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Post by oregon on Dec 18, 2018 14:24:21 GMT -5
Spent a little time at the trim saw making tumbler food today. Mostly Brazilians with some Bots mixed in. Thanks for looking Chuck When ever you post the 'after' pic, let us know your recipe as well. I tried some small thunderegg halves in the lotto, turned out ok, but did undercut a bit near the agate/matrix transition, rounded the edges a bit. Imagine some of those problems will be non existent with the solid agate material. Have to experiment some more.
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Post by oregon on Dec 18, 2018 13:47:20 GMT -5
Woodrow Wilson or James Monroe
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Post by oregon on Dec 17, 2018 13:57:52 GMT -5
28,64
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Post by oregon on Dec 16, 2018 16:08:18 GMT -5
RTH member oregon posted a picture of a replacement cap he 3D printed to fit his loto tumbler barrel. Maybe he can help you out. Chuck Thanks, Chuck- will do. yeah, feel free to ask - 3D printers still mostly require a bit of tinkering. But being a creative person yourself: have a wander around www.thingiverse.com/ (there are other repositories as well) People are darn creative. I think there's even a faceting machine mast model there. fun stuff. There are lots of design software packages/routes, so all depends on what you want to do, what experience you might have etc.
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Post by oregon on Nov 9, 2018 20:25:16 GMT -5
Have to finish processing a few dozen thundereggs, and seems like the slow buffer, ala Richardsons is the ticket worth trying for the final polish..
Have almost all the parts lying about, so bolted one together today. Mine is running at 225 rpm seems slower than some. If you've used one, I'd be interested to know if
1 - how domed do you like the disk? I can see flat, to fairly domed advantages.
2- is a spray skirt/ guard around the pad worth the effort ( do they tend to spray a lot.)
3- What Rpm do you have yours running at?
Thanks, Rick
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Post by oregon on Nov 8, 2018 12:35:21 GMT -5
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Post by oregon on Nov 6, 2018 16:21:06 GMT -5
I offered to post Mike's pics because there is truckloads of 'charcoal' petrified wood here in Oregon as well - never tried bleaching, but might have to. before and after with the same material mikeinsjc
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Post by oregon on Nov 1, 2018 12:08:23 GMT -5
Avenza and Google maps are two other good offline tools to use. Avenza has free access to most of all the old USGS quadrangles, Google Maps is good if you remember to save the data for offline use, you can get terrain and imagery to use.
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Post by oregon on Oct 30, 2018 11:36:41 GMT -5
I wonder why I can't see the pictures. I really want to see these stones! I can't see them, either. I was wondering if it was an Emperor's New Clothes kind of thing yeah, they show in chrome, not firefox here. The images are hosted on Twitter (pbs.twimg) Firefox tracking protection has blocked twitter images not on twitter pages for nefarious behavior in the past. Just a heads up if you're linking to twitter posted images Tommy
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Post by oregon on Oct 24, 2018 17:32:08 GMT -5
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Post by oregon on Oct 14, 2018 1:26:43 GMT -5
> This is advertised as the largest show in the Midwest with over 50 vendors and almost 300 tables Did the Yeti wander in off the street? Security? or just bargain Shoppers? all looks nice.
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Post by oregon on Oct 8, 2018 15:46:45 GMT -5
Why don't you start with the holes, come up with some way to have a bed of nails, kiln paper, kiln wash over stainless nails, etc such that the holes are cast into the brick?
other than that, why not some small/medium core drills to produce nice round beads,buttons, or modern day discoidals?
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Post by oregon on Oct 8, 2018 0:38:15 GMT -5
I'm guessing with the grooves and the bumper and the side walls on the pan that' it's actually a vibratory lap. You should purchase it so you can figure out a killer recipe for us all
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Post by oregon on Oct 7, 2018 19:21:40 GMT -5
Had another good day, found a number of small root or limb casts and one large limb cast. Nice find! were you digging, or just walking? Always fun to wander out there, but seems more likely to find specimens by digging these days.
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Post by oregon on Oct 6, 2018 22:10:52 GMT -5
Spent all day wandering around Hampton Butte, going back in the morning,if I can get out of bed! the piece with my glove is still there but it would have been nice, but too heavy! lucky you! You like the North or South side of Price-Twelvemile?
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Post by oregon on Oct 5, 2018 19:56:30 GMT -5
yeah, Oregon's not the east, but get out now if you can, these were two days ago around Jefferson, just carpets of color
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Post by oregon on Oct 5, 2018 19:46:26 GMT -5
Any particular reason from the 'normal' recipe deviation? Normal recipe is a relative term. The complete process is 6 days 120/220 for 24 hrs 500 for 72 hrs polish 48 hrs The video makes them look already finished. Was just curious why not 48hrs in 500, and 48hrs in 1000 then polish?
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Post by oregon on Oct 5, 2018 10:59:25 GMT -5
One day in 120/220 and 2 days in 500 in the lot-o tumbler. I will be going one more day in 500 and 2 days in polish still but I thought the results after day 2 in 500 were pretty incredible. Any particular reason from the 'normal' recipe deviation?
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Post by oregon on Oct 4, 2018 12:26:11 GMT -5
Yeah - nice polish for three days.
Can you show a few more pics of the back? Curious to see how 'natural' that looks. Also, what else did you have going on in the lot-o? imagine you tossed it in with a bunch of other stuff? thx. going to have to give it a try.
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Post by oregon on Sept 15, 2018 12:01:27 GMT -5
have someone local try to swing by j2b2 in Albany, OR, they had several totes left a month ago...
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