood...and she knew it.
i told her do not get out of the car...i slipped back inside....and grabbed a rifle...and went back in the yard...this dog then started circling her car....then it walked toward their backyard...gate was open....we were scared the kids would come running out back door to get in pool....they would not answer their phone inside...to warn them....at that point i had to take the safety off...get it before getting to close...could not take a chance of it charging the kids if they ran out.
my wife was with me...i told her if the kids did run out....and the dog did attack...and i could not get it quick...all i could do is just go and grab the damn thing....cant shoot towards the kids
the pit then walks out of backyard....starts growling at me...at that point i did put my finger on the trigger...hell it kinda scared me.
about that time a deputy and animal control shows up...not sure who called wife or neighbor...i am so glad i did not have to shoot that dog...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Jul 3, 2014 18:00:58 GMT -5
my best bud... my blue merle aussie picasso...he is a total water nut....always in the lake...if i happen to get in the boat without him he nuts up...i mean he pitches a total fit..only time he ever acts up. when the neighbors kids are in the lake and he goes to play with them...i have to put little socks on him because he likes to get behind them and put his paws on their shoulders and just hang out and let them drag him around.....and if its pulled behind the boat he wants on it...he will ride. funniest thing was watching him try to climb up on 2 skis...that didnt work out to well...try to get on 1 then the other...back and forth...i laughed my ass off...he finally got tired and gave up and swam back to the boat ...tubes are a different story anyway...as any aussie must be...he is well trained...worked hard mentally and physically....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Jul 3, 2014 17:32:54 GMT -5
i got a real rock kitty ...she was a christmas present for son when he was 4 i think...this little old girl is now 16...seventeen in november...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Jun 30, 2014 16:57:06 GMT -5
i finally got a couple ok pics of my rocks...rocks are off the market...will post after voting ends ....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Jun 29, 2014 14:31:51 GMT -5
fossilman...i may have a pic shop next door to me...i did not know my neighbor used to work for nokia R&D....hell he is a restaurant manager now. juggler i took over 200 pics.....all chit...at 1 point i was under the house ...i am sure its just me..you know the operator . anyway..last night...my neighbor came over to drink beer with me...after many beers...we had no radio close by...so we decided to go take the cover off the other neighbors boat...climb in it on the trailer....and turn his boat radio on...after more beers...thats when he told me about the R&D thing....and he could get a good pic with my camera. we got drunk in a boat sitting in a driveway...with the radio on....i dont thinks thats normal . if someone wants to trade a photo for my 10 rocks....just pm me....i always give them away to kids in the area anyway...im sure parents are getting tired of there kids bringing home rocks...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Jun 28, 2014 17:56:10 GMT -5
from the tumbling contest....i have tried and tried to get a good pic....but i suppose i am just to dumb to figure the friggin camera out....and it is kinda a good camera from what i read. just take good pics of them...post them somewhere on here....or send the pics to me....you can have the tumble....me got plenty ...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Jun 28, 2014 16:46:48 GMT -5
that habanero BBQ sauce is the chit...i have used it twice this year at the lake....we have a pretty close knit community during the summer....everyone just kinda eats off everyones grill and tables. they love it...they always come back for more....kinda breathing hard to cool there lips....so hot but so good. i could tone it down a bit....but naw....its good just as it is. ...kev
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Post by cpdad on Jun 23, 2014 19:43:55 GMT -5
for you folks having pic issues...same here....i had to sacrifice some shine for a half ass decent pic. great shine and shape....piss poor pic. maybe we all need to get together and have a pic taking class...then drink beer..or wine . i had to break down the camper this weekend....cause we have to move every 30 days...headed home to check tumbler....and take pics....but. when i got home...there was beer left in the cooler....i started drinking....then i cleaned a few fish...and i drank more beer....took a few more pics...and so on...then me was drunk again...i like beer. . ended up with some chitty pics of good rocks. i dont remember which pic i sent in...me was drunk . well monday came and i have to be all grown up again....look forward to seeing all of the rocks...home for the next month....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Jun 10, 2014 20:29:08 GMT -5
sorry guys...havent been around much....weather got warm so i moved to the lake....then went to northern arizona for a week or so...they got big lizards out there . then flew back to augusta....and back to the lake....i did make it back in to check rotary tumbler...i am in 500....no time for 1000....which i like to do....will be going from 500 to polish on the 12th....and run polish until the 22nd....and then send pics...yes last minute also. i have no idea....i have not babied these as others i have done....but it is what it is...pic out of 120/220
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Post by cpdad on Apr 22, 2014 20:05:45 GMT -5
haha...im headed to Buford,Georgia Thursday...north Atlanta ....to pick up our new camper...to replace the one we lost in the ice storm...but i gotta say. every frigging hospital we pass... i gonna be thinking bout that missing ass pen ...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Apr 20, 2014 8:30:46 GMT -5
hey quartz...not really sure why you went thin...i never really did...like i said before wish i had kept better notes...a little more detail on the way i did the 3lb barrels.
i loaded cloth and tears and the same with the snowflake in layers.
cloth in bottom..layer of rock..layer of cloth and so on....cloths were pre soaked in dissolved polish before adding to barrel...filled to almost 3/4 full
mixed thick-it in 2 8 ounce cups...fairly thick...filled to top of rocks...poured remaining sauce into plastic container...be sure to put a lid on leftover sauce.
ran barrel for 24 hours...opened barrel and poured into strainer letting sauce drain into container with leftover sauce...set rocks aside then dumped cloth into the sauce...if it needed to be thickened some just i thickened it in container.
then i washed the tears and checked for shine...if not good enough for me...i spooned a little sauce with cloth mixed in it...into bottom of barrel...tears... more sauce and so on.
never used more than 12 tablespoons total i think for a load..had my shine after 3 days...on both the tears and snowflake.
maybe there is a step in there that will help...and im sure i left something out.
after i free my barrels up from the contest thingy...i have a small batch of tears that came out of 1000 ready for polish...hell i might even video each step just for the record..kev.
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Post by cpdad on Apr 19, 2014 14:32:07 GMT -5
it's some frigging cattle eating grass...on land the frigging cattle have been eating grass from for 130 years.
ya...the big ol gov needs to be held in check by whatever means....when the BLM points sniper rifles at a family...whether they are on the right or wrong of some court papers...it's just court papers......not a terrorist plot that requires snipers...but once snipers were deployed to watch a family in violation of some court papers....folks need to be deployed to watch the snipers.
it's just cows eating grass...same grass they have been eating for 130 years once again...kev.
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