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Post by gingerkid on Apr 2, 2015 18:36:01 GMT -5
Beautiful!!
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 2, 2015 9:41:02 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 2, 2015 9:20:49 GMT -5
Thank you, peachfront! I'm pm'ing my email addy to you!
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 2, 2015 9:14:16 GMT -5
Kloolas feminine for clueless gingerkid ? That could be confused for coona$$ ROFL, don't wanna be a coona$$, jamesp.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 2, 2015 8:52:57 GMT -5
LOL, James. I'm clueless about why we now have a jamesp and @shotgunner.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 2, 2015 8:24:26 GMT -5
Thank you for the article, parfive. Good news to read that they are making improvements in mining conditions and the lives of the people from mining larimar. I've read that there's some reconstituted larimar on the market.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 2, 2015 8:12:25 GMT -5
Just watched your cabbing machine vid, NDK. That's a very nice unit - looks and sounds great! Thank you!!
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 2, 2015 7:53:18 GMT -5
on page 1, the 3rd pic shows what I'm talking about. It's some sort of clamping device or tool holder. I'll try to take a pic of it to make sure I understand what part you are pointing out, Don. Are you speaking about the bolt that hits against the stop? I think when it is against the stop, you use it to adjust the grinding or polishing? Or maybe it held a sharpening or polishing tool as you suggested. There is a spring, possibly a tension spring, on the stop. You cannot really tell what it is from my craptastic photos. Thanks, y'all, and please keep sharing your ideas with me, and I'll see if we can give your ideas a try. Rick is working 12-hour shifts, so it will be a couple of days before he can help me with it. Will post pics later today or tomorrow.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 2, 2015 7:31:08 GMT -5
Very pretty obsidian cabs, seejey! I'm sorry to read that they broke.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 2, 2015 7:28:03 GMT -5
I was just making a point that it has patterns, like some meteorites when sawn. Patterns that may show up if it was cabbed or tumbled and then etched or treated somehow. I thought the patterns may show up after a tumble polish, but apparently not. Apparently some type of chemical treatment is necessary. it would add to its appeal if it could be say cabbed or tumbled and then treated to show those patterns. Thank you for your explanation, jamesp. I have enjoyed your experiments with the space age material.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 1, 2015 21:37:30 GMT -5
Nate, please check into bulkhead fitting. think that is what the cabmate has on its drain pan.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 1, 2015 21:33:53 GMT -5
Thanks Nate for posting a vid will have to watch it when logged onto laptop.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 1, 2015 21:24:05 GMT -5
That is too pretty to be touched by a saw, washingtonrocks. would be sweet displayed on a wooden base.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 1, 2015 21:20:10 GMT -5
I am glad you like them, Tommy, and you are very welcome. Rick tried to place a slab in the guides while they were placed on the machine when it arrived, and only part of the slab would fit. i took a pic of my effort of trying to place an obsidian slab while the guides were on shaft, and will post pic tomorrow. henpecking on tablet trying to type... jakesrocks, i am not sure which piece you are mentioning. is it the stop?
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 1, 2015 20:53:10 GMT -5
Thanks, peachfront. Is your book DRM-protected? if it is not, i may be able to open it with an app that can read .mobi files on Nook Tab 4 and phone.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 1, 2015 18:08:25 GMT -5
seejey! Looks sweet!! You may have a hard time asking your brother if you can use your machine. Keepin' an eye peeled for your photo documentation.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 1, 2015 18:01:23 GMT -5
Here's some pics I took of Tommy's mystery machine. After having a bath Test subject slab of about 4.9mm thick used to see if the 'guides' would hold it when placed on each of shafts Shafts do not open very wide when knob is turned all the way out Knob that extends/closes the shafts Slab + guides are too wide to fit between shafts (bet Tommy already knew this ) But, slab will fit inbetween the shafts and preform a round cab. The slab would have to have a diameter of 1 1/2 and cannot be any larger. Since we believe the unit was mounted to something (base or another machine?), I tried to stand it up on its side as close as I could to the grinding wheel. Will keep y'all posted. Would like to have the machine mounted on its side and figure out how to get it closer to the wheel. Now I'm wondering along the lines as I think snowmom suggested that it may have been used to cut glass. I'm thinking maybe lenses for eyeglasses, and maybe felt or something was in the recessed cups. LOL.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 1, 2015 17:33:31 GMT -5
Hi, NDK! Just wanna see yer wheels a rollin.' You could video yourself cabbing. J/K. But would love to see your machine in action.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 1, 2015 17:26:22 GMT -5
Thank you for posting this, parfive. Did any of our forum members have a Pet Rock?
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 1, 2015 17:24:09 GMT -5
Hi, peachfront, Thank You for letting us know that you have a book available for members to download - and for free!! Will you have your book available on B&N? Rick has a Kindle Fire and does not want me to download the book onto his Kindle, lol. Even though I have the Kindle app on my phone and Nook Tab 4, you have to enter your credit card info in the app, which I do not want to do, so I may have to wait until I can get an Amazon card.
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