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Post by itsandbits on Mar 3, 2013 16:01:34 GMT -5
if you'll notice it has a beveled edge that transitions all the way around to a different angle that the punch pushes against when you squeeze it. this is to set saw teeth in your hand saw and in spite of being an old tool, is still in use today. The nickel plated knob is for adjusting the bevel into the right position for the varied TPI sets of different blades. The one that you describe is for the different thicknesses of blade so they are held fairly securely but loosely but the teeth can be moved along
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Post by itsandbits on Mar 3, 2013 10:28:14 GMT -5
and ye that have been born in stone shall be reborn in stone for verily I say unto you; the stone is in you and shall not be cast way. As you shall throw the stone away, it shall be returned to you in greater numbers. So cast not your stone away, that you may still have a yard.
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 28, 2013 11:20:57 GMT -5
the box is looking a little worse for wear:<)))
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 27, 2013 15:48:01 GMT -5
this is the thread i was looking for and couln't find when I started mine. I know it's not of the quality posted in this thread but it's my first one and just a quicky to try the concept url]http://forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=57791&page=1[/url]
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 24, 2013 12:59:44 GMT -5
Hello from the "not" frozen north Lloyd
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 24, 2013 11:28:09 GMT -5
very nice job on the grinder saw George. the vice looks good. A new use for good tool. I used the translater and could read most of it.
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 23, 2013 16:56:32 GMT -5
picked up a nice peice of thulite from the local rock club today and it comes from up the valley from Vancouver BC. while looking for the supplier site I found out BC has another bug deposite up near Kitimat in west central BC that I didn't know about either that was found in 2008.
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 23, 2013 12:37:44 GMT -5
you guys just don't give up do you :<0 you'll be saying the same thing i guess when you look up and see your grandchildren eating bugs and living in caves :<)
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 22, 2013 1:19:49 GMT -5
I polished it up to 1500 grit today and you can see the formations a little better. The green and the plume formations polish up real nice but the little spherules tend to shatter from the heat of polishing I think so I'll have to figure out a gentler way to do it so they stay intact. Attachments:
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 21, 2013 11:00:28 GMT -5
I cut a lot of guatemalan jadeite, agate, jasper, and chalcedony so am used to cutting harder materials; most I find are 6+ mohs, but this really surprised me with it's hardness and detail. I was cutting a lot of green roc for a while; most I find here is, so when I cut this It looed boring so I put it away and now don't now what I cut it off :<)) I'm going to have to dig in the rock pile cause I lie it. It cuts harder than the blue G and just about like the jadeite. This is a local find but I'll have to see the roc to now whaere I got it. Good thing my piles are by area. It is about 2.5in. long and is at 500dia grit in the pic. thanks for looking Lloyd sorry bout the big pic. I tried to modify to put the right one in but the site won't let me Attachments:
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 18, 2013 9:51:23 GMT -5
are you sure they're not slabs; they sure look like slabs :<))
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 15, 2013 11:02:13 GMT -5
well that sure came across well!!! Did someones tail get stepped on this morning
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 15, 2013 10:29:18 GMT -5
thanks guys a couple of fine points; the grinder can't fall into the bucket for two reasons: 1- the grinder head has a flange sticking out that hooks over the edge of the bucket cutout and I put a retaining lug through this to stop it if it did try to slide uphill. 2- the frying pan is screwed through to the head of the angle grinder with 4 screws tapped into the head. I used aluminum flashing for the splash guard where I didn't have to contact it and inner tube where I sometimes push down with my forearms. The head lock to take the pads off is just reachable inside the bucket, and the variable knob just sticks over the bucket edge so is good to go too; lucky I guess. Next one I make, I am going to use a more square sided pan and see if that gives me more access under the pads when I drop a cab :<)
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 13, 2013 15:51:19 GMT -5
Sorry for missrepresenting you Carlton; I just assumed and you know what happens there Lloyd
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 12, 2013 14:12:27 GMT -5
People are all healed fractures; that's why we are all different
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 12, 2013 10:20:43 GMT -5
most times you need to grind away the exterior of any old heart to find the true beauty within; maybe you are looking at your valentine in the rough right now. Lloyd
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 11, 2013 12:27:34 GMT -5
unfortunately I am having trouble polishing it with my normal procedure as the fine particles keep hazing up the surface so I will have to try my cerium oxide and other fine polishes to try and work it out. I can get a nice semi gloss that shows the pattern well and maybe that's where I should stop.
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 9, 2013 13:11:43 GMT -5
not the best photo but this is the veiw from the outside. I have it set into an old stereo cabinet with a hole cut in the shelf for the bucket. My little in house workplace I am happy with most of my results but there is room for improvement in my technique. Lloyd Attachments:
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 9, 2013 11:30:22 GMT -5
thats got an interesting look to it; nice. I wonder what it would look like if you put broken tempered glass in with it and then cut it. I guess it woul d just keep fracturing and you would never get a polish; never mind. Nice work anyway
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Post by itsandbits on Feb 9, 2013 11:26:09 GMT -5
I like the name you gave your turtlebacks and would love to have some of them to cab. They are probably formed the same way as the fire agates as KK suggested. If you ever have ny extra, put me on your list :<))
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