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Post by 1dave on Jun 12, 2014 17:41:18 GMT -5
Dave, glad you like it! When wielding it, you just have to “Be careful, be vewy, vewy careful. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" Whenever we go dig in the dirt at our friend's pegmatite claim, I am always offered heavy duty work gloves, which I refuse to wear. I like to be able to move my hands and feel what I am doing, and besides, gloves are for wimps! I am more likely to whack the back of my hand into something (large rock, bush branches), and either bruise it or take a hunk of skin off it. Not much meat there, and thin old skin (when did I get my mom's hands?). I have yet to stab myself in the foot with it, lol. Out on the job years ago one of my working opponents said: "The only thing I can do with gloves on is pee my pants."
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Post by 1dave on Jun 19, 2014 11:53:31 GMT -5
Cool. Basically a big slide hammer. Now that's given me a couple of ideas, which is bad, because I have too many things going on already. Did you find any cool rocks? Russ That is the plan, jog people out of their ruts! Lots of granite, some 2 billion year old gneiss, a few chunks of snowflake obsidian, a tiny little red two year old girl's cowboy boot that was lost out on the hillside. rockpowell slabbed up a chunk of snowflake obsidian we found. notice the pink layers of feldspar on the early cristobalite spheroids.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 19, 2014 19:50:24 GMT -5
I have to build myself one of those!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2014 13:06:51 GMT -5
1dave, I have to visit you so I can fill my truck! You have so much stuff to collect.
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Post by 1dave on Jun 20, 2014 13:41:45 GMT -5
1dave, I have to visit you so I can fill my truck! You have so much stuff to collect. You are welcome any time. Plan on staying a week, the material is spread out.
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billg22
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Post by billg22 on Jun 20, 2014 13:43:07 GMT -5
I see there are "Rock Splitters" that weigh 2-1/2, 5, 10 pounds. What weight would be useful. How long should the bar be? I must have some issues of late, all my post are about smashing, crushing and breaking.
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Post by Rockoonz on Jun 20, 2014 15:24:32 GMT -5
billg22 Oh, but smashing crushing and breaking are so much fun If I were buying one I would go for the most weight that could be comfortably used. The distance between the stops for the slide is important too as well as the overall length in relation to the height and strength of the user.
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Post by 1dave on Jun 20, 2014 22:15:34 GMT -5
I see there are "Rock Splitters" that weigh 2-1/2, 5, 10 pounds. What weight would be useful. How long should the bar be? I must have some issues of late, all my post are about smashing, crushing and breaking. As I recall, Jared said his weighed 22 pounds. A LOT to pack in the field, but if you are serious . . .
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