jackangeline
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Post by jackangeline on Jan 3, 2016 15:01:04 GMT -5
jamesp Yeap, they are fresh off the saw and drying the oil off of them.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 3, 2016 15:44:26 GMT -5
jamesp Yeap, they are fresh off the saw and drying the oil off of them. Hard to beat kitty litter for an oil absorbent. Well done. One of the members mentioned kitty litter in a stainless bowl on a hot plate.
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jackangeline
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Post by jackangeline on Jan 3, 2016 16:08:04 GMT -5
jamesp I throw them in there and when I decide to dig them out they are dry. I should have used a bigger container, sometimes I cut too many and don't have room. Anything I want to dry fast I throw in the litter and move it around 1min or so and it is dry. I am using saw oil (not sure what type) almag
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Post by jamesp on Jan 3, 2016 16:33:36 GMT -5
Not many saw oils that are real friendly. Most of them have a fair odor and need to be quite oily. The ole hot tin roof works fine in the warm season. Weather and strong sun have their advantages. Just slow.
Note about rags appreciated.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 3, 2016 16:41:41 GMT -5
shelf completed. Heavy. shelf installed in the dungeon and about filled up
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 3, 2016 17:28:47 GMT -5
jamesp Yeap, they are fresh off the saw and drying the oil off of them. Hard to beat kitty litter for an oil absorbent. Well done. One of the members mentioned kitty litter in a stainless bowl on a hot plate. I use kitty litter a lot for drying slabs....The kicker is,you get a free bucket when it's empty....Thumbs up
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 3, 2016 17:30:01 GMT -5
shelf completed. Heavy. shelf installed in the dungeon and about filled up Outstanding James!!!!!! Great idea that came together.....
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Post by jamesp on Jan 3, 2016 17:43:30 GMT -5
Thanks fossilman. When are your rivers going to drop so you can go rock hunting in them ?
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 3, 2016 18:08:54 GMT -5
Dang! That is SWEET!!!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 3, 2016 18:21:55 GMT -5
Getting the urge to do some metal work Tela. Getting cold out there. Ever feel like you don't have all of your resources close at hand ? Sort of a curse or fetish if all tools and materials are not at an arms reach.
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Post by Rockoonz on Jan 3, 2016 18:55:03 GMT -5
Cold and windy at noon. Getting psyched to finish shelf( 2 hours guessing). Intention is to move it to dungeon(basement) and load it with rocks and jewelry metals. Please send motivational photos(hard bodied cheerleaders, organized rock work areas, your shop, captbob's shop...) Welding galvanized on a windy day, glad for you, I really avoid breathing zinc. Past exposure has left me quite sensitive to that flavor of toxicity. The concept looks perfect for rock shelves though. Photos of my shop would not be motivational beyond the "don't do this at home folks" value.
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Post by mohs on Jan 3, 2016 19:07:40 GMT -5
excellent creative usage I never thought of that one now I have it shelved in my mind
I did make a shed once using used pallets for the walls pallets are hard to come by but I found about 10 of them in dump area 10X16 EdShed still stands
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Post by jamesp on Jan 4, 2016 4:27:48 GMT -5
Cold and windy at noon. Getting psyched to finish shelf( 2 hours guessing). Intention is to move it to dungeon(basement) and load it with rocks and jewelry metals. Please send motivational photos(hard bodied cheerleaders, organized rock work areas, your shop, captbob's shop...) Welding galvanized on a windy day, glad for you, I really avoid breathing zinc. Past exposure has left me quite sensitive to that flavor of toxicity. The concept looks perfect for rock shelves though. Photos of my shop would not be motivational beyond the "don't do this at home folks" value. The thickest galvanization Lee. Kennel panels that have to handle dog urine... must have been triple coated. They used sch 40 water pipe to make those heavy jokers. I did grind well before welding, the zinc was so thick it looked like a flare when the arc struck. The high conductivity of the zinc was pulling the arc away from the uncoated work. That will be a base metal shop; only anvil work. Only a minimal grinder and drill press for rotational tools. Just anvils and hammers and a high leverage hand shear. Anvils and hammer faces polished to 3000 with wet diamond pads. A source of heat to anneal repeatedly. No Rio(purchase) metals allowed, just scrap industrial metals and sheared up silver plated serving ware.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 4, 2016 5:16:18 GMT -5
