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Post by panamark on Dec 14, 2013 7:29:46 GMT -5
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Post by panamark on Dec 12, 2013 16:33:49 GMT -5
James jamesp, just wondering how you would go about building yourself an apple press? I am sure it would be big, ha ha.
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Post by panamark on Dec 12, 2013 13:35:20 GMT -5
Hi Enchantra (Amanda), I have enjoyed your posts on the other forum, but we need your input here too :-)
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Post by panamark on Dec 12, 2013 13:33:54 GMT -5
That pair on the left looks like, kinda, well it looks nice.
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Post by panamark on Dec 12, 2013 13:29:50 GMT -5
Well Bill, I really enjoy hard cider (much more than beer) and your pictures pretty much got me fully motivated to make my own. We have too many apples to use, so I feed the deer a lot. No more :-) I have been looking for plans to build an apple press, but haven't found any good plans yet. One of my friends says his friend uses a clean, dedicated small wood chipper to shred the apples before pressing. Another uses a clean garbage disposal unit. Anyway, next year I might hit you up for some advice. Tip up a bottle for me would ya?
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Post by panamark on Dec 10, 2013 21:42:59 GMT -5
That is really cool. But with the cost of aluminum that is an expensive piece of art, not to mention the smelting.
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Post by panamark on Dec 10, 2013 21:33:51 GMT -5
I have to say that when I first read the title of your post James, I thought to myself " Oh lordy, what is James gonna dream up now?" LOL Well they certainly are big, but it wasn't a shocker since I have seen you with them before. But the work yard view was neat, and wow, no snow and only coveralls on! (camo at that!) Gonna be about -7 degrees tonight here.
How about a cannon James. Maybe a smallish 30 pounder to start? You could break coral with it.
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Post by panamark on Dec 10, 2013 7:52:08 GMT -5
Hey Panamark how much borax do you use in the saw? Thanks, Bill Bill, I fill the tray with 50/50 antifreeze to water. Then I put in about 1/2 cup borax. Not only does the borax REALLY help stop rust, but it also keeps bacterial from digesting the antifreeze so I can drain and reuse liquid over and over. That is a very noisy saw though, so hearing protection is a must. Good luck.
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Post by panamark on Dec 8, 2013 23:28:10 GMT -5
Carlos, your material and the shine you put on them always is gorgeous.What is that green one at about 5:30 in the bowl (first pic)? That looks really interesting. Man you really got it when it comes to rocks. Anytime I see you posted I get excited to see what is next. Keep em comin'. Thx
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Post by panamark on Dec 8, 2013 23:23:24 GMT -5
Wow, I really, really like that color of green Tommy! It is funny like you say on how the hardness can change within a boulder. I was doing one yesterday and was about to give up, then moved over a bit and bingo. Solid and hard enough to get a decent shine on a cab.
Great cab. Thanks for showing.
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Post by panamark on Dec 8, 2013 23:16:36 GMT -5
I think it is neat to have both the beauty and the beast in the same piece. Shows the magic. Nice!
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Post by panamark on Dec 8, 2013 16:07:58 GMT -5
The amazing shrinking rock. You did terrific with it!
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Post by panamark on Dec 8, 2013 16:05:34 GMT -5
Great job and nice variety. That one looks like a palm isn't it? I haven't found any palm yet, in MT. What is the agate with the blue in it? quite unusual and pretty I would say.
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Post by panamark on Dec 7, 2013 0:55:58 GMT -5
Would love to go and I would definitely be there, but I will be about 2550 miles South then, and I am not that good of swimmer yet. Sad, but considering our sub-zero weather I am happy because I WON'T be shoveling any snow or freezing my zzz either :-)
Best wishes Krystee and Patrick and family.
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Post by panamark on Dec 4, 2013 21:31:07 GMT -5
My buddies fixed sandwiches for a dive one time and as a joke made them from sliced roasted whale. Really yucky! Tasted like liver with sugar and butter on it and real stringy too.....Mel Man, how could you NOT like that. LOL I like liver, but only with nice onions. And NOT seal liver, yuckk. Talk about strong flavor.
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Post by panamark on Dec 3, 2013 17:37:16 GMT -5
I use one of those saws and I have had great results using water,RV antifreeze and borax. I paired it with the HarborFreight 10" diamond saw blade they also sell for something like $30 or $40. A bit wide but also nice and strong. And actually has lasted quite a long while. As long as you keep the lube running well it does a fine job. One tip, take and bore out the two water spray holes to the blade. They are made very small and not well aimed. The outer one slides out of the plastic frame. Also, you will want to work out some kind of vice. The sliding table is actually very smooth and accurate, but attaching a rock to it is a problem. I drilled through the table and made a clamp with long bolts coming up thru bottom. With care you get a very smooth cut.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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Post by panamark on Dec 3, 2013 9:06:07 GMT -5
That is really a small museum. Fantastic. I hope we don't see Tony cleaning this out some day and posting it as his latest "Rock Haul", LOL!
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Post by panamark on Dec 2, 2013 20:57:27 GMT -5
Back when I was in college, some friends and I used to collect specimens for a biological supply house. My friends wanted to collect whale lice and whale barnacles at the last whaling station operating in the US at Pt. Molate, Calif. I was asked to take a tour with them and it was freaking gross. Blood and guts almost knee deep and the smell simply cannot be described except it weren't nice at all *L*. I decided to opt out of that particular job which was perhaps stupid since my friends made a bundle on that particular collecting effort. My dad of course was a taxidermist and I worked for the college museum but some jobs were just to dirty even for me *L*......Mel Wow, that was quite a while ago wasn't it Mel? Seems like that station has been closed for a long time Too bad Mike from Dirty Jobs couldn't do that on TV once.
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Post by panamark on Dec 2, 2013 20:29:03 GMT -5
Yeah, Matra Mountains moss is some of the most beautiful in the world. Great lighting and photography in the pics helps a lot too. The few examples I've seen in person don't seem to pop as much as the ones pictured but they were not out in bright sunlight. Very cool that the guy who posted these was able to really capture the sunlight colors....Mel Those are incredibly vivid colors. In fact I have never seen such reds and oranges in person. I have to say that I am highly suspicious of rocks on black backgrounds as they are extremely easy to photoshop to supersaturate the colors and it is hard to detect. Not saying this is the case here, but I sure would like to see some other known reference colors in the shot. I know of other rock picture cases where the reds were this incredible and yes, it was a case of manipulation. Anyway though, those are really gorgeous stones.
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Post by panamark on Dec 1, 2013 20:39:29 GMT -5
I tried to google it. It's amazing how many industries have the need for a "slab grabber". My favorite is the one for the fishing industry! Some people call crappies (pronounced crop-pees) "slabs". Not sure why, except perhaps because when you fillet them you get thin delicious slabs. For that matter, some people call crop-pees as crap-pees. Like pecan: pee-can, pee-con, pacan, etc. I prefer not to call anything I eat crap-pee or pee-can, ha.
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