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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 12, 2014 18:09:54 GMT -5
I asked a few questions about my new-to-me Lortone ST10 saw last week. Thanks to the help I got here, I've got a few slabs to show off. The pink one is Kona dolomite. The two green rocks are from Lake Superior. I pick up most green rocks and call them unakite, but these two don't have any feldspar, so they might just be epidote. Whatever they are, I like 'em, especially the big one. image image
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Apr 12, 2014 20:27:10 GMT -5
WOOO HOOO Firsties....Nice slabs....John
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Apr 12, 2014 20:55:31 GMT -5
Those look great. So how many rocks do you have lined up waiting for the saw now? It's always fun when you first start and have all kinds of rocks you have always wanted to cut and finally get to see whats inside.
I have an identical twin to your rock from the last picture (top slab). I wonder if I got that rock from you now, lol. I was just looking at our slabs of it on our table today wondering where we got the rough.
Chuck
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Post by herchenx on Apr 12, 2014 20:59:10 GMT -5
Those are great. I could have the twin to your big piece of epidosite, but from the Pawnee National Grasslands here in Colorado.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 12, 2014 21:13:27 GMT -5
That makes triplets! Weeee!
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Post by frane on Apr 13, 2014 7:39:00 GMT -5
They really look like nice slabs! I always enjoy the slabbing. Never know what you will find inside ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) Fran
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Post by 150FromFundy on Apr 13, 2014 9:10:54 GMT -5
Rob:
I also have a few close relatives to your first slabs of epidosite. Some were found along the Bay of Fundy (Nova Scotia side) and some from Newfoundland. Apparently, epidosite is fairly common, wide spread, and has very little variation in colour and pattern. I still like to work with it though.
Happy cutting. When the saw is new and you have been waiting a long time to peak inside those rocks, you will find your first blade won't last you very long. You should be scoping out your next blade now, if you don't have a spare ready to go.
Thanks for the inspiration. I have to go start up my own saw now. Hope I have a spare blade. It's been a while!
Darryl.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 13, 2014 9:28:08 GMT -5
I don't really have that many rocks lined up to cut. I might have a five gallon bucket full. This isn't my first saw, but it's my first real slab saw. I have a small eight inch trim saw that I've cut quite a few slabs on, even though it wasn't really designed for that. Then I bought a ten inch FranTom saw with a gravity feed vice that I never really figured out how to use correctly. The rocks always seem to ride up on the blade, so I finally gave up and have been using it as a trim saw as well as hand feeding rocks through it to slab them. The saw work pretty well for hand slabbing.
My latest saw is exactly what I was looking for to do slabbing. It cuts every slab the same without me standing over the saw the whole time.
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Post by iant on Apr 13, 2014 14:18:12 GMT -5
Great looking slabs! Enjoy your new machine.
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