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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 24, 2016 12:42:51 GMT -5
LOL. Mike, I'm gonna soda blast mine, put new rubber on them & hang them on the wall as relics from the early days of lapidary.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 21, 2016 20:37:56 GMT -5
#1, is your belt too tight ? You should be able to press down on the belt half way between pulleys & get it to move 1/2" - 5/8" down. Too tight of a belt can cause noise, and will wear out bearings.
#2, Take the belt off. Using a screwdriver with the handle pressed against your ear and the blade against a bearing, spin the arbor and listen. Do this on both bearings. If 1 or both bearings make a rough grinding noise, there's your problem. The screwdriver acts like a doctors stethoscope.
If only one bearing is making noise, replace both bearings while you have the machine apart, cause the other bearing probably is on its way out too.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 21, 2016 12:19:51 GMT -5
Dang Mike, ya didn't swing by Aberdeen to pick me up.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 20, 2016 10:50:37 GMT -5
Sweet specimens. I'll be looking forward to more pics.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 14, 2016 13:33:15 GMT -5
Bump.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 14, 2016 11:38:41 GMT -5
Dottyt, as far as I know, all septarians will fluoresce to some extent.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 14, 2016 9:34:18 GMT -5
Sweet. I'm thinking it looks more like the remains of the lost city of Atlantis. Display that puppy under a UV light at night. It'll really light up. Septarian under UV.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 13, 2016 14:00:19 GMT -5
My guess is that they are natural. It would be nearly impossible to dye them without the matrix also being dyed.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 11, 2016 10:51:06 GMT -5
That wobble may be caused by an out of balance silicon carbide wheel. If you fire it up again, don't stand in front of it. Those wheels if out of balance have been known to fly apart.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 10, 2016 19:20:17 GMT -5
Some interesting suggestions here so far! Pallbearers or a football team ... hmmmmm Problem is this thing is about 900 pounds. It can't rest or even be rolled over the tailgate. It's not made for that kinda weight and I don't want to add to my problems by destroying the tailgate. Not even sure that orrum 's fine idea would be viable. Thought about an engine hoist, but don't think they go high enough. Tow truck? What I need to do is lift it out from above, like it was loaded. Brainstorming ideas of who (what businesses) would have equipment to do such. Thinking if I can locate someone already in the area, I could "bribe" a guy to stop by to make 50 bucks for 10 minutes of work. Wonder if one of those claw picker trucks that tree companies use to load tree trunks into the debris truck could lift that much. Backhoe or front end loader would work. Will persevere. Couple more beers and I ought to come up with something! Cheap!! Don't laugh Bob. When I loaded my 24" HP on a moving truck to move to SD, there was a furniture ramp, me, 2 neighbors & 2 high school football player brothers. We got it loaded & strapped down. When it got to this end my brother in law unloaded it with his Bobcat & snow bucket.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 10, 2016 16:43:14 GMT -5
Any football teams in your area that need beer money ?
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 10, 2016 11:38:30 GMT -5
My first saw was a Star Diamond. Good little saw. They do tend to leak where the table and tank meet. I suspect that is the reason for the catch tray under it.
Star Diamond made a gravity feed vice for those saws. If you keep an eye on Craigslist & ebay you may be able to find a complete saw going cheap to salvage the vice from. If you find one, I can help you with setup for the weight feed.
Star Diamond used a welded steel tank under their saws. Check to make sure it isn't rusted out.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 9, 2016 9:24:32 GMT -5
Not a clam. It's one of the hundreds of types of fossil coral.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 8, 2016 15:50:30 GMT -5
Bob, if that saw is anything like a 24" HP I had, the wheels will be welded on. With any luck the wheels will fit between the raised grooves in your truck bed.
Do you know anyone with a front end loader ? They may have forks for it. Or you could use rope slings. Have them raise it enough to drive the truck out from under it.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 8, 2016 14:36:58 GMT -5
Wanna see pics when you get it home & cleaned up. Man, if that hydraulic feed works right, I'd make that my primary saw & sell the other one.
Again, congrats on the score.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 8, 2016 13:54:11 GMT -5
Should I go ahead and pay with Paypal to make it harder to back out? I would. At least you know your money is protected. If I didn't live a couple thousand miles away, I would have tried to snipe it with a bid of $1,200.00. LOL
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 8, 2016 13:45:46 GMT -5
Man, $712.00. What a steal. Congrats Bob.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 8, 2016 13:44:08 GMT -5
Didya Huh Didya ?
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 8, 2016 13:25:30 GMT -5
18 minutes to go. Good luck Bob.
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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 8, 2016 12:04:22 GMT -5
Thanks Don. You think it will be a snipe fest at the end or the Local Pick Up Only gonna limit that? I'm finding a silver lining in his not answering my questions in that if he didn't answer my simple questions that he is probably also not answering those from folks asking about shipping the saw somewhere. Expect a snipe job in the last few seconds. On things I really want, I go in 3 minutes before ending bid & increase my bid to the max I'm willing to pay. That way if a sniper comes in at the last second he has no way of knowing how much your max is. He'll think he's getting a bargain by going say $100.00 more than the bid showing. Andd if the sniper is like me, he enters his bid 5 seconds before close. The local pickup thing will be a factor that will keep all but folks within a few hundred miles out of the bidding.
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