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Post by nowyo on Sept 9, 2024 9:01:13 GMT -5
Those are great.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Sept 9, 2024 8:41:26 GMT -5
Thanks, Lee. Think it will help keep up with slab cutting this winter.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Sept 6, 2024 7:37:03 GMT -5
Never know what may turn up when I go wandering.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Sept 2, 2024 19:54:51 GMT -5
Very interesting piece. I know you'll do it justice.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 28, 2024 22:32:25 GMT -5
Some nice stuff there.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 28, 2024 22:14:23 GMT -5
Very nice job on that.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 28, 2024 22:10:27 GMT -5
Had great plans last weekend, lots f things to do and work that needed to be done. Thought I could take a little time to wander a bit, and in the course of wandering this followed e home. 
16", everything seems to work. Little bit of life in the blade, but it's going to be a couple of minutes of moving stuff around and making room before it gets used. Russ |
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Post by nowyo on Aug 28, 2024 21:41:04 GMT -5
I know, bad lighting and bad angle and bad pretty much everything. This guy stopped by this evening to munch on the lilac bush. 
Have a great day. Russ |
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Post by nowyo on Aug 11, 2024 21:51:38 GMT -5
Good deal indeed.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 10, 2024 20:15:57 GMT -5
Do it all the time. @hankrocks has it down. I do all rotary, tumbling mostly 1/8" thick slabs. Lots of smalls, key for me seems to be fight the urge to overload your tumbler. Those slabs need to be able to move. Doing this in 5C and QT6 Lortone tumblers. Usually go straight to pre-polish, if making something with a live edge I'll run them in 120/220 first to "soften" the edge.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 6, 2024 22:51:00 GMT -5
Just found this thread. We have a couple of chunks out in the yard from Wyoming. Cool subject.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Aug 6, 2024 22:49:50 GMT -5
Man, you guys are making me jealous! While I can dig up a massive assortment of interesting rocks, the heavy glacier activity around here means finding things in situ is impossible. Spent my whole life in Minnesota and Wisconsin, never even considered that in situ mounds are a thing! Don't give up just yet. I've seen stromatolites in northern New York state where the glaciers scraped the limestone bare leaving the round fossils exposed. Russ |
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Post by nowyo on Aug 6, 2024 22:26:27 GMT -5
Do you sell your work here on RTH? Pat, I haven't . Not really sure how I'd go about it. But thanks for asking. Russ |
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Post by nowyo on Aug 6, 2024 22:24:39 GMT -5
Good to hear that all is well for you. Sometime around 2019 when we scouted Benson AZ as a possible resting place we were there when an ancient giant steam engine like that passed through, I think they said like 3x the standard engine of the time designed to pull large trains of coal or possibly ore. We were thinking of driving up the basin through Ely when we went North this year, then ended up leaving a few days late due to waiting for meds for the dog. We're doing okay. If you do wind up in this neck of the woods sometime give me a holler. Russ |
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Post by nowyo on Aug 5, 2024 22:41:42 GMT -5
Glad to see you're keeping busy. You know me-usually doing something and always ready to take a break. Russ |
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Post by nowyo on Aug 5, 2024 22:12:04 GMT -5
It's been a little busy, but we've gotten a few things done. I'm going to just throw everything in one thread to save time and all that. Going backwards, too, just because I feel like it. Just did Art in the Park in Ely this past weekend. This show has always been good to us, and was again this year. Good crowd, small town stuff so most people were just there for the food trucks and visiting with their buds. A good percentage was spending money, which always makes us happy. Especially when they are spending it in our booth. 
Two weeks earlier we decided it was time to goof off for a day. Went exploring an area we'd been wanting to check out for too long. Good news is the pinion pines are making cones this year, so pretty soon it will be pine nut time. Even found a few interesting rocks. Probably have to head back over there. 
A couple of days before that we went up to Montello to see the Big Boy on it's return to Cheyenne. They had taken it to Roseville, CA for exhibits and stuff. It's an oil burning steam engine. If I remember right they built 25 of them, 8 are still around. This one runs, and I know there is one in Canada somewhere. Don't recall all the specs but the engine alone weighs 1.1 million pounds. We missed it a few years ago when they went through Caliente so we figure we'd better try and catch it this time. 
And, a couple of weeks before that we did the annual Rock show in Ely. Another show that has always been good to us. 
So, that's pretty much the highlights for the summer. No more shows for a while so now I have to settle down and get some stuff accomplished. Thanks for looking and have a great day. Russ |
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Post by nowyo on Jul 19, 2024 8:12:00 GMT -5
Thanks. Guess the world survived another year of putting up with me.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on May 11, 2024 20:36:58 GMT -5
Picture of last week, really. Running behind which seems to be normal anymore. Weather forecast said cold and snow so we headed south to find some sun and warm. Found some. Did a little wildlife viewing. 
Found Mr. Nope Rope sunning in the road. When I walked up he just slid off to the side out of the way. I was told that he rattled a little but it's been years since I've been able to hear them. Found a few rocks as well, I'll try to get a few pictures when they are cleaned up. Have a great day. Russ |
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Post by nowyo on Mar 15, 2024 19:26:14 GMT -5
Oh hell yeah. Those are some great slabs.
Russ
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Post by nowyo on Jan 14, 2024 9:54:07 GMT -5
Pulled into the Pow wow grounds Saturday afternoon, looking like the Joads just got off the banana boat. 
Was in error in an earlier post. We're in space 367, Dianne will be in 366. Stop on by and say hi. Russ |
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