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Post by coloradocliff on Jun 6, 2017 20:04:03 GMT -5
The neighbors hate shipping containers. grin Thought about burying one in the FRONT yard for a shop. No room in back yard since I built the pool for the dogs. Would have to take down two oak trees to do so. Wife (see... it's ALWAYS her nixing my ideas!!) frowned on my plan. Had all the details figured out too! Needless to say, I don't have a shipping container buried in my front yard. *sigh* Maybe move to Arkansas Everyone has one buried there. MAybe after a couple months, the ball and chai..Uh meant dear wifey will let you move back to Florida and bury one there. I like the idea of one for a shop. Bomb and bullet proof. What a great shop. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2017 21:34:17 GMT -5
  Crappy lights colors wierd nowyo |
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Post by captbob on Jun 7, 2017 7:51:54 GMT -5
That's a pretty darn sweet sphere Scott. Nice job! Size? That sphere machine yours or one at your club?
How large of a sphere can you make? Time from start of grind to finish?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 10:11:18 GMT -5
That's a pretty darn sweet sphere Scott. Nice job! Size? That sphere machine yours or one at your club? How large of a sphere can you make? Time from start of grind to finish? Thanks Bob. I'm not that happy with it. But it is fun to finish one finally. Over 5" and the largest I have made to date. I used my sphere machine to take it from rough to spherical. then last night on class machines thru the stages and polish. Can I make? Prolly 7" or so. Because I use diamond cores for roughing it in my total time investment is about 5 hours on this one. The greatest amount of time on these is going from rough sphere to true sphere, diamond​ cores do this fast on all materials but agates. |
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Post by wigglinrocks on Jun 7, 2017 10:21:08 GMT -5
Dang nice shiny ball ya have there Scott . Did a fine job on that one . If you are real unhappy with it , I could send you my address .  |
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Post by captbob on Jun 7, 2017 10:33:15 GMT -5
Why aren't you happy with it Scott, the flat spot? Looks pretty nice to me and took a good polish for the material.
I think you should be quite proud of it!!
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Post by fernwood on Jun 7, 2017 10:38:09 GMT -5
That looks great to me. I have always wanted a smaller sphere. say, 3" to 4". Just have to get the saw to cut my Rose Quartz in half and find someone to make a few from it.
Your work as always is excellent.
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Post by vegasjames on Jun 7, 2017 13:26:28 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2017 14:02:03 GMT -5
Thanks James. Glad we are still friends! I suck at getting these done on a schedule. Sorry
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Post by vegasjames on Jun 7, 2017 14:26:12 GMT -5
Thanks James. Glad we are still friends! I suck at getting these done on a schedule. Sorry No problem. |
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 8, 2017 8:29:49 GMT -5
Now that's a nice stone Scott.... Great job!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 9:09:17 GMT -5
 I'll take one thing back. The diamond core bits are great for most materials. But, this unknown green stuff from James? It's a 3" ball but took over 10 hours roughing it to spherical. Kept having to dress that cups |
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Post by captbob on Jun 8, 2017 10:26:38 GMT -5
How do you dress the grinding cups Scott? And what is happening that allows you to know that they need to be dressed?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 14:58:25 GMT -5
How do you dress the grinding cups Scott? And what is happening that allows you to know that they need to be dressed? The cups make a clear scratching/cutting sound when cutting properly. The sound becomes smooth. At which time I put grit on the ball like old school. This exposes more diamond and cutting is resumed. As for what I am not happy with? You said it. "For the material..." i expected more based on a polished window, it's colors and polish. I dont believe there is a flat spot? My next one should be bigger. That huge perkinsville agate I borke down on the 36" at class. |
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Post by captbob on Jun 8, 2017 15:41:23 GMT -5
I gotcha ya. Didn't know that grit would expose more diamond. Makes sense.
Probably just the picture. 1st pic right on the edge at 2 o'clock is what I was seeing.
Do spheres undercut or can't they in that the cups remove material uniformly?
I envy (for now) your toys! Sphere making is definitely the direction I want to head next.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2017 16:53:14 GMT -5
I gotcha ya. Didn't know that grit would expose more diamond. Makes sense. Probably just the picture. 1st pic right on the edge at 2 o'clock is what I was seeing. Do spheres undercut or can't they in that the cups remove material uniformly? I envy (for now) your toys! Sphere making is definitely the direction I want to head next. That is an illusion. (ETA and a very thin section of pink fledspar I had nevrer seen this on anything but the phone) I'll fill you in on a secret. The path to zero flats is paint. I paint all the flats on a cube. Purple works... Lol The idea is, if you see purple, it ain't round. So, when running the core cups I rinse the ball off occasionally​. When the purple is gone, time to move on. Use different color for charoite and amethyst... Ha! If you use grit, the floating grit particles will cause undercutting. Preferentially cutting softer stuff more. My long term goal is to lose grit entirely. But isn't granite pads has proven problematic. I'll solve it. Someday. |
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 9, 2017 15:50:40 GMT -5
Wow, that is looking so cool. Can't wait to see the finished product.
*LOL* Well shoot, there it is. I were on the wrong dang page. Beautiful!!!!....Mel
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2017 17:08:18 GMT -5
Wow, that is looking so cool. Can't wait to see the finished product. *LOL* Well shoot, there it is. I were on the wrong dang page. Beautiful!!!!....Mel Thanks Mel. I have two to finish tuesday. A badass septarian and a gorgeous piece of balarat marble. |
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Post by Psycho on Jun 13, 2017 9:57:02 GMT -5
Just checked out advanta tools, they have really good pricing compared to some of the places. Guess I need to make a order lol thanks for the tip shotgunner!
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Post by captbob on Jun 13, 2017 10:00:22 GMT -5
I'll fill you in on a secret. The path to zero flats is paint. I paint all the flats on a cube. Purple works... Lol The idea is, if you see purple, it ain't round. So, when running the core cups I rinse the ball off occasionally​. When the purple is gone, time to move on. Wouldn't paint gum up your grinding heads? |
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