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Post by Peruano on May 20, 2022 13:05:41 GMT -5
I like the beaver tail glue on bails, because they make it easy to share cabs. People wear them or hang them in other ways. That said, I've heard it expressed that the cab is actually likely to sell for a higher price without the bail than with it ( but it will be to a different buyer, and at a more specialized venue). In answer to the adhesive question, I'd strongly recommend E-6000. Its strong and slightly flexible and will not {pop-off) as easily as super glue or other more rigid adhesives. There are women wearing my pendants on 6 continents. They almost all received them as gifts rather than having to purchase them so I'm not damaging anyone else's commercial market.
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Post by Peruano on May 18, 2022 7:28:18 GMT -5
Hey, I LOVE this! are the pendant bails on these glued on the back? or do you drill/cut a hole for them? Just curious. I'm wanting to turn some of my tumbles into pendants for myself and trying to figure out the best way. You've given your wife quite the collection! NICE! PS: I used to live in Los Lunas...I miss the desert so, so much. but not the fires. and is your profile pic City of Rocks SP? Love that place! Oh and ashley thanks for asking the question and sorry for hijacking your post! I hope you get a lot more display pictures...I'm planning on starting to just give them to random strangers if I can't figure out what to do with my shiny rocks! 😂😂😂 Here is the traveling case, and yes they are largely given away - friends, friendly strangers, bar maids, well you get the idea. Yes, they are mostly glue-on bails using E-6000 glue. I won't bore you with the cigar boxes, but variety is the spice of life. CLErocks Small world. The avatar is a rock pile in a box canyon on the west side of the Manzano Mtns, a favorite hike SE of Belen. Collecting rocks, cutting, polishing, and showing rocks is fun. Sharing them is important, anyway you can do it.
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Post by Peruano on May 17, 2022 17:06:56 GMT -5
Its hardly a display, but this picture frame with a nylon insect screen insert holds some of my wife's favorite pendents (all but for three fused glass, and one gold nugget, and a couple of pieces of turquoise are my lapidary efforts. I thought this might be more of what you wanted to see rather than cigar boxes full of cabochons.
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Post by Peruano on May 16, 2022 10:12:45 GMT -5
Not the first. Its realizing that you did it that marks you as an experienced lapidary.
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Post by Peruano on May 16, 2022 6:13:01 GMT -5
A finger on the back of the stone (in addition to the dop stick) will help reduce that chatter or vibration contributing to the wax breaking off. Even though I'm holding the stone by the dop stick, at least one finger is bracing the stone. At least one of our members has reported having to push harder on sintered wheels (its just possible that your stone is skipping and needs a more aggressive pressure)
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Post by Peruano on May 10, 2022 15:47:52 GMT -5
Warning! If variscite is correct ID, it will be too soft to process w the others. Jmho
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Post by Peruano on May 10, 2022 5:51:40 GMT -5
Carrying water to my workshop is one of my "weight-bearing exercises" that I use to justify rocking. I was pre-conditioned for the exercise by my farm-boy upbringing. I'm proud of my "water heater", a 100' of black hose laying on the ground, connected to a hose bib, but hidden from street view by a low wall and vegetation. If the sun is shining at all, the water is warm and usually hot, making all but the coldest days comfortable to work with hands in water from the cab machine. I likewise label my numerous trips between the house and the workshop as random exercise. Retirement has its rewards.
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Post by Peruano on May 1, 2022 17:29:16 GMT -5
Definitely not a table top device. Mine walk too, so I let them contact something wooden or like you ground one or more feet with a carpet that does not allow them to slide. Are you running it with a bit of soap as a grit carrier?
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Post by Peruano on May 1, 2022 16:13:40 GMT -5
As long as you are having fun and not damaging your new equipment go for it . . . however when you talk about half load and noise it might indicate that you do not have your machine adequately loaded. Running if half full will, guess what, . . . make it extremely loud and aggressive. You need about 4 lbs of rock in the beast. The lid on can be hooked on the bowl rim when the lid is not used. The only problem with no lid is 1. evaporation, but close monitoring can handle that; and 2. an occasional rock might hop out. 3. if you have too violent of an action or too much water it may throw out spots of the liquid slurry. In my experience that's from having too much water in the bowl. One of my instruction manuals says "if you can see water in the bowl, you have too much". One possible guidance I'd offer is to make sure to not place grit on the center bowl post which would trap it between the bowl and the center of the lid. I did that once and managed to chew a hole in the lid that required an epoxy repair. I'm hoping these comments stimulate your successes with the might gyroc. BTW properly sized O-rings can be used for the drive belts when the time comes. Happy shaking.
