cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Jan 19, 2017 21:39:08 GMT -5
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Jan 19, 2017 21:37:54 GMT -5
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Jan 9, 2017 18:04:07 GMT -5
paid 500, Oregon Coast area
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Jan 9, 2017 15:59:41 GMT -5
so cute, good deal, needs a new hat. I am thinking about having cigar box of rocks make one. I don't see these smaller HPs come around so often so I snagged it as fast as I could.
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Dec 30, 2016 20:02:56 GMT -5
nice entries all. My entry is another tree...I just went more literal. It even stands up on its own! It is from a slab of a Richardson Ranch thunderegg. The green moss reminded me of tree branches, and I kept the matrix for the trunk. More green in person, my point and shoot doesn't pick up the color well. here is a closeup of the slab here is the finished tree
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Dec 26, 2016 23:41:48 GMT -5
the local aviation industry and other military industries make parts out of some pretty exotic ceramics (made with carbon vapor deposition and other techniques). In any case, there are diamond tools available every now and then as industrial surplus. My Christmas present to myself this year was to pick up as much as I could, 10 cents on the dollar or better. all of it will require some work to adapt to lapidary practice, but I am excited to about the haul. suggestions for uses welcome. these are milling bits intended for a big cnc machine. 1/2" shaft, 1" covered with 15 or 80 grit diamond, cutting diameter is 3/4" 15 grit pictured, got 30+bits total bunch of scintered saw blades, 16", 2x14", 2x12" and a 6". the larger blades all have the huge arbor/hub hole, will have to think about how to make these usable. grinding wheels, these have a resin mesh layer about 3/16ths all around. 1"wide, 14" diameter and have a 5" hub hole. Got 120 grit, 220 grit and 5 micron. this monster is 20" diameter, 8" hub hole 80 grit solid wheel, weighs about 50 lbs and finally, I found a d14 poly arbor and its big brother at a rock sale. I plan to use the 12" poly arbor for the 14" resin mesh wheels above. Will have to make something serious for the big wheel. happy holidays
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Nov 7, 2016 12:23:08 GMT -5
trim saw, then drill, then shape the girdle
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Nov 6, 2016 22:01:11 GMT -5
I wanted to practice making some pendants. I still have to work on hole placement. Some recent cuts Rocky creek jasper Moss agate Montana agate Graveyard point Traveling rock box, yellow jelley Petrified wood Botswana agate Petrified wood Mid grade polka dot Bahaia agate Biggs Willamette river agate Unknown tube agate
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Nov 4, 2016 19:06:17 GMT -5
MrMike you box is in the mail. Aaand that's it folks I am out. Hope you enjoy the material.
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Post by cobbledstones on Nov 4, 2016 13:48:22 GMT -5
Thanks Cobbledstones, box arrived today, huge variety of tumble material will keep my barrels rolling for months. You're welcome James. Post some pics once you get some shining.
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Nov 1, 2016 15:04:56 GMT -5
jamest1961 and osuguy0301 your boxes are on the way. MrMike, you are up, pm me your address. I am getting toward the bottom of the pile. I hope you don't mind some saw sludge.
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Nov 1, 2016 14:52:22 GMT -5
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Post by cobbledstones on Oct 31, 2016 11:58:47 GMT -5
Hey nebskram, welcome to the forum! You are in on this. I am putting boxes together till I run out. You are #7 on the list right now.
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Oct 31, 2016 11:38:04 GMT -5
got boxes for dottyt and ubermenehune made up, going to the PO this AM to get more MFRBs. jamest1961 and osuguy0301 you are up next. PM me your address if you haven't already
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Oct 30, 2016 10:33:12 GMT -5
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Post by cobbledstones on Oct 29, 2016 21:56:18 GMT -5
I have 2 full 5 gallon buckets of saw scraps and end cuts from the last year. Decent tumbler material. I will put together as many MFRBs as I can. Free to new members with less than 200 posts. Just message here, first come first served.
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Sept 29, 2016 11:47:26 GMT -5
money pit for me, at least for now. I have thought about it, selling items. I just haven't gotten over that threshold to invest the additional time to create a sales outlet, as Chuck describes above. I suppose part of me struggles with it...Do I want to be an artist, artisan, crackpot, hobbyist or factory worker? Right now it is just fun to try and make things out of stone that I haven't made before. I guess that puts me in the crackpot category and I am ok with it.
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Post by cobbledstones on Sept 12, 2016 0:38:31 GMT -5
here is a cab from that material here are some of the zeolite clusters. I have found fist sized pieces that look like coral heads. They are plentiful, but don't show up in the main stem often. I think they are too soft and erode away. you can tell the difference between this and coral by inspecting the sprays. This zeolite is composed of small but regular shaped crystals, coral is not.
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Post by cobbledstones on Sept 11, 2016 22:44:51 GMT -5
Found this in the Willamette River here in Salem. Looks like a coral head to me, kind of resembles a Petoskey stone, but obviously not that being found here. Can't scratch it with a car key, gonna throw it in my rough barrel tomorrow. That looks like agate after zeolite to me. I have found a couple in the willamette before. If you go up in the headwaters more on the coast range you can find the zeolite (sometimes calles naturalite) in basalt that looks just like the sprays you see there. The zeolite is white, and resembles coral in its river tumbled state. Depending on the mineral replacement, the white spots may undercut when tnbled, but if not it should be striking when polished.
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cobbledstones
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Post by cobbledstones on Sept 11, 2016 16:51:26 GMT -5
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