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I get the cardboard produce boxes that have the high walls and lips up top to help catch flying fragments. Then the I place a cast iron railroad tie plate in the bottom and put the rocks on top and smash them with a small sledge hammer. Very little of the fragments escape the box. I could put some more cardboard over the front hole to catch more I guess.
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rickb: How many pounds of rocks and minerals will you use in your lifetime?
Sept 26, 2023 15:32:38 GMT -5
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