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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 27, 2017 12:47:14 GMT -5
I've used waterglass for a long time to attach rocks to wood for cutting, but only after I've established a flat surface to glue after taking a cut or more and cleaning the piece. Never had one pop off. I put them in boiling water and they come loose in no more than 5 minutes, Goodwill hotplate works great. , @shotgunner too I used elmers glue. Takes FOREVER to unattach the rock from the block. Now I'm using  Works like quartz says it does! A lot of rocks don't even need the block I had those made up for the other crappy hand feed baby girl saw 😂 |
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 27, 2017 13:06:27 GMT -5
Yay! Your first slab on the big saw! Looks really good, too. Congrats.  |
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Post by metalsmith on Mar 27, 2017 14:02:05 GMT -5
melhill1659That first slab is a beauty that barely needs a quick polish to finish it. I'm happy enough with diameters and ratios so it's not all gobbledegook. The motor gives broadly the right number of revs so if I can find a pulley wheel to match the one on my Lortone then it should all be sweet. And although the outside of a big wheel travels a lot faster than the inside, the number of revs is the same. A technical argument with my youngest last week was that the belt is motionless relative to the wheel for the duration of the travel, even though the wheel is moving 
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Post by wampidytoo on Mar 27, 2017 14:14:18 GMT -5
I have also glued countless stones to wood with various wood glues but never with waterproof glue. Most of the time I glue to the end of a two by four then when I have finished cutting I use a hand saw to cut the wood as close to the slab as possible. It the slab is solid enough I can just use a chisel to peel off the glue or soak it for a while and peel it off by hand. When the water only has to soak in less than an eighth of an inch it goes pretty fast and the two by four can then be used again if no oil got onto it when the wood is cut.
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Post by ChicagoDave on Mar 27, 2017 14:38:47 GMT -5
So, how much oil mist was present after cutting? I was going to buy a saw and keep it in my basement but after reading messages from many users here, decided it would not be a good idea.
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 27, 2017 14:47:51 GMT -5
So, how much oil mist was present after cutting? I was going to buy a saw and keep it in my basement but after reading messages from many users here, decided it would not be a good idea. No mist at all at the moment. But it's not 100 degrees in the shade yet either. I only put in the recommended 2 gallons of oil. It just touches the blade. |
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 27, 2017 14:49:35 GMT -5
Look my Saw is dirty 😂😂😂  I'm actually using this saw, my 8" trim and getting my genie's all ready to do a little cabbing today. Ahhhh Progress! |
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Post by utdigger on Mar 27, 2017 17:54:53 GMT -5
Hi,
I have the LS12 and think it's great, too. You might want to move the "slab catcher" (the flat silver piece of metal by the blade closer to the blade so thin slabs don't fall down between the blade and the left part of the saw. Manual says about 1/8" from blade. Just going off your pictures so if it's already that close, just ignore this. Have fun!!
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 27, 2017 18:40:47 GMT -5
Hi, I have the LS12 and think it's great, too. You might want to move the "slab catcher" (the flat silver piece of metal by the blade closer to the blade so thin slabs don't fall down between the blade and the left part of the saw. Manual says about 1/8" from blade. Just going off your pictures so if it's already that close, just ignore this. Have fun!! I've already had to go fishing 😂 |
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Post by Pat on Mar 27, 2017 18:52:53 GMT -5
melhill1659 In one of your threads you asked for an explanation of how to use the ? for the Genie. I forget what it is called. Anyhow, here is a photo of it in use--- almost. flic.kr/p/Tgvx6C
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 27, 2017 18:58:10 GMT -5
melhill1659 In one of your threads you asked for an explanation of how to use the ? for the Genie. I forget what it is called. Anyhow, here is a photo of it in use--- almost. flic.kr/p/Tgvx6C Thank you Pat. I finally received my Genie DVD an it showed very briefly it's function. I'll probably never use it unless I'm cabbing circles. Those are hard! |
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Post by Pat on Mar 27, 2017 19:00:28 GMT -5
Mel, you only need it for forming on the two left wheels --- to get the 12.5% angle for the bezel slant. It's a handy, clever little device!
