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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 14, 2016 23:25:03 GMT -5
Looks like a lot of metal in that old grease. Those bearings may be beyond saving. You can try, but I'd suggest replacing them with sealed pillow bearings. What do you mean it looks like a lot of metal in that old grease? I cleaned what I could with just a rag and they don't look bad and they both turn fine by hand. Not sure why everyone just thinks they're junk at this point Just going on years of personal experience, and the silver colored specks I see in the grease in your pics.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 14, 2016 17:34:09 GMT -5
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 14, 2016 16:44:03 GMT -5
LOL, I took a little break about 14 years ago to get organized. Didn't work. Still organizing. It was some of the pictures I have seen here on RTH that made me realize how out of control this can get. Trying to stay ahead of it as long as possible. Need to spend about another week labeling stuff. Chuck Realized I had a problem when the mountain of flat rate boxes in the living room started to collapse under their own weight. Went out & bought one of those steel 20' shipping containers. Little by little the boxes are getting sorted, retaped & labeled. Slowly the shipping container is filling up. With a little luck my wife may even have room to put up her Christmas tree this year. Now if only Mel & a few others would quit tempting me with boxes of rocks that I just can't resist.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 14, 2016 15:10:59 GMT -5
LOL, I took a little break about 14 years ago to get organized. Didn't work. Still organizing.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 14, 2016 12:20:16 GMT -5
Looks like a lot of metal in that old grease. Those bearings may be beyond saving. You can try, but I'd suggest replacing them with sealed pillow bearings.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 13, 2016 14:15:16 GMT -5
If you'll come & get it, I have a 5 gallon container of water soluble metal cutting oil stored in my basement that you can have for free.
Water soluble cutting oil is fine for cutting procedures where your blade doesn't remain partially submerged in the solution when your saw is not in use. Water soluble oil will float to the top during storage or down time, exposing the lower portion of your blade to water. Don't ask how I learned this. Just let it be said that I threw away an almost new BD 301 blade after winter storage of a 10" saw.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 13, 2016 10:53:54 GMT -5
I'm sure Lori will let you tag along. As I said, she's an awfully nice person. She knows of some killer fossil locations too, and has a nice collection of fossils that she has found & prepared. Most kids love finding fossils, so that would be great for them.
LOL. I met Lori on facebook several years ago.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 12, 2016 23:23:34 GMT -5
Glad that you & Bob managed to talk. He's a heck of a nice guy. If you get an offer for him to take you to one of his favorite hunting spots, by all means accept the offer if you can. He lost his wife a couple years ago & gets lonely. He loves any sort of company he can get, & can tell you more about Fairburn collecting & the Black Hills than most people can, so listen carefully to him.
I think I know who at least part of the folks you saw out at Weta were. The gal I mentioned earlier & 3 others headed out there early this morning from Pierre. She would have been a tiny woman with black hair & lots of tattoos. She's awfully nice. Loves kids, dogs & fairburns, and is another wealth of info. If you run into her out there one day, I must warn you to cover your kids ears cause she cusses like a sailor. She means no harm by it. It's just her line of work that has rubbed off on her. (She owns a casino in Ft. Pierre). Her name is Lori. If you run into her, tell her east river Don says Hi.
Wish I could get out there to collect, but at my age the 6-1/2 hour drive kills me.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 12, 2016 10:45:24 GMT -5
Again I point you to Bob Morgan, sdgoldpanner. He's hiked those hills & knows many gemstone & gold panning locations. He's getting old & slowing down like me, but he still loves to get out & hunt rocks. If you decide to contact him, let me know & I'll make sure he comes here to check his inbox.
If I can catch her on facebook, I'll ask another friend where public access to the Cheyenne is. The river is public land. Private land only extends to the banks above the river.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 11, 2016 23:18:46 GMT -5
The fields around Wall have been known to produce Fairburns too. Especially the south side of the highway. Check in & around those gravel road ditches. Any property that isn't fenced or posted, check large exposures of gravel. It's cool enough now that rattlers shouldn't be a problem, but be careful where you step or reach in warmer weather.
Even the best of Fairburn hunters sometimes go for days between finds, so don't get discouraged. One really nice Fairburn cam make it all worth the effort.
If the water is down, check the banks & gravel bars along the Cheyenne River, but be careful not to stray onto reservation land unless you can claim Indian heritage.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 11, 2016 19:24:14 GMT -5
High profile vehicle. Good offroad tires. Top up gas tank at last service stop before Willey Wells turnoff. Lots of water. Take your own fire wood & TP.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 10, 2016 11:27:08 GMT -5
I am too Diane. I'm hoping someone has experience with this machine. I need to find out the sizes of beads each mill plate will turn, so I know how big to cut cubes for bead blanks.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 9, 2016 15:00:29 GMT -5
By the weekend I'll have a Crown bead mill arriving. It has 2 sets of milling plates coming with it. Does anyone have experience with this brand of bead mill ? I need to know the sizes of bead each plate will produce. This is the machine I'll be getting. I have another which is brand new, but missing the motor & drive wheel. I'm hoping to have a machinist make a new drive wheel so I can have 2 machines running. www.ebay.com/itm/272434632234?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 8, 2016 17:27:54 GMT -5
Welcome aboard from another SD transplant. Sounds like you live out towards Rapid City. I'm way up in Aberdeen.
He doesn't come on here often, but Bob Morgan / sdgoldpanner live in Rapid City & has lots of luck finding Fairburns. If you want to send him a PM on here, I'll catch him on Facebook & tell him to check his mail.
Don
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 6, 2016 22:23:25 GMT -5
Go away spammer. Your post has been reported.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 6, 2016 17:17:42 GMT -5
For your grooved lap, use what they use for star stone laps. Phenolic. It can be had in just about any thickness, & will cut & machine just like metal. Offcuts are available on ebay much cheaper than going to a specialty supply house. www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=phenolic
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 6, 2016 17:13:49 GMT -5
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 2, 2016 22:27:44 GMT -5
Only advice I can add is, keep your head down. Abiline has just been named the murder capitol of Texas.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 2, 2016 14:24:37 GMT -5
Your machine is pre 1969. Don't know how many years pre. My catalog is 1969.
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Post by jakesrocks on Nov 1, 2016 15:00:10 GMT -5
The B-10 is the B-12 without the stand. Here's the B-12. Check the price back in 1969.
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