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Post by sandsman1 on Jun 9, 2004 20:20:19 GMT -5
i was talking to a woman i was buying rock from and we started talking about slabbing rock, and she said if you are useing oil get a dish pan and some kitty litter and fill pan and when you finish a slab just bury it in the litter and it soaks up the oil without mess, it works great i was useing rags to wipe the slabs and i had oily rags everywear now after it soaks up the oil i just wipe the dust from the litter off, its alot easyer and it was cheap i payed a buck for the pan at the dollar store and 2 bucks for ten lb of litter seeyas---john
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Post by cookie3rocks on Jun 9, 2004 21:44:14 GMT -5
What a great idea! Oily rags laying around are probably a fire just lookin for a spark. Works on oil leaks on your driveway so I guess that makes sense. I would think saw dust would work too, but talk about flamable cookie PS whered your mug go? thought we had a new member. I like it though
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Post by docone31 on Jun 9, 2004 22:09:14 GMT -5
Sandman, I will have to keep that idea on the back burner. I am converting my saw to oil, I am not happy with cool tool. I clogged up the basin and primary bearing with a solidified flake of cool tool crud. I am going to try Penzoil 5W-20 with a little diesel. I like your prism logo, Let the Floyd be with You. Sooner or later, we will all take a Journey to the Center of the Sun.
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Post by sandsman1 on Jun 9, 2004 22:44:10 GMT -5
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Post by cookie3rocks on Jun 9, 2004 23:01:23 GMT -5
That's sooo cool Where did that come from? A very talented person turned that out. cookie
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Post by sandsman1 on Jun 9, 2004 23:14:52 GMT -5
i dont know where i found it cookie on the net somewear but it is realy cool and not just because of the hinies hahahaha
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Post by docone31 on Jun 9, 2004 23:18:47 GMT -5
Dude, way to go!!! Lets ring the Division Bell. Years ago, I met Roger Waters, got to sit in with Nick Mason, he played, I watched and just went bonkers, and later David Gilmore, with long hair mind you, played with us for an early rendition of Comfortably Numb at an informal gig. No one had heard it before and the place went dead silent. Syd just disappeared, right after the happening, and I have sponen to him since. He is a brilliant keyboard artist and the Albatros rings in my head. Most of my creations are made to the Floyd. Even when my wife can't stand it anymore and turns it off, I still hear the Floyd. After I lost the use of most of my left hand, no more guitar, but the memories. Gads, are we freeze dried hippies, Did we go into the desert and got lost? When we came out, are we re-incarnated stoners. The permutations abound. Even through the limits of this silicone brained anti-thistical anti christ. Memories.
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Post by sandsman1 on Jun 10, 2004 0:44:18 GMT -5
hahaha cool huh doc makes me wanna roll one up and put dark side of the moon on hahaha -its been awile
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Post by docone31 on Jun 10, 2004 1:20:24 GMT -5
The good ol' days, wow. It has been too many miles and too few smiles, but I still remember them. This has been the strangest life I have ever lived. I take great solace in us. It has helped me get out of a real slump in the jewelery. I had gotten heavy handed and delicate work got average. A lot of times I read this forum from the e-mail response just to be anynomous. It has helped me feel connected. I got lost in the desert, and I came out the Lizard King and I thought I could do anything. Reality however taught me something else. The more things change, the more they remain the same. It is good knowing you.
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Post by sandsman1 on Jun 10, 2004 1:52:27 GMT -5
doc i remember about 20 yrs ago me and a buddy where living in wildwood for the summer and we had a friend that worked at the spectrum where all the big concerts are in phila and she calls us at the shore and says i got superbox seats for floyd animals and you can have them,, we where very populer back then we allways had the good taste hahaha and she knew she would be well takin care of,, well i called in sick i was working on the boardwalk so i worked from like 6 to 2am i went picked him up on my bike and we shot for phila we only had a couple hrs to get there hahaha think we hit phila in about 1hr and 15 mins its like a 90 mile run hahaha it was one of the best concerts i ever seen when they did pigs they had a giant inflatable pig that came out and floated around the spectrum i guess on a cable had to be like 75 or 100 foot long
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Post by stoner on Jun 10, 2004 2:31:44 GMT -5
Greetings from Haight-Ashbury. Wow, I didn't figure either one of you guys as former mind expanders. Cool. I'm not alone here.
Hey John, I didn't see "Uma Gumma" represented in your picture. That is actually one of my favorite Floyd albums. Oh yea. Great tip on getting the oil off the rocks. I tried laquer thinner, and it worked well(and I love the smell of it) but I thought at some point it may have an ill effect on the rocks.