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Post by Peruano on May 1, 2022 6:48:33 GMT -5
Many sites have some geographic index capabilities and carefully screened some of them are credible. May I point out the Nebraska Natural Resources site for agates with a great geographic index to their collection and a lexicon of names used in reference to agates. snr.unl.edu/data/geologysoils/agates/agatesdatabase.aspxIn science we often used the term "unedited and unreviewed" for things not adequately verified. Alas much of what we read on the internet is "unedited and unreviewed".
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Post by Peruano on May 1, 2022 6:36:57 GMT -5
I bought about 20 pulleys at a yard sale for $0.50 per. I've used at least three of them over the last 5 years so I've gained my money back. On occasion robbing a set screw from one of them has saved me a trip to the hardware store and down time on the saw. My favorite yard sale scores are $5 electric motors.
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Post by Peruano on Apr 28, 2022 6:09:20 GMT -5
Felicidades. Disfrute joven.
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Post by Peruano on Apr 28, 2022 6:07:20 GMT -5
I have 3 gyroc B's and one that is a parts machine. It is a quite useful machine. I can only compare them to an old minisonic and a Raytech Vibe 5. Noise wise they all are about the same for loudness. The sound is dampened by slurry once they are running. With a step down pulley system the gyroc can be slowed or sped-up. They look light weight but the bowls hold up well. The top is tough but I did need to fashion a patch when I ate a hole in one with too much grit in the wrong application. The double stack feature, easily replaced parts, and availability are positives, but then again, I like all three of the models I mentioned. BTW mine walks a bit on my shop floor unless I place one leg of the machine on a carpet. On a carpet the whole machine might by quieter.
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Post by Peruano on Apr 26, 2022 13:27:20 GMT -5
Yes, I was referring to vial/small bottles. Thanks.
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Post by Peruano on Apr 26, 2022 7:23:13 GMT -5
Beth, Is this a one time be there when the time is right purchase, or does this source exist for others. I have a friend who has been searching for a reasonable source for a project involving rock chips. BTW you should be receiving a parcel from this way as promised.
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Post by Peruano on Apr 26, 2022 7:19:31 GMT -5
Me. I'd like to see the other side (not the sawed side) to see if it looked like it was weathering like chalcedony/agate or like a fine grained quartzite. If it shows evidence of conchoidal fractures I'd go with the former, but if it was lots of tiny pits and a few cracks or fractures that tended to orient parallel or slightly tangentially to the rock surface (peeling like an onion) then I'd lean toward quartzite. I know agates and cherts can have bands like this rock but those kinds of bands are quite common in quartzites as well. Agate bands have real distinct boundaries because the build up slowly whereas bands in metamorphic sedientary rocks tend to be a bit fuzzier because they are originating from layers of granular material of differing colors. Your bands are going toward the fuzzy boundary stage and hence more like those in a quartzite or banded chalcedony (of sedimentary origin). These are impression and not "school book" facts.
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Post by Peruano on Apr 26, 2022 7:09:48 GMT -5
A guy with lots of grit could vibe tumble that to remove the scratches. Archeological restoration?
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Post by Peruano on Apr 26, 2022 7:07:19 GMT -5
If you are lacking the blade guard that should extend over the top of the blade, it should be possible to fashion one using any concave curve (plastic bike fender or ??). I used a motorcycle fender on a slab saw but now realize that was a bit of overkill. A front shield as suggested by Quartz would be great too. I would use brass or stainless steel bolts for the saw table attachment to prevent electrolytic reaction with the aluminum. Or is it aluminum?
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Post by Peruano on Apr 23, 2022 13:28:01 GMT -5
Thanks everyone. I'm going to cut a rock and give away a rock so it should be a break-even day, with a free dinner thrown in by a friend.
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Post by Peruano on Apr 16, 2022 10:20:30 GMT -5
You will need to get that top off or your tank will fill with rock dust, even if you regularly drain the tank. In New Mexico's dry climate I'd just siphon enough water out of the tank to get the level below the blade when done at night (to protect the blade from rust). Its easy to judge liquid depth for cutting by adding slowly until the blade (while running) throws a line of coolant onto the table in front of the blade, but . . . not onto the vertical splash guard or across the room. If it makes a mess, you are using too much coolant. Don't be fearful of a machine thats 35 years old. As long as the bearings are good, its a good machine. Blades, belts, and bearings. Life is good.
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