demihuman
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since May 2024
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Post by demihuman on Aug 25, 2024 18:09:54 GMT -5
Take a look at this slab! I am pretty stoked I think my theory that cuts would get smoother was right on the money. You can still just see saw marks but they are smooth enough that you can’t feel them if you drag fingernail over the cut surface. This is jasper and it’s about 5” x 6” and 5/16” thick. The Frantom is going right through it! It’s not really a Fantom though. It’s pretty loud. How thick do folks like their slabs?     |
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demihuman
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by demihuman on Aug 25, 2024 20:03:38 GMT -5
Haha, these are 5/32 thick. You’d think I knew how to read a tape measure. Going to switch to 1/4” I think.
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lapidary1234
spending too much on rocks
"If you like rocks you can't be all bad!!" ~ old timer quote
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Post by lapidary1234 on Aug 25, 2024 21:58:38 GMT -5
I like my slabs on the thicker side. 5/16 at the minimum. I have a 14" frantom and usually give it 7 spins of the crank!
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demihuman
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by demihuman on Sept 5, 2024 14:42:54 GMT -5
“Get a saw” they said, “it’ll be fun” they said… Now we see the dirty side of the hobby. So the good news is that most of the mud sinks to the bottom of the saw and you can open the drain and let mostly clean oil out first. The mostly clean stuff filters pretty easily. I think filtering the mud is going to be an overnight operation. I have not tried paper bags for filtering yet. I thought some fryer filters would work pretty good. The fryer filters worked great for the oil floating on top, but the mud is a different story. I also picked up a cheapy parts cleaner with the idea that I could use it to pump the oil back into the saw and wash out some more crud, but I am not sure that is going to work. I am really glad that I bought some OIL DRY!!! It works great to clean up the fresh slabs and is very useful when you make a giant mess trying to filter your cutting oil lol. I also added a ball valve to the drain. It works pretty good, but the oil kind of wants to dribble all over when it comes out. Maybe adding an elbow will help. You can also see my temporary plywood belt cover. Safety first!     |
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Post by Rockoonz on Sept 5, 2024 19:58:10 GMT -5
Yep the dreaded clean out. One of the things I do is put a trolly jack under the motor mount rod right next to the motor to tip it a little when draining. The 14 I built the cart for has a scissor jack built into it so I can tilt and untilt with my cordless. I really want to devise a pressure wash rotisserie cart for them as well, but that's about 227 projects down the list.
Matt used garage/estate sale pillowcases for clean out before he got the everclean unit. They are faster, but they let some of the fine stuff through.
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demihuman
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by demihuman on Sept 13, 2024 13:43:45 GMT -5
Moving it was a breeze. As always safety first, you need to wear your personal protective equipment. I like to wear heavy duty flip flops and hold a beer in one hand  |
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