blackout5783
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by blackout5783 on Oct 21, 2014 10:37:06 GMT -5
pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=301333825712&alt=web I was just poking around in the equipment listings on eBay and came across this oddball. First time seeing a blade driven with a screw feed. I can see the oil feed for the blade, which I guess explains the small tank and lack of a hood. But I can't see how the vise would work. It appears to be maybe 2.5 blade diameters long (so 45 inches, give or take) but only 4 or 5 inches wide. And no way to adjust it that I can see. Google searches only bring back those eBay listings or references to this seller off of eBay. Anyone ever seen one of these before?
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QuailRiver
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 21, 2014 11:05:30 GMT -5
Yes, that model was made for cutting things like stone counter tops and monuments that are already in large slab form. Larry C.
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blackout5783
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Post by blackout5783 on Oct 21, 2014 11:07:43 GMT -5
Yes, that model was made for cutting things like stone counter tops and monuments that are already in large slab form. Larry C. OK, kind of like a huge trim saw?
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QuailRiver
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 21, 2014 11:16:47 GMT -5
Yes, a huge trim saw. But wouldn't it be cool to have that saw and make a vice that could hold several individual rocks clamped in a row for the saw to cut through in one pass? Line up 4' of rocks to be slabbed, turn on the saw and go to work, come home at lunch and move the carriage over for the next cuts and go back to work, come home and do it again before bedtime! Larry C.
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Oct 21, 2014 11:29:43 GMT -5
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QuailRiver
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 21, 2014 13:00:49 GMT -5
That is cool! But I bet it's load too! Larry C.
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Post by catmandewe on Oct 21, 2014 14:37:55 GMT -5
That saw is made for cutting core samples in half down the center. Notice the narrow space for the core samples to sit in, hence the CS (core sample) in the name.
Tony
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Post by captbob on Oct 21, 2014 15:14:35 GMT -5
That is very neat. Anyone know it's approximate age? I'd love to get that and do a restoration. Check out the bid history. dumbass...
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Post by parfive on Oct 21, 2014 17:08:24 GMT -5
GSA just auctioned one off this morning - $600
Pickup only at:
DoE Office Of Nuclear Energy, Nevada National Security Site, Yucca Mountain, Mercury, NV, 89023
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spiritstone
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Post by spiritstone on Oct 21, 2014 18:56:54 GMT -5
That is very neat. Anyone know it's approximate age? I'd love to get that and do a restoration. Check out the bid history. dumbass... I was thinkn the same thing. Over 1 bill out of my league now. Couldnt come up with the age either.
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Post by catmandewe on Oct 21, 2014 20:08:56 GMT -5
It is also 3 phase power, so you would have to have 3 phase power or buy a phase convertor or put a new motor on it.
Tony
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Post by parfive on Oct 21, 2014 23:50:18 GMT -5
Not just 3ø but three horses too. That’s a lotta giddyup for an 18-incher.
The one at Yucca Mountain had a 5-horse motor!
Covington’s 36” saw . . . 2hp.
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