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Post by greig on Dec 8, 2016 17:27:49 GMT -5
Before putting away my tile saw for the winter, I did some cutting of a few small rocks. Bad idea, my hands froze in the -7 weather. Good idea, because I was very pleased with two of the rocks.
The first pic is small silver veins in rock. The second pic is dendritic silver ore.
I cut them 1 CM thick, for a gift to a friend in Sweden, who intends to cab
them. 
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Post by tandl on Dec 8, 2016 18:58:11 GMT -5
those will turn out cool
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 8, 2016 20:28:48 GMT -5
Very nice!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2016 15:48:12 GMT -5
Super coolio.
Haven't cut mine. Still pondering how I can get a proper analysis opinion if it is of meteoric origin.
Warm up!
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Post by Pat on Dec 11, 2016 15:52:49 GMT -5
First one looks like flames. Interesting since the weather there is -7.
Beautiful!
I have never been in such cold weather. And never want to be. Where are you?
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 11, 2016 16:06:46 GMT -5
Nice material!! Get those fingers warmed up now! LOL
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Post by NDK on Dec 11, 2016 17:25:23 GMT -5
I agree these are awesome slabs. The top ones will make some way cool cabs!
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Post by greig on Dec 12, 2016 14:19:36 GMT -5
First one looks like flames. Interesting since the weather there is -7. Beautiful! I have never been in such cold weather. And never want to be. Where are you? I am north east of Toronto. It has warmed up slightly and is hovering around the freezing mark now, but we just got a foot of snow. For fun, I took a video of the cutting:
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Erich
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Post by Erich on Dec 25, 2016 19:21:48 GMT -5
Very nice and interesting video, digging the slabs! I couldn't imagine running a tile saw at 32 degrees much less 7 below...
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Post by greig on Jan 2, 2017 21:39:30 GMT -5
The trick is to start with hot water in the reservoir - Or at least it is better than starting with cold water. I was going to put the saw away, but it is now frozen outside to the table, with a foot of snow on top. It is supposed to warm up this week, so maybe I can get things away for the season and before my wife yells at me again.
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vera
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Post by vera on Jan 8, 2017 16:07:25 GMT -5
Very nice, those slabs are awesome!
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