Now all we need to do is play an old Cheech&Chong album and really get this forum laughing.
later, Ed
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Post by docone31 on Jun 10, 2004 3:11:10 GMT -5
Dude, I walked into the desert, got lost, came out somewhere, not quite sure where but it was an happening. Met this dude, he used to get high on drugs, now he gets high on life. He showed me this dude and his old lady. I went, right on, and he was a child of god. Alice, his old lady and he, set me on a path. He had the key. He told me, use it at the right time, you will know when. Well you could get anything you want except Alice, so I walked on down the hall. I took the face from the ancient gallery and behold, it was Santa and his Old Lady. So here was this guy getting getting high on life and going Whoa!, just like Randy of the Redwoods. I was singing Panama Red, just like before, Lou was shouting Hey Baby, take a walk on the wild side!!!! I asked him where Dave was, he said Dave was not here. Dave was shouting, let me in, I need the key!!! He was saying Dave is not here, go away. I knew something was up, Buddy Holly died the day and moment I was born, the crowd was moving like wheat in the wind, the cat peed in the Cradle, Sue hated my guts and wanted the twenty dollar bill back, Sweet Judy Blue eyes threw Steve the heck out, Dave was still frozen in the armchair, We all took the bread, the key, got into the sleigh did some magic dust and flew around the world. We stopped where we started and the music had died. The hotel is a condo, we not only checked out, the world went around and we did not see. Steeley knives are not politically correct, wine comes in boxes. Where am I, is this my wife, is this my life, how did I get here, who are you, who am I, what do I want, how will I know if what I want is what I need? Believe it or not, stones make more sense. How is that for a babble? At least in the silence of the stone, the beauty shouts louder. The more subtle, the more crescendo in the play and angles. The stone in silence speaks more loudly than the clanging of bells. If we had seen what the stone has seen, would we worry so much. It has been a privilege to have been a part of this forum. It has perhaps been the only sane thing I have experienced for many years. However, if he is not careful with that axe, one of these days he will be cut into little pieces. Who would imagine, kitty litter would have been such an entry into the Floyd. Let the Floyd be with you. Too much coffee.
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Post by mrbrett on Jun 10, 2004 7:09:56 GMT -5
You guys are wild! i do the same thing but use oil dry that you can pick up at the hardware store. Hey Doc mineral oil works good. I got it in my 20" saw. it is about $5.00 gal.
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Post by creativeminded on Jun 10, 2004 10:27:12 GMT -5
If you are worried about the oily rags you could always wash your slabs with dawn soap it is a great grease cutter. I have even used it to get some motor oil out of a pair of pants as well as some oil that has stayed in a shirt of my dads, that had gone through several washings and still hadn't come out. I figure if dawn is safe enough to work on cotton then it should be okay to use on rock. Just have a tub filled with water and dawn and put the cut piece in the tub.
Tami
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RedwoodRocks
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since March 2003
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Post by RedwoodRocks on Jun 10, 2004 13:46:15 GMT -5
I am like Tami, I was using Dawn and water to clean off the oil! I saw something on the internet about using the "cheap" unscented kitty litter for cleaning the oil off slabs. I guess the rocks don't care if the kitty litter is scented or not LOL.
Guys, Speaking of Floyd, if I was really young, I would be wondering what you were talking about. Floyd is slightly (very slightly) before my time.
Now I am just a former DeadHead. Well, I guess they have re-incarnated themselves as the The Dead with Jerry gone.
Cal
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Post by cookie3rocks on Jun 10, 2004 14:07:39 GMT -5
I want what Don's having.
cookie
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Post by krazydiamond on Jun 10, 2004 17:04:34 GMT -5
well, i am just Amused To Death, love the rant by docone31....you could almost call that poetry. almost. hey, i saw the Pig on a cable at the Floyd tour in 1987, i think it was to promote the Momentary Lapse of Reason album....oooo, CD. HA!
the more i read the posts in here the more i feel at home. meanwhile, i keep polishing my rocks....Floyd give me patience.
KD
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Post by krazydiamond on Jun 10, 2004 17:10:58 GMT -5
well i am just Amused to Death, loved the rant by docone31, almost poetry there...almost. Hey i say the Pig on the cable in 1987 for the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour.
the more i read this site the more i feel like home, meanwhile, i keep polishing my rocks....Floyd give me patience.
KD
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Post by krazydiamond on Jun 10, 2004 17:15:17 GMT -5
well i am just Amused to Death, loved the rant by docone31, almost poetry there...almost. Hey i saw the Pig on the cable in 1987 for the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour.
the more i read this site the more i feel like home, meanwhile, i keep polishing my rocks....Floyd give me patience.
KD
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Post by krazydiamond on Jun 10, 2004 17:23:38 GMT -5
whoops, technical difficulties beyond my control...sorry about that.....
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