nik
spending too much on rocks
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Post by nik on Oct 13, 2022 4:41:30 GMT -5
 IMG20221013190936 by nik1924, on Flickr Hello again everybody. I figured that I would make the most of my ridiculously rainy week off by finishing a project three years in the making. The final nine tap handles for the local brewery. Today saw setting up the old 10 inch saw to block out the rhodonite and taking all of them from the 30 grit sintered wheel through the first stage of sanding. As an aside, I tried out a 120 grit diamond belt on the expanding drum, and I don't know how I lived this long without. It made short work of removing all of the deep scratches and high spots on these big pieces. I suspect that the progression toward polish will be much faster. |
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Post by Peruano on Oct 13, 2022 7:32:50 GMT -5
Expandos are great. The soft surface allows more co tact with stone. Lookimg great. Now for that beer.
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nik
spending too much on rocks
Member since May 2019
Posts: 315
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Post by nik on Oct 14, 2022 2:36:34 GMT -5
Work on the grinder is done, although there are still a couple little scratches that I may rework if the mood strikes. The birdseye rhyolite really surprised me with the quality of polish it took, the noreena and random river rock wound up with a satin finish  IMG20221014172440 by nik1924, on Flickr |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 14, 2022 10:25:08 GMT -5
Dang nik! Those are fantastic! I love the "natural" edge you left on them!! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 14, 2022 11:18:48 GMT -5
Gorgeous, nik! That Malachite is killer.  |
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nik
spending too much on rocks
Member since May 2019
Posts: 315
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Post by nik on Oct 16, 2022 3:13:17 GMT -5
Thanks to everybody for following along. The project has finally reached it's conclusion.  IMG20221016104200 by nik1924, on Flickr From left to right; wonderstone, local brecciated basalt. Petoskey stone, snowflake obsidian, Picasso marble, tiger eye, tiger iron, stratus jasper, sanora dendritic rhyolite, wascoite, sodalite, local basalt, Gary green, rhodonite, Wyoming yellow jade, and some metamorphic river rock from Oregon  IMG20221016104214 by nik1924, on Flickr Ooite with trace fossil from Wyoming, headed back to the shop for repair. the threads have rusted away and the stem needs to be replaced.  IMG20221016104244 by nik1924, on Flickr Noreena jasper and birdseye rhyolite  IMG20221016104256 by nik1924, on Flickr Malachite and another sanora dendretic  IMG20221016120708 by nik1924, on Flickr |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 16, 2022 12:47:37 GMT -5
This was an awesome project, nik! Thanks for taking us along on the journey. |
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