blueangele
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Member since December 2003
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Post by blueangele on Jan 10, 2004 20:39:54 GMT -5
I figured I would kill two birds with one stone, my first question is I read somewhere on here to put rubber strips in the barrels to help 'trip' the rocks, how do you adhere the strips on? I was thinkin an old windshield wiper would be perfect. Also, if I want to do some basic shaping of rocks and drill holes in a few will a dremel do the job? I need a fairly inexpensive way to do it and figured a dremel would probably be the cheapest I could find.
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Post by docone31 on Jan 10, 2004 21:11:17 GMT -5
Just place the rubber strips in the bbl. I would think pieces of windshield wiper would be good. Most folks I have heard use rubber bands, cut in half. A dremel, unless you get the chuck head accessory, will be very expensive to drill stones. The most successful drilling technique I have used is to work harden copper wire, straighten it out, chuck it in the chuck. Make a well of clay, add water, grit, and lightly and slowly drill. The copper picks up the grit and is sacrificial. You will need to go lightly and constantly pick up the bit to pick up more grit. Unless you have a pinhole in the stone, diamond bits will self destruct. Mayan stone cutters used copper wire in a bow to slab stones. Larger stones, they used copper strips in a bow with grit. A standard dremel uses collet heads. They come in a package of four. You will need to get the chuck accessory to use wire. Most holes done for stones are .032, or 20 guage.
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WarrenA
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since November 2003
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Post by WarrenA on Jan 11, 2004 0:35:04 GMT -5
When I lined the barrel I made I used Shoe-goo to glue the rubber roof membrane to the plastic pipe. I use Shoe-goo a lot as an adhesive water proof and tough.
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