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Post by Blue Tigereye on Feb 16, 2005 3:28:43 GMT -5
My husband & I are involved in geocaching if you don't know what that is go to www.geocaching.com/Basically people hide things somewhere in the world and give other people the longitude & latitude where they hid it and others use their GPS's (Global Positioning Systems) to try to find it. Kind of an adult hide and seek? Anyhow my idea of a cache (read hiding spot) is to take a landscape type of rock a little larger that a small tupperware container and cut a hole in the bottom of the rock large enough to fit a container in the rock in such a way so that when you put the rock back in place on the ground no one can tell it has been tampered with unless they lift it up and look under it. One of the unwritten rules of geocaching is to be as sneaky as possible. And this is one of my ideas of being sneaky. My question is ..... What do I need to do this project? I would assume a saw, but what kind of a saw, and what price range am I looking at? Is there anyone out there who can do this project for me and then sell the rock to me? I live in Northern California so the closer you are the less shipping it will cost me. PS Geocaching is a fun thing to do while you are waiting for your rocks to tumble, and it is just as addiciting as tumbling is
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Post by JC on Feb 16, 2005 4:04:34 GMT -5
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Post by Rose on Feb 16, 2005 4:11:36 GMT -5
Geocaching is great fun - we went to look for one a few months ago it was great fun - we told the kids it was a treasure hunt they had a blast and were totally amazed when we found a box under a boulder on top of the mountain ! We keep meaning to go on another and to set one up too. You sneak ! ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) - that will be soooo hard to find ;D Great idea, I hope it works out ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by MichiganRocks on Feb 16, 2005 7:54:11 GMT -5
Hey Blue, I don't know how big of a hole you want to make, but it can be done the same way that I made the hole in the rock handle of my Beatles Cane. I used a 14mm diamond core drill, but you can get any size. Just put the rock under water, (like in a laundry tub) and drill with a hand drill. The tap the column that's left in the hole and it will snap off.
Ron
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Post by stefan on Feb 16, 2005 8:39:38 GMT -5
Ha My dad is so into goecaching- Me I stick to the metal detector- Good luck with the project and let us know how it turns out
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Post by bcbunny on Feb 16, 2005 11:09:12 GMT -5
I have never heard of Geocaching until now. It kinda sounds fun, but I don't have a GPS, this sounds like a good reason to get one tho ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) I went to the site and did some looking, and was actually shocked to see how many around my area do this. It might be something to get into this summer, could combin rock hunting with finding small treasures ;D Bunny
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Post by Noosh9057 on Feb 16, 2005 11:49:47 GMT -5
Yes My brother is very much in to doing this. I am thinking about it for my self.
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Blue Tigereye
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Post by Blue Tigereye on Feb 16, 2005 12:43:22 GMT -5
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Post by Blue Tigereye on Feb 16, 2005 12:47:12 GMT -5
What was amazing to me was that there are over 4,000 caches within a 100 mile radius of our home. ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png)
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Post by Blue Tigereye on Feb 16, 2005 19:44:53 GMT -5
So will a diamond core drill bit work in a normal power drill? Or do I need a whole new kind of drill too?
Where can I get the drill bits from? Home Depot? or online?
Thanks, Great canes by the way!
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Post by connrock on Feb 16, 2005 20:12:27 GMT -5
If you don't want to spend a lot of money on your "sneaky" project you may be able to do it like this. The first thing you'll need is a soft rock the size you want.I'm sure you can find one where you live. The second item is a masonary drill bitt. Here's a link to an assortment for $7.00 www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=6970&productId=200173824&R=200173824You can use these drill bitts in any hand drill. It would probably be best to do this outdoors. Turn the rock with the bottom facing upward and support it so it won't move around on you. A spray bottle of water with the spray adjustment on "stream" should be used to spray water on the drill and rock so the dust doesn't fly. Drill a series of holes in a circle at a depth of your choosing. Now drill another series of holes in a circle just inside your last circle. Keep doing this until you have a round honeycomb. Now you can take a small cold chisel and break the honeycomb out and there you have it,,,,for about 7 bucks. The important thing here is the soft rock. Hope this helps you to be sneaky!! Tom ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) Ps:I'd gladly do it for you but I live on the other side of the country in CT.
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Post by Blue Tigereye on Feb 16, 2005 21:05:35 GMT -5
Thanks Tom sounds like a good idea to me, now if I can just find a soft rock ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Post by Blue Tigereye on Feb 18, 2005 13:34:20 GMT -5
Ron, you used a drill to make the hole for the handle in that cane?
I couldn't tell that from looking at the pics. It came out real nice.
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Post by MichiganRocks on Feb 18, 2005 13:45:31 GMT -5
Hey Blue, yeah I used a 14mm diamond core drill that I bought from Daniel Lopacki (I don't know why, but everytime I type that name I think of "Big Trouble In Little China!"). I just clamped the rock in my Jorgensen Clamp, put it in a laundry tub, added water till it was just covered, and used my DeWalt battery powered drill to drill the hole. You can only drill about one inch with a core drill and you have to snap off the column that's left. Then you can drill another inch. Actually, it was amazingly easy. Probably the easiest part of making the rock handle. I was wondering at one point whose bright idea it was to make a handle out of rock! I put off drilling because I feared it would be the worst part. Go figure.
Ron
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Post by Blue Tigereye on Feb 19, 2005 0:56:08 GMT -5
Isn't that usually the case? We put off what we don't know and it turns out to be easier than we thought it would be.
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Post by 69beeper on Feb 19, 2005 12:24:25 GMT -5
GeocachingI can't believe it... there are 9 caches within 20 miles of my rural location and over 57 caches within 100 miles. Hobby definitely was a following. I might have to look in to this hobby a little more. If nothing else, think maybe i'll join and hide a cache this summer. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Thanks! Jimmy
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