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Post by cpdad on Sept 7, 2008 18:45:03 GMT -5
howdy minnowman...welcome aboard.....you may wanna post your questions on the rock tumbling board....it will get more replies there.
i cant help much as far as opinions on equipment goes...i make or modify cheap stuff like i want to make it work.
i gotta say though....when i first seen your name...for some reason i thought about gilligans island ;D....again welcome aboard...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 7, 2008 18:21:47 GMT -5
very cool ...nice finds....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 7, 2008 18:11:24 GMT -5
good gracious alive man ;D.....a real mother load ;D
i will be your first customer....you mentioned extinct rock....i will buy a piece of extinct rock from ya....just so i can label it and put it on the shelf to say i have a piece of extinct rock ;D....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 7, 2008 12:19:55 GMT -5
happy birthday to both of ya...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 7, 2008 12:18:23 GMT -5
excellent job...well done ,,,kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 7, 2008 12:15:39 GMT -5
a while back wasnt LCARS talking about putting together something along the lines of a book?....i dont remember what section it was talked about in....i do rememer it being pretty interesting though...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 5, 2008 20:55:48 GMT -5
excellent batch....and shine ;D......last pic...right center.....that piece is sweet ...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 3, 2008 19:44:50 GMT -5
rich...hahaha...thats funny...diamond encrusted footwear....i dont think he would be to happy with the paris hilton thing going on with his footwear ;D
ended up doing some of everything yaw posted.....with 1 exception....a friend explained to me to take a lighter and lightly and quickly pick an area and run the flame over it...and then rub it in....worked like a champ.
thanks to everyone for the help...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 3, 2008 19:19:37 GMT -5
bob...the workforce from home depot is a killer little saw....after some practice with it....i dont think you can do anything nicer with a lapidary trim saw.
after some practice rolling rocks on it.....you can cut nice straight slabs with out mutilating your rough...i can actually cut slabs as thin as 1/16 of an inch rolling the rock....no fence or nothing ;D....but i am running the hotdog blades....havent tried super thin cabs with the stock blade.
and as others posted....under 100 bucks...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 1, 2008 21:53:25 GMT -5
nans...want some more confusion ;D....maybe mel can help us out ;D....here is a sure piece of chert....it has a complete fortification band of agate/chalcodony around a vug full of crystals/minerals. i am totally lost on some explanations.....then a lot make sense.....then im lost again ;D....its still a cool piece...its savannah river chert.....kev,
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Post by cpdad on Sept 1, 2008 21:34:25 GMT -5
thats cool..nice pics ;D....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 1, 2008 19:35:42 GMT -5
i was with ya.....untill the licking part ;D....i gotta re read it ;D....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 1, 2008 18:17:19 GMT -5
to be honest..i have never shined a pair shoes...i have never had a need to ....i get dressed up so little that my shoes are always shined ;D. me and cp have to figure out how to shine his navy shoes....and we dont know how ....his grandad was going to teach him all of this....butt of course he passed away. we bought kiwi shoe polish today......instructions say to apply polish with a cloth or applicator....allow to dry...buff with a cloth....o.k. i got that. how much polish?...a lot a little?.....does it matter as long as you buff it all off?. when the instructions say buff.....does it mean the shoes need to be buffed hard....softly?.....sorry to sound dumb....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 1, 2008 17:55:31 GMT -5
happy late birthday brian....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 1, 2008 17:54:32 GMT -5
happy late birthday...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Sept 1, 2008 17:53:42 GMT -5
happy late birthday tweet...kev.
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Post by cpdad on Aug 30, 2008 19:05:56 GMT -5
howdy from augusta....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Aug 30, 2008 19:03:51 GMT -5
excellent build....i wouldnt change a thing if i built it myself ;D...i have almost the exact same machine drawing floating around here some where.....except it had 1 1/2" bearings and shafting....but with lock collars to separate the barrels.
all around excellent machine you have there.....kev.
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Post by cpdad on Aug 25, 2008 18:58:44 GMT -5
somehow....i figure she knew it was coming ;D...kev
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Post by cpdad on Aug 25, 2008 18:56:22 GMT -5
okie dokie...i saw this and thought i would throw my 2 cents in....since i was thinking along the same lines kinda....not really but kinda ;D. i never seem to find the time to finish anything ...so i just thought someone may be able to make sense of what i was thinking and run with it....it may not be what yaw looking for at all....but i was thinking it for a while ;D....i dont make a lot of sense sometimes so...here goes ;D. build an L shaped table....buy 1 of these www.etoolclub.com/index.cfm?area=shop&action=detail&iid=11513 it is plenty powerful....has 1 inch arbors....threaded on each end...left and right hand threads for anything you might wanna add.....1 horsepower....more than the titan or genie....1750 rpm...same as the genie and titan. plenty of room on the arbors of the motor to add a pulley to....and add what ever grinding rocks or polishing pads you would like. add what ever blade arbor you would like on the other part of the L table.....your water system....over head drip or what ever.....some guards....and walla....you have a titan or genie....with a 6 or 12 inch blade attached by pulley belt and arbor. i custom made my guards....and i am the machinist next door ;D....i cant make gauards for all.....but if yaw might need simple stuff...i can provide for all ;D heres an idea of what i havent finished yet....just make simple gaurds from whatever...throw on a couple of pullies.. an arbor..a blade...a table....kev. forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/index.cgi?board=Pictures&action=display&thread=13550
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