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Post by MrP on Oct 19, 2021 15:34:24 GMT -5
$250
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Post by MrP on Oct 13, 2021 10:51:25 GMT -5
So glad to see you were able to be the one to get it. Should last you many years.....MrP
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Post by MrP on Oct 5, 2021 7:29:46 GMT -5
It only has 90 hours on it. I had a 453 with a backhoe attachment for almost 20 years. I decided to upgrade last year so I could sit in a heated cab while I pushed snow in my 150" driveway. I do clean the road into the development and also clean the cul de sac. I have always made a snow hill, for sledding, for my girls and now the grand kids. I reallllllly did NEED it  ....................MrP |
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Post by MrP on Oct 4, 2021 17:40:49 GMT -5
Not tractors but they do the job.  Sorry about the picture size..............MrP |
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Post by MrP on Oct 4, 2021 17:16:52 GMT -5
Yes it is............MrP
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Post by MrP on Oct 4, 2021 12:39:30 GMT -5
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Post by MrP on Oct 3, 2021 12:33:53 GMT -5
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Post by MrP on Nov 30, 2020 12:39:03 GMT -5
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Post by MrP on Nov 9, 2020 15:02:30 GMT -5
Just got my Carbolon ordered, I only asked for 500lbs. @ 0.52 cents a pound its a great deal. Shipping not so much to California. about $500 total, still 450 dollars cheaper than small batch orders from other suppliers
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Post by MrP on Sept 3, 2020 7:57:55 GMT -5
Nine solid pages of information packed posts and one reported thread later, we need to let this one cool off a bit. entropy I think what the group is trying to say, each in his own way, most being civil as far as I've seen, is in a world of (as jamesp put it) shoestring budgets and jury rigging (workbench innovation), to come at it again and again from such a technical Jetx platform leads to thread-fatigue, as well-meaning folks try to talk the person down over and over. It's a credit to everyone's calm demeanor that this valuable thread has reached nine pages and I would hate any other option than letting it wind down naturally. My sincere hope is you stick around and reach the point in your project where you show off yo ur bad-ass creation and get everyone excited to follow your lead wondering why we didn't think of it. I sure am glad you got this thread shut down. We have all been much better off not watching entropy build his tumblers. I don't think anybody, except me, wanted to see how a person, who has the right tools, would go about building tumbler equipment in a professional way. This is not the first time you have run good people off the board but I guess you know what is best for this board!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by MrP on Jul 15, 2020 9:41:52 GMT -5
4343 Lbs
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Post by MrP on Jul 8, 2020 11:29:41 GMT -5
Don't include me as part of a group making any statement. I like what entropy is doing, I just threw my 2 bit crap out there. I love the fact that we all do things in a different way!....................MrP |
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Post by MrP on Jul 8, 2020 7:16:51 GMT -5
I sure am glad that I did not have all this information when I built my tumblers. 8" scrap HDPE, 3/4" used white cutting board from a used restaurant supply store, 6" gray electrical conduit and two old electric fry pans. For what we use these for, even if the weld is not perfect, it is not going to break, mine are proof of that. I am very sure yours are going to look way better than mine but I have been using mine steady for 3 years. It sure is fun watching this thread though.................MrP Do you ever watch the TV show Gold Rush? I really enjoy it. It's too bad the environmental-activist politicians are killing the gold mining industry (by vindictively withholding water permits) - but that's a tangent. . . . They use HDPE pipe for gold mining - lots of pressure (well over 100 psi), lots of volume (thousands of GPM), and they drag around 1000 foot sections of pipe across the dirt with a dozer - and the welds virtually never fail (joints as strong as the pipe itself). Question: are pipe-quality welds necessary for tumbler barrels? Probably not (you have the proof). That being said - if something as simple as clamping the joint results in pipe-quality welds, then why not do it? I have nothing against how you are making your barrels, in fact it is fun to see it done in the right way. I worked at a utility and once or twice a year they would rent a HDPE welder so I could have bought the correct ends, like jamesp did, and have used the machine to weld them. I have more $$ in this hobby, with no return, so being cheap I have made many of the things I need at little cost so I can put the money into buying rocks and equipment I can't make. I am also into melting glass, which makes tumbling seem cheap. All I was doing, by telling you what I did, was to maybe let you, and others, know that a person can do it on the cheap and make it work. I was born and raised on a farm and we had no money to put into hobbies. We picked 'pickles' cucumbers so we could have presents for Christmas, so that may be the reason I have a hard time spending money that I don't have too spend to get similar results. I will continue to watch this being done the right way...............MrP |
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Post by MrP on Jul 7, 2020 15:29:06 GMT -5
I sure am glad that I did not have all this information when I built my tumblers. 8" scrap HDPE, 3/4" used white cutting board from a used restaurant supply store, 6" gray electrical conduit and two old electric fry pans. For what we use these for, even if the weld is not perfect, it is not going to break, mine are proof of that. I am very sure yours are going to look way better than mine but I have been using mine steady for 3 years. It sure is fun watching this thread though.................MrP
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Post by MrP on Jun 20, 2020 13:59:16 GMT -5
tims I ordered mine right from Diamond Pacific in 2008. They were $8.75 each at that time, you need two. I ordered 4 at the time and am still on the first set so I guess I have more time on them then I thought. I hope the new ones are as good as the older ones. The part # 490-861796. Good Luck...............MrP
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Post by MrP on Jun 5, 2020 7:15:56 GMT -5
I hope they didn't change anything so they last years like mine. the ones that were on mine when I bought it were worn but still worked.............MrP |
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Post by MrP on Jun 4, 2020 7:03:18 GMT -5
I am on my 5th bag of 50 o-ring belts Evan. It uses 2 o-ring belts. They break in pairs every time. They break every ~8 pound load one time doing the 7-8 day SiC 500/AO 220/AO polish routine for the 102nd load of glass. So they have a 1 week life. Cost is a dollar a pair. Any way, not once have they ever been sucked into the rotating shaft/motor zone go figure. I can't remember what I paid for the OEM O-Rings I bought but they are well worth it. I put them on 3-4 years ago. I have run it 24-7 for at least 2 of those years. I had tried many others including making my own with the same material with varying degrees of success. I could have saved a lot of money and time if I had bought the correct ones at the start. Many times you get what you pay for........................MrP |
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Post by MrP on May 22, 2020 18:44:08 GMT -5
Make sure the dimensions are the same as the one you have. I found one with the same frame number but it wasn't the same dimensions. No room to spare in that unit...
MrP
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Post by MrP on May 14, 2020 12:46:10 GMT -5
1dave this is why large copper conductors are usually stranded wire, and also, sometimes they will run 4 smaller conductors in high amperage situations so they can get more outer surface per lb of copper. Many years ago I visited Glen Canyon Dam Visitor's center where they had on exhibit some of the cable they used!  There is a smaller diameter cable, constructed the same way, that goes inside this one. I bought a sample at the Hoover Dam many years ago. I worked for a utility and had it as a paper weight for many years. Some 'fine' person decided they needed it more then I did so they took it. @#&**&% people.....MrP |
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Post by MrP on Apr 25, 2020 12:19:54 GMT -5
adrian65 Was this the project you made the stand for or was that another one? Either way we need that one taken care of also.................MrP
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