kenefick
starting to shine!
Member since August 2014
Posts: 44
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Post by kenefick on Sept 11, 2014 16:21:12 GMT -5
A few weeks ago, I managed to fubar the 16" blade in my old HP saw. A piece of jasper popped out of the vise in mid cut, and I ended up with a shallow wok. This gave me the perfect excuse to upgrade to a good 18" blade. It came last Saturday, a BD301, and with all the patience I could muster, was installed 20 minutes after the fedex truck pulled out of the driveway. New blade installed, rock clamped firmly in the vise (and checked again), closed the hood, flipped the switch, popped a cold one and sat down for some serious sawing. After about 10 minutes, I realized I wasn't hearing any 'action', just the motor running. Dang, must have forgotten to engage the feed. Turned it off, opened the hood, and it was half way through the cut! Think I'm going to really like this blade. Some of the cuts: Not sure what kind of agate this is. But it did make some pretty nice cabs And a few more And a work in progress from that last one Now I gotta find more rocks to cut.
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Post by gingerkid on Sept 11, 2014 20:09:43 GMT -5
Very nice slabs, cabs, and work in progress cab, kenefick! Hope you find more rocks to slab. The first one kinda looks like sheep creek agate.
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Post by pghram on Sept 15, 2014 10:25:33 GMT -5
That last WIP is looking good.
Rich
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