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Post by vegasjames on Apr 26, 2024 13:53:29 GMT -5
Welcome from Southern Nevada.
Nice tumbles.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 26, 2024 9:00:06 GMT -5
The couple from Montana was still here so took them on another trip through Southern and Central Nevada going to multiple places. Was supposed to be a 3 day trip for myself, but got hit by thunderstorms the second day that were not in the forecast, so cut the trip short a day.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 25, 2024 20:58:32 GMT -5
In my opinion it depends on the cab size. I find larger cabs require thicker slabs.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 25, 2024 4:36:55 GMT -5
Welcome from Southern Nevada.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 23, 2024 6:02:59 GMT -5
Happy Birthday
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 23, 2024 6:02:38 GMT -5
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 22, 2024 19:37:55 GMT -5
Can't really answer, but maybe vegasjames can help. He always take his dog, Jax with him. Sounds like conditioning their paws is a good idea. Make sure you bring something in your first aid kit for them, too. Where we go snakes are not common. And the ones Jax has seen are all harmless. Mainly the Great Basin gopher snake, king snakes and garter snakes. Have only run across one sidewinder while out with Jax, but she was off playing and did not see it.
Luckily, Jax naturally ignores snakes. She loves chasing and eating lizards so I was a bit worried at first that she may mistake a snake for a lizard. They do not go fast enough to chase, so she ignores them.
I worry much more about coyotes than snakes. And we do have mountain lions, but also very uncommon.
My only concern as for poisonous snakes is Jax is always sticking her nose in holes and caves to see if anyone is home. And snakes can seek these places out to stay cool. Same with the mines. We ran across that one big Great Basin gopher snake in the back of one mine, and found a snake skeleton in the end of another mine.
She has never gone after any of the snakes she has seen in the open though. Jax just ignores them.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 22, 2024 13:29:46 GMT -5
Happy Birthday
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 20, 2024 21:11:27 GMT -5
Nice haul out of there!! What's that material in the last picture? I love that picture of Jax! The crystal is dolomite, the lime green is bromargyrite (silver bromide).
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 20, 2024 15:45:26 GMT -5
Very elegant.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 20, 2024 9:08:22 GMT -5
Have a couple visiting from Montana I am taking to some places to dig. Took them the other day to a copper-silver mine close to Las Vegas.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 20, 2024 2:08:33 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 18, 2024 22:32:38 GMT -5
Some of those look small enough to use the tile saw.(?) Have you tried that, or do they not fit? I’m also not sure if my angle grinder is a wet one, I know my husband told me not to even use wet rocks for a polishing disc set but maybe that was the discs? A wet angle grinder will have a hose attachment and a hood to help keep water out of the motor.
I use water with both the grinding cups and the diamond pads. Not using water with the diamond pads can cause too much frictional heat burning the pads.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 18, 2024 16:21:47 GMT -5
Does look like chalcedony, but not chert/flint, which are opaque forms of chalcedony.
Since you have an angle grinder, one option is to get diamond grinding cups for the angle grinder. They work great for cleaning up the outside and creating flat surfaces quickly and not ever expensive. The tricky part is if you do not have a wet angle grinder, you need to keep wetting the rock frequently as you go. You could set up some type of drip or mist system so you do not have to keep stopping to wet the rock and there will not be enough water to spray back in to the motor.
The cups do leave a bit of a rougher surface, so I usually follow up with diamond pads for the angle grinder using an aluminum backer. Do not use the plastic backers they often sell with the polishing pads. They cannot handle to very high RPMs of the angle grinder and will fly apart. So, I get aluminum backers instead, which are about $11.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 18, 2024 16:08:17 GMT -5
Welcome from Southern Nevada.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 18, 2024 16:05:57 GMT -5
Welcome from Southern Nevada.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 18, 2024 16:04:06 GMT -5
Happy Birthday
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 18, 2024 16:01:40 GMT -5
Happy Birthday
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 17, 2024 20:44:59 GMT -5
Welcome from Southern Nevada.
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Post by vegasjames on Apr 17, 2024 20:43:57 GMT -5
Welcome from Southern Nevada.
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