Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 6, 2017 8:33:05 GMT -5
Man I had a great sawing day yesterday. Dang Covington actually ran the entire day without the power feed overheating so I got ten slabs cut. That palm is hard stuff though, had too resharpen the blade three times or else it would jamb in the cut, even with the clutch set for an incredibly slow feed rate. Got the entire hunk of Rio palm slabbed up till there in nothin but a nubbin left. Used several different orientations. Here are the pics. Still have to photogrph the other Rio agate slabs I cut...Mel   |
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Post by roy on Apr 6, 2017 10:21:36 GMT -5
man i wish i had a box full of that
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Apr 6, 2017 12:23:57 GMT -5
Nice great slabs,
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Post by pghram on Apr 6, 2017 16:54:12 GMT -5
Superb and unique.
Peace,
Rich
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meviva
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Post by meviva on Apr 6, 2017 17:32:23 GMT -5
Wow...nice!
Andrea
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QuailRiver
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since May 2008
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Post by QuailRiver on Apr 7, 2017 0:27:14 GMT -5
Beautiful material! Is Rio Palm typically that colorful?
Larry C.
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Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 7, 2017 6:10:42 GMT -5
Larry, Most the palm from the Rio Grande gravel beds tends to be pretty colorful, about the most colorful in the world from what I've seen. I've actually seen pieces more colorful than these on Matt Dillon's picture site. Some of the Palm from the George West, TX wood beds rivals it, though the Rio material seems to be more solid, probably because of all the river tumbling action....Mel
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Post by beefjello on Apr 8, 2017 17:43:56 GMT -5
Damn, that was a nice find!  |
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