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 27, 2017 19:46:06 GMT -5
Mel, you only need it for forming on the two left wheels --- to get the 12.5% angle for the bezel slant. It's a handy, clever little device! I'll try it out then! After cutting lots of slabs today I have some cabbing to do 😁 |
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 27, 2017 19:53:46 GMT -5
  Tomorrow I plan to slab some Sodalite (thank ya captbob), Pietersite and Labradorite! |
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 27, 2017 20:24:05 GMT -5
Time to mess that purdy new saw up a bit. I need to send you some banded iron to really muck things up!  I've never heard of dressing a new blade before. You read somewhere you are supposed to do that? I was wrong... all of my blades are MK303's so don't have a clue why they said it needed to be dressed??? |
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 28, 2017 13:35:47 GMT -5
Company FINALLY went to bed! Did I mention FINALLY ...? *sigh* Can still outlast the best of 'em! I highly approve of the shop rearrangement. Saw by door, fan can blow mist outside. GOOD JOB Please excuse me while I go pass out. Not even normal bed time yet, but this was a looong night of drinking. bingo = livin' on the edge! You go girl.  You were right Capt'n, When it gets hot out there is a mist!!!! |
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Post by metalsmith on Apr 9, 2017 0:59:33 GMT -5
Pic 1  Pic2  Sorry to hijack this thread; I have need of some similar help. Further to a 1/3 hp motor purchase, I'm looking for a belt wheel as in (melhill's) images above. The shaft is 8mm or I think that translates to US 5/16ths. What am I looking for exactly, belt-wheel; pulley-wheel? If you guys have this as (reasonably) standard then I should be able to source one in the UK. Just not quite sure I know what I need. I'm going to stick with melhill's @anybodythatknowsmotors Thank you! Just to resurrect my thread-hijack attempt... As you may recall, I've been looking for a v-belt pulley. The following has the right shaft diameter, 8mm. In the example linked here, what does 28 represent. I'd like to achieve no more than a 1:1 with the motor and ideally reduce the revs a little. Thank you! |
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Post by toiv0 on Apr 9, 2017 4:51:21 GMT -5
Sorry to hijack this thread; I have need of some similar help. Further to a 1/3 hp motor purchase, I'm looking for a belt wheel as in (melhill's) images above. The shaft is 8mm or I think that translates to US 5/16ths. What am I looking for exactly, belt-wheel; pulley-wheel? If you guys have this as (reasonably) standard then I should be able to source one in the UK. Just not quite sure I know what I need. I'm going to stick with melhill's @anybodythatknowsmotors Thank you! Just to resurrect my thread-hijack attempt... As you may recall, I've been looking for a v-belt pulley. The following has the right shaft diameter, 8mm. In the example linked here, what does 28 represent. I'd like to achieve no more than a 1:1 with the motor and ideally reduce the revs a little. Thank you! It looks like it is outside the diameter. So if the shaft size is 8mm and the out side diameter would be 28 MM. So if you want to reduce by half you would have your 28 mm on the motor and use a 56 mm on the driven. Just a little math. I think there was a thread a while back with some links that explained it a lot better than I just did. |
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Post by toiv0 on Apr 9, 2017 5:18:35 GMT -5
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Post by metalsmith on Apr 9, 2017 6:30:30 GMT -5
It looks like it is outside the diameter. So if the shaft size is 8mm and the out side diameter would be 28 MM. So if you want to reduce by half you would have your 28 mm on the motor and use a 56 mm on the driven. Just a little math. I think there was a thread a while back with some links that explained it a lot better than I just did. Thanks for responding. That was my line of thinking too ... although if the wheel is 100mm diameter, presumably then 28 is the inside diameter. That seemed like a lot of spare metal. The technical data says this is the bore: what is the bore? Sorry, first steps in machine pulleys. I'm happy with the maths. I can do that bit. I just need to make sure I purchase the correct part in the first place. |
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