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Post by Mark K on Apr 22, 2024 21:58:40 GMT -5
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Post by Mark K on Apr 21, 2024 18:39:33 GMT -5
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Post by Mark K on Apr 20, 2024 17:14:38 GMT -5
I bet it would make wonderful spheres.
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Post by Mark K on Apr 20, 2024 17:10:51 GMT -5
The preform is done. I need to clean it up good and run it through the dishwasher to get all of the oil out. Then it will sit aside until I build my stabilization set up.
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Post by Mark K on Apr 19, 2024 22:39:21 GMT -5
One little spot chipped off in the cutting. Turn #3 would have removed it any way, but I will have to be careful with this one when I rough it out. May have to use the 30 grit pads to rough it out and hit the high spots with the grinder as I go until it is round. May stabilize it with cyanoacrylate too.
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Post by Mark K on Apr 19, 2024 16:46:18 GMT -5
If it is, I have a hell of an expensive rock I am cutting into little pieces. That cut is 4 inches across and the finished sphere will be about the same.
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Post by Mark K on Apr 19, 2024 16:41:47 GMT -5
I am cutting it on the saw. The inside seems to be harder than woodpecker lips.
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Post by Mark K on Apr 19, 2024 15:57:44 GMT -5
It is currently in the process of becoming a sphere.
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Post by Mark K on Apr 18, 2024 20:07:01 GMT -5
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Post by Mark K on Apr 17, 2024 21:06:42 GMT -5
I have taken AZ pet wood and put it straight into the tumbler with NOTHING in with it except water and let it go for a few weeks and they came out shiny as heck. No shaping at all, but shiny. You could try it if you have the time. I did at the time because I was not tumbling anything else at the time. Results may vary.
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Post by Mark K on Apr 17, 2024 21:02:12 GMT -5
The site emails you when you have PMs?
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Post by Mark K on Apr 15, 2024 18:33:24 GMT -5
Looks like bloody basin
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Post by Mark K on Apr 10, 2024 20:01:04 GMT -5
yep
this is to see what is in there to see if there is still grit contamination.
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Post by Mark K on Apr 9, 2024 21:31:40 GMT -5
Wash them real good. Then put them in a perfectly clean barrel and roll them for a day. Then take them out by hand and pour the water through a sieve or similar lined with a white paper towel. Take a close look at what has filtered out. Then tell us what you found.
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Post by Mark K on Apr 8, 2024 5:37:37 GMT -5
It is going to be cloudy here all day. No eclipse for us.
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Post by Mark K on Apr 7, 2024 12:35:23 GMT -5
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Post by Mark K on Apr 7, 2024 10:33:34 GMT -5
It is all about what is it worth to you.
When I am old and unable to do stuff, I won't look back and say "Damn, I wish I had done XXXXX".
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Post by Mark K on Apr 7, 2024 10:27:55 GMT -5
If there is 6 months notice, I would show up. I am not afraid to do a little bit of driving. Just as long as it in NOT in NJ. I will never step foot in that unconstitutional hellhole. That's one helluva drive! It is considerably less of a drive to go from here to DC than it is to go to Q. I drove to DC in 23 and didn't think anything of it.
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Post by Mark K on Apr 6, 2024 19:23:20 GMT -5
If there is 6 months notice, I would show up. I am not afraid to do a little bit of driving. Just as long as it in NOT in NJ. I will never step foot in that unconstitutional hellhole.
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Post by Mark K on Apr 6, 2024 10:23:55 GMT -5
I love those barrels and rarely have had blow outs. It is most likely the material you are tumbling. I have never had a band go weak enough to stop working. I have had them break from getting old and cracking.
What material are you tumbling?
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