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Drummond Island Rocks no longer being taken for granite Member since October 2011 Posts: 8,913	Prudent man vein #1 Nov 17, 2019 17:53:51 GMT -5 RickB, rockjunquie, and 6 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Nov 17, 2019 17:53:51 GMT -5 Here's a pile of Prudent Man. Still have a good size piece to glue up and cut but that will have to wait till spring now. Thanks for looking Chuck
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manofglass driving up their electric bill Member since October 2009 Posts: 2,181	Prudent man vein #1 Nov 17, 2019 18:16:02 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by manofglass on Nov 17, 2019 18:16:02 GMT -5 You can cut in winter or you don’t like the cold I run my saws in the house just put down a tarp

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Nov 17, 2019 18:16:02 GMT -5 manofglass said:

You can cut in winter or you don’t like the cold
I run my saws in the house just put down a tarp

I can and have cut in the winter it is just not as much fun when everything is cold. I cut enough in the summer months to make up for it.

Chuck

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Nov 17, 2019 21:46:39 GMT -5 catmandewe said:

Nice slabs.
I cut in the winter but I hate cleaning the oil in the winter.

Tony

Oil gets thicker in the winter for sure. If I were to cut in the winter I would probably look into a block heater to attach to the saw tank. Still have to go out there and fidget with it in the cold between each cut though.

The one time I did a full clean out in cold weather I had to bring the oil in the house to get it to drain through the paper bag.

Chuck

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catmandewe gets rocks for Christmas Contact me for a discount on DP Products. Member since April 2007 Posts: 5,462	Prudent man vein #1 Nov 18, 2019 20:20:41 GMT -5 RocksInNJ likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by catmandewe on Nov 18, 2019 20:20:41 GMT -5 I picked up a saw last week that had a heating pad glued to the bottom of the tank. Cool idea, I hadnt ever thought of that. Tony
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nowyo fully equipped rock polisher No talent hack Member since August 2013 Posts: 1,322	Prudent man vein #1 Dec 9, 2019 5:15:33 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nowyo on Dec 9, 2019 5:15:33 GMT -5 I've thought about doing that but haven't gotten it done. Sometimes I'll run a heat lamp for a while to try and arm things up a little. Russ
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NRG fully equipped rock polisher Member since February 2018 Posts: 1,688	Prudent man vein #1 Dec 9, 2019 16:24:18 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by NRG on Dec 9, 2019 16:24:18 GMT -5 The reptile heating pads are more heat per square inch than the ones used for seed starting. Just an FYI catmandewe, nowyo

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Dec 9, 2019 16:24:18 GMT -5 NRG said:

The reptile heating pads are more heat per square inch than the ones used for seed starting. Just an FYI

catmandewe , nowyo

Interesting. I was thinking of the magnetic block heaters like one would use on diesel engines for the saw. As for the heating pads, I have one of the seed starting pads, and last week dragged my old homemade tumbler setup (6" PVC barrels and stuff) out of the pile of crap in the garage. Thought about enclosing it and putting the pad in their. Wouldn't have to be hot, just keep it from freezing. Probably won't be able to get to it until after Christmas. The reptile pad is another option.

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RocksInNJ fully equipped rock polisher Member since September 2019 Posts: 1,895	Prudent man vein #1 Dec 12, 2019 10:17:48 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by RocksInNJ on Dec 12, 2019 10:17:48 GMT -5 Wow, those slabs are amazing!
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NRG fully equipped rock polisher Member since February 2018 Posts: 1,688	Prudent man vein #1 Dec 12, 2019 10:56:22 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by NRG on Dec 12, 2019 10:56:22 GMT -5 nowyo That diesel block sounds like a good solution. Plenty of heat there I am sure. Put your tumbler and the beating pad inside a styro box and it will be warm. Heck, the motor may do it alone.
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parfive no longer being taken for granite Member since August 2005 Posts: 9,608	Prudent man vein #1 Dec 12, 2019 13:19:22 GMT -5 opalpyrexia likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by parfive on Dec 12, 2019 13:19:22 GMT -5 Let’s be careful out there. Only takes about 3 W/m^2 to cook a planet. : )
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