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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jan 2, 2011 18:42:43 GMT -5
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Post by mohs on Jan 2, 2011 19:05:27 GMT -5
That's a beautiful hand crafted gizmo Donnie !
drilling~~~ long slow laborious
and expensive!
those diamond burrs are costly !
geesh!
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Post by rockmanken on Jan 2, 2011 19:29:59 GMT -5
Donnie, if you go to Lowe's you can get brass wingnuts that won't rust.
There is no fast way to drill.
Ken
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jan 2, 2011 19:55:23 GMT -5
OK, thanks, I didn't know brass wouldn't rust. I thought stainless steel wouldn't rust too. Although, brass is probably cheaper! I actually used a diamond drill bit, a very small one.
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Post by Bikerrandy on Jan 2, 2011 20:08:25 GMT -5
The stainless won't rust either. Yep, drilling holes takes a very long time, I did three of them a couple years ago and haven't done any since. I have a nice Dremel, only used three times ;D
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NDK
Cave Dweller 
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Post by NDK on Jan 2, 2011 20:33:30 GMT -5
Cool gadget Donnie.
The only thing that will happen is the stainless and the aluminum eventually will react and you'll get some corrosion between them (that may be what Ken was referring to). I would think the sea air would speed that process up, so it's probably best to take them apart to store them.
Nate
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chromenut
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by chromenut on Jan 2, 2011 20:53:49 GMT -5
Donnie you are so creative! Always giving me great ideas. I have to post up my stone holder, if I can find the darned thing...
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Post by tandl on Jan 3, 2011 9:43:01 GMT -5
Cool Donnie  what is the stone , in the first pictures ? |
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ssexton
having dreams about rocks
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Post by ssexton on Jan 3, 2011 12:24:05 GMT -5
what kind of bit did you use
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jan 3, 2011 13:35:29 GMT -5
Tandl, that is agatized coral from central Florida! Ssexton, I used a very small diamond bit.
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colliel82
has rocks in the head
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Post by colliel82 on Jan 7, 2011 15:07:16 GMT -5
Love this idea. It looks very useful.
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spicer m
spending too much on rocks
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Post by spicer m on Jan 10, 2011 22:46:31 GMT -5
Good idea, thanks or the tip.
Mike
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Post by frane on Jan 18, 2011 10:02:19 GMT -5
Great idea Donnie! I never have enough hands when I am working on something and that seems to get the job done!
Fran
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I knew it wouldn't go fast, but geeze, not that long!
I knew it wouldn't go fast, but geeze, not that long!
what is the stone , in the first pictures ?
