bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Dec 8, 2014 16:39:01 GMT -5
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Don
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He wants you too, Malachi.
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Post by Don on Dec 8, 2014 16:53:09 GMT -5
Awesome!
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Post by captbob on Dec 8, 2014 17:11:51 GMT -5
Awesome is a good word for it!
Is there a thread somewhere where you explain how you do this?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2014 18:18:02 GMT -5
WOW!! That one is on my bucket list
Dave
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Dec 8, 2014 19:46:06 GMT -5
@arrowheadave - my advice, go but take someone else's truck  captbob - just alot of time on my grinder - rough shape on a sintered 80 grit and then over to the 8" expando wheel with belts all the way to 8000. Trying to find a leather belt to also polish on the expando... Just ordered up, finally, a ultrasonic cleaner big enough for these small to mid size specimen rocks to clean them up after polish. cheers |
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Post by MrP on Dec 8, 2014 20:27:20 GMT -5
Those sure are nice...................MrP
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Post by catmandewe on Dec 8, 2014 20:54:15 GMT -5
That last one is killer!
Tony
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Dec 8, 2014 21:00:25 GMT -5
those are killer specimens. Hard to resist slicing up for cabs though. great job and time well spent at the grinder.
Chuck
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Henry
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Post by Henry on Dec 8, 2014 21:14:41 GMT -5
Very, very nice!
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Dec 8, 2014 22:44:06 GMT -5
Yeah catmandewe there is a little bit of the rattler in that last one....hopefully find some more goodies as I work thru the buckets..... Drummond Island Rocks u know I am not afraid of slicing and dicing, but some rocks just are best left. I really dug how this wrapped around the corner and showed the seam formation in matrix....so it is such. The next guy that gets it can chop it up. Cheers... |
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Post by snowmom on Dec 9, 2014 7:34:37 GMT -5
wonderful! The contrast between the matrix and the nodule makes the piece so dramatic.
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Post by roy on Dec 9, 2014 10:08:18 GMT -5
nice job on those ! lol next time we go were still taking your truck !
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bsky4463
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Post by bsky4463 on Dec 9, 2014 11:41:39 GMT -5
nice job on those ! lol next time we go were still taking your truck ! Hey catmandewe I swear I remember roy saying he was never going back after that first turn looking down into the abyss.....ha! You got it Roy, I will drive you back down there for sure. Cheers. |
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Post by roy on Dec 10, 2014 10:14:50 GMT -5
maybe it was the two hour ten mile drive ! or that from the gates entering the road from hell down in the canyon ! but the camping was nice !
now that my internal organs are back in there places i may go back lol
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Post by Toad on Dec 10, 2014 15:37:12 GMT -5
Love that last pic. On the hounding list for sure - maybe for my 50th...
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Post by Starguy on Dec 14, 2014 13:37:14 GMT -5
bsky4463Great specimens, I like the way you left the matrix on them. Did you you self collect them. I heard that Bruneau is almost impossible to find any more. I have about 40 lbs of nodules I got in Quartzite in the 80s. Still saving for a slab saw to make something of them. Bruneau is tough to saw or grind but it takes a polish like no other.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 14, 2014 19:14:37 GMT -5
Great creation Andy. You scored a keeper.
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bhiatt
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Post by bhiatt on Dec 14, 2014 23:11:43 GMT -5
nice specimens for shure. You guys hit the right spot. Bruneau is on my short list as far as fav-o-rite material.
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Post by pghram on Dec 20, 2014 18:14:18 GMT -5
Fantastic, one of my favorite stones.
Rich
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