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Post by perkins17 on Jul 4, 2023 12:00:54 GMT -5
Way to go with the new machine ! I look forward to seeing some sweet cabs
Patty
Haha I just got.it home last night, and all I need to do is get some tubing for the drains, then I'm set. I'll be sure to get some good pictures sometime today or tomorrow. It is summer, the ultimate cab season for me, so life should be good.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 4, 2023 12:18:39 GMT -5
Way to go with the new machine ! I look forward to seeing some sweet cabs
Patty
Haha I just got.it home last night, and all I need to do is get some tubing for the drains, then I'm set. I'll be sure to get some good pictures sometime today or tomorrow. It is summer, the ultimate cab season for me, so life should be good.
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Post by perkins17 on Jul 6, 2023 17:01:31 GMT -5
Okay, here we go. I finally got around to uploading pictures, so here it is, in all it's glory Here it is running: And as long as we're in the new setup, here's a look into my "stash" of "good" slabs. Thanks for looking!
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khara
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Post by khara on Jul 6, 2023 17:11:37 GMT -5
Very nice. I see from your original post you already described the wheels. What do you think about that cab rest? I’ve never seen that type before. Looks like a pretty good idea. I assume you can remove it easily when you aren’t grinding your edges? And does it fit on both sides, at the hard wheels too? That slab towards the back center, tan orbs with stripes and also green brecciated areas, is really neat.👍
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Post by liveoak on Jul 6, 2023 17:40:45 GMT -5
WOW Perkins that looks great ! Congratulations. Even some sweet looking slabs to get going on.
I'm looking forward to seeing some cabs .
Patty
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Post by perkins17 on Jul 6, 2023 20:20:10 GMT -5
Very nice. I see from your original post you already described the wheels. What do you think about that cab rest? I’ve never seen that type before. Looks like a pretty good idea. I assume you can remove it easily when you aren’t grinding your edges? And does it fit on both sides, at the hard wheels too? That slab towards the back center, tan orbs with stripes and also green brecciated areas, is really neat.👍 Thank you, I'm super happy with it. The cab rest is pretty nice, I think it will help, although I'm not usually a big fan of guides. It is pretty easily adjustable, but I'm not sure if it first the hard wheels, I'll have to check. If I remember correctly, that one is blue mountain jasper. That's my drawer of "wait to cut" goodies.
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Post by perkins17 on Jul 6, 2023 20:21:18 GMT -5
WOW Perkins that looks great ! Congratulations. Even some sweet looking slabs to get going on.
I'm looking forward to seeing some cabs .
Patty Thanks, I definitely owe it all to my friends at the club. They've been awesome. Thank you. I'll have to start posting again, it's been a minute.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 6, 2023 21:00:53 GMT -5
Dang Perk!! That machine looks gorgeous!! Loved seeing the peek at the slabs too!! That looks like a great design on that cab rest! I haven't used one...but I've thought about it several times. It looks like a fairly easy design to replicate. Thanks for including those pics!!
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Post by perkins17 on Jul 7, 2023 14:03:01 GMT -5
Dang Perk!! That machine looks gorgeous!! Loved seeing the peek at the slabs too!! That looks like a great design on that cab rest! I haven't used one...but I've thought about it several times. It looks like a fairly easy design to replicate. Thanks for including those pics!! I did clean it a little before the first pictures... hopefully it doesn't stay clean too long. I think most cutters have a similar stash of goodies waiting to cut. I don't know about the cab rest yet, I might love it, or it might get in the way. I'll see I guess.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jul 7, 2023 20:37:21 GMT -5
Dang Perk!! That machine looks gorgeous!! Loved seeing the peek at the slabs too!! That looks like a great design on that cab rest! I haven't used one...but I've thought about it several times. It looks like a fairly easy design to replicate. Thanks for including those pics!! I did clean it a little before the first pictures... hopefully it doesn't stay clean too long. I think most cutters have a similar stash of goodies waiting to cut. I don't know about the cab rest yet, I might love it, or it might get in the way. I'll see I guess. I think the cab rest has it's place and time. I imagine if someone needs a precise angle on the girdle, then it would be great. Otherwise, I'd probably have it off to the side (off the machine).
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Post by perkins17 on Jul 7, 2023 23:16:27 GMT -5
I did clean it a little before the first pictures... hopefully it doesn't stay clean too long. I think most cutters have a similar stash of goodies waiting to cut. I don't know about the cab rest yet, I might love it, or it might get in the way. I'll see I guess. I think the cab rest has it's place and time. I imagine if someone needs a precise angle on the girdle, then it would be great. Otherwise, I'd probably have it off to the side (off the machine). I agree there. I've never really used a guide in the past, so this might be a real helpful addition to the ol' lineup.
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QuailRiver
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Post by QuailRiver on Jul 8, 2023 19:06:34 GMT -5
Very nice old E-50! Your set-up is similar to mine except much better looking! My first vertical wheeled cabbing machine was a 6" Lortone unit that I cabbed with from 1977 up until almost twenty years ago. In the early 90s I also acquired a Poly Arbor similar to yours but with 8" x 3" expando sanding drums. Somewhere around 2005 I picked up the modified HP E-50 unit pictured below at an estate sale and found that for me the 8" wheels way outlasted 6" wheels, more so than just proportionate to the size difference. So that E-50 has been my primary grinding machine ever since. I especially like using the tool rest for pre-forming. It really helps minimize the finger, hand and wrist fatigue and damage. The tool rest on the HP E-50 is much more useful with the hard wheels so at some point you may want to reconfigure your wheel line-up. When I first switched over to NOVA sanding wheels I originally did mount one NOVA (the 280gt) in the section of arbor (between the two pillow block bearings) with my hard wheels. But the soft NOVA wheels wear out much faster than hard grinding wheels so I found that to be a mistake since on the E-50 you have to basically disassemble most of the unit to change the wheels mounted between the pillow block bearings. So I changed my line-up to only have hard wheels on the section of arbor between the pillow blocks and only use the NOVA wheels on the end section of arbor where they can be replaced by only having to remove one nut and one washer. And since there was only room for two NOVA wheels on that end section of the arbor I mounted my 280 and 600 grit NOVAs there, and mounted the 1200 and 3000 grit NOVAs on the Poly Arbor unit next to the HP unit. IMHO Life is too short to spend anymore time than absolutely necessary disassembling and reassembling lapidary equipment!
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