Some weird anvil stuff that gave some of the conventional jewelers a run for their money. Thinking, they(the customers) walk in the shop with 2 inch holes in their ears and silver bones stuck thru their noses. I don't think they are looking for flowers and crosses. Grungers and goths and whatever have money too. And often load up on the jewelry. Nazi silver plated German silver. Found 8 serving plates in remelt pile at scrap yard, Swastika embossed. Early to mid 40's. copper ground wire Annealed round wire and transformer strip wire(on right) before tumbling to remove scale Various silver plated serving ware, mostly Rogers circa 40's-50's Pewter decoration along edge of silver plate serving trays Zen dot earrings Experiments Belt buckles, stainless Tumbles stainless molested with arc welder Experiments Stainless rings Copper cabs molested by plasma cutter Mass sheared and tumbled bezels, burs removed and ready for anvil or further size reduction and then anvil. Mass anneal beforehand. Mostly sheared silver plated serving ware and industrial stock. Tumbling removes shear burrs. Target burr removal from tumbling Industrial rivets, SS copper brass mixed sizes Rivets in annealled stainless Stainless bangle
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Post by jamesp on Jan 4, 2016 6:03:47 GMT -5
Home made tools and anvils High leverage shears Rail road track anvils, 3 of 6 sizes, polished Bangle/ring bending(right) anvil working anvil down to 3000 finish, lots of scratches to remove. Same treatment to hammer faces.
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Post by Intheswamp on Jan 4, 2016 8:13:09 GMT -5
You didn't use her heirloom "been in the family for generations" dish towel for <gasp!> packing material did you!!! ?? If you had built the shelves a bit longer and maybe with more room between them you could have put a piece of cardboard on one and used it for a bed when the next "Daughter's of the Confederacy Priceless Dish Towel" debacle strikes. Nice shelves, James. But, what blew my mind was all the jewelry/trinket work you've done. Makes me want to pick up an arc welder...but then I'd have to learn to use it...and everybody would read about the dunce newbie rockhound electrocuted himself. You've got some awesome skills and an active and creative mind!!! Nice work!!!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 4, 2016 8:31:45 GMT -5
You didn't use her heirloom "been in the family for generations" dish towel for <gasp!> packing material did you!!! ?? If you had built the shelves a bit longer and maybe with more room between them you could have put a piece of cardboard on one and used it for a bed when the next "Daughter's of the Confederacy Priceless Dish Towel" debacle strikes. Nice shelves, James. But, what blew my mind was all the jewelry/trinket work you've done. Makes me want to pick up an arc welder...but then I'd have to learn to use it...and everybody would read about the dunce newbie rockhound electrocuted himself. You've got some awesome skills and an active and creative mind!!! Nice work!!! Was forced into a wheel chair for ankle surgeries a time ago. Call it wheelchair jewelry Ed. Thanks for noticing. Nice dog house next door allows a bit of leeway on spousal transgressions.
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Post by captbob on Jan 4, 2016 9:39:28 GMT -5
Please send motivational photos (hard bodied cheerleaders, ... ask and you shall receive and yes, I already had this in my hosted pictures space (for many years) hope it helps!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 4, 2016 9:44:57 GMT -5
Now your talking(dirty old man turned animal) Stored images eh ? Eyesight still up to snuff captbob.
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Post by captbob on Jan 4, 2016 9:59:53 GMT -5
Okay... I posted her while I was still reading page one here. Missed this entirely yesterday as I was waist deep in a honey do project - which I should be working on finishing now, but She Who Makes The Rules is at work now so I have a bit of slacking time - this is a side (aspect/interest/talent?) of James I don't recall being made aware of.
Jewelry creations from the dungeon
catchy
and fascinating. Will have to revisit later. Duty calls
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