itsandbits
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since March 2012
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Post by itsandbits on Oct 11, 2012 10:23:24 GMT -5
there was some question as to my veracity and as to whether I could cut and polish the stones I post using what I say I do ;D. Here is a picture I took when I first started of the cutter with a bunch of local material I cut; I use a different blade now. The adjustable table I slide the material on makes for a nice even cut and is easy to adjust up and down either using the table adjustment or the drill head. I have attachments that I mount in the chuck for polishing/buffing and with the motor speed adjustments on the pulleys in the head can quickly go from low to high speed. I also have a flexible shaft attachment that installs in the chuck that I can put different cutting tools in for carving and shaping. when I am actually cutting/polishing I have a guard that goes around the table to stop the snot from flying everywhere. When I'm finished cutting I can flip my variable speed grinder on it's back and bungee it to the table for another flat polisher so I have the round one above and the flat below. You can see a cheap tile saw in the background; it's been sitting there rusting since the first time I used it; figured there had to be a better way. Attachments:
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itsandbits
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since March 2012
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Post by itsandbits on Oct 11, 2012 10:25:49 GMT -5
here is the grinder and some of the disks, grinding wheel, rotary bits; I have more and emory cloth. I forgot to mention that the drill press also makes an easy to use drill for holes by mounting a drill or burr in the chuck. I can drill through 1/4 inch of jade in 2 minutes. Attachments:
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Post by mohs on Oct 11, 2012 12:02:22 GMT -5
that looks like fabulous crafty way to spend some free time there is more than one way to skin a cat or shape/shine a rock ! grind on Ed
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