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Post by QuailRiver on Nov 3, 2016 13:36:50 GMT -5
Mine doesn't have eyebolts on the top like this one does. Were those installed to hoist it up for cleaning? I don't take the top off for cleaning, I just reach inside with a square butter tub and scoop out as much as I can. Picking it up is way too heavy and messy. Hoisting it up from the ceiling would be a great idea though. Yes, the previous owner installed the eyebolts so he could use a pulley connected to the rafters above to lift the lid for cleaning. I'm still able to do this manually by myself but the previous owner was much older than I am now so he installed these to make it easier for himself. When cleaning this type of saw I always first lift the top just enough to put 3/4" thick wood blocks under the corners (on the top edges of the pan). And use a squeegee to scrape the oil/sludge on the lower portion of the saw into the pan. Then I lay a plastic trash bag beside the saw to lift the saw down onto while I empty and clean the pan. It's not too messy this way. Larry C. |
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Post by QuailRiver on Nov 3, 2016 13:23:34 GMT -5
Can a saw like this be ran indoors without causing oil to end up everywhere? I have a small "room" under our front porch steps, but don't want oil getting into the rest of the basement. When using this model saw I drape a rag over the lid of to prevent mist from escaping into the air while it's running. But if opening too soon after the saw stops, then airborne mist escapes. But that stated, I've never been a proponent of using slab saws with oil anywhere in a living space. If there is no shop or garage space to use a saw then I would recommend putting the saw on a cart with wheels and rolling it outside in the shade to use. Then roll it back when finished. Larry C. |
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Post by QuailRiver on Nov 1, 2016 23:46:28 GMT -5
This lot is sold. Thank you everyone!
Larry C.
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Post by QuailRiver on Nov 1, 2016 12:58:40 GMT -5
Hi djaxon, Jamest1961 PMed about this lot a few hours before you posted your interest. If he doesn't take the lot then it's yours. Regards, Larry C. |
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 31, 2016 19:01:23 GMT -5
Interesting! Thanks! I remember all that good stuff. Yeah, as a kid Lon Chaney Sr. (The Man of a Thousand Faces) was one of my childhood heroes. So when Imagineering started producing their line of horror make-up they got my full attention...and a portion of my lawn mowing money! Larry C. |
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 31, 2016 18:52:59 GMT -5
i am sorry if some one else wants it go ahead i just spent my allowance on rocks from some other link on here going to ebay is the rock about 3ocock in the bottom pic howlite? No problem. The rock at 3 o'clock in the bottom photo is Crazy Lace Agate . Due to my poor photography skills the color and detail got washed out of the lighter toned rocks in the photos. Larry C. |
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 31, 2016 17:53:02 GMT -5
Here's a video about the company that originally made "Scar Stuff", Vampire Blood" and other Halloween Make-Up.
Larry C.
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 29, 2016 23:34:28 GMT -5
I agree with SHOTGUNNER ABOUT SLAB #1. Slab #2 looks like material one of the guys in our local rock club brought back from one of his summer collecting trips out west back in the 1970s. If I remember correctly it was one of the varieties of "Wonderstone" (rhyolite) All of it he had was red/pink/white. No yellows, creams or tans like some of the other varieties have. I can't remember the location where he said he collected it.
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 27, 2016 23:30:06 GMT -5
*SOLD to osuguy0391. Thank you! PM sent.
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 27, 2016 23:29:07 GMT -5
*SOLD to Spiceman. Thank you guys! PM sent.
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 27, 2016 19:08:37 GMT -5
That's grest photography skillz#!! Thanks! But I'm afraid a lot of the detail got washed out on the lighter colored rocks especially. I'm not good at photography and struggle with it more than any other skill I've ever tried to learn. Larry C. |
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 27, 2016 1:39:00 GMT -5
Lot #1 MFRB 25+lbs of Mixed Lapidary Rough *SOLD* I'm going to post three separate lots each a MFRB of mixed Lapidary Rough. Some faced, some heels, and some rough mixed in each lot. And if it doesn't break site rules I'll post these auction style (if it does let me know and I'll take them down) with a starting bid of $25 for each lot plus $13.45 shipping via USPS Priority Medium Flat Rate Box anywhere in the United States. Sorry, no international shipping. The bidding will end tonight (Thursday night) at mid-night (eastern time zone). And let's stick with whole dollar increments please. Lot #1 contains 25+lbs including Riviera Agate, Snow Flake Obsidian, Unakite, Llanite, Burro Creek Agate, Maury Mountain Agate, Rhyolite, Jaspers and other misc materials. Much is suitable for slabbing/cabbing and some more suitable for reducing in size for tumbling. To give you an idea of scale the screen wire mesh in the background is 1/4" mesh. Photos show both front and back sides.           |
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 27, 2016 1:30:37 GMT -5
Lot #2 MFRB 24 lbs of Mixed Lapidary Rough I'm going to post three separate lots each a MFRB of mixed Lapidary Rough. Some faced, some heels, and some rough mixed in each lot. And if it doesn't break site rules I'll post these auction style (if it does let me know and I'll take them down) with a starting bid of $25 for each lot plus $13.45 shipping via USPS Priority Medium Flat Rate Box anywhere in the United States. Sorry, no international shipping. The bidding will end tonight (Thursday night) at mid-night (eastern time zone). And let's stick with whole dollar increments please. Lot #2 contains 24 lbs including Agatized Coprolite, Rocky Butte Jasper, Howlite, Crazy Lace Agate, Brazilian Agate, Larsonite, Petrified Dino Bone, and other misc materials. Much is suitable for slabbing/cabbing and some more suitable for reducing in size for tumbling. To give you an idea of scale the screen wire mesh in the background is 1/4" mesh. Photos show both front and back sides.      |
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 27, 2016 1:26:52 GMT -5
Lot #3 MFRB 24+lbs of Mixed Lapidary Rough - Picture Heavy I'm going to post three separate lots each a MFRB of mixed Lapidary Rough. Some faced, some heels, and some rough mixed in each lot. And if it doesn't break site rules I'll post these auction style (if it does let me know and I'll take them down) with a starting bid of $25 for each lot plus $13.45 shipping via USPS Priority Medium Flat Rate Box anywhere in the United States. Sorry, no international shipping. The bidding will end tonight (Thursday night) at mid-night (eastern time zone). And let's stick with whole dollar increments please. Lot #3 contains 24+lbs including Mexican Flame Agate, Wonderstone (Rhyolite), Crazy Lace Agate, Brazilian Agate, Graveyard Plume Agate, Bird's Eye Rhyolite, Chrysocolla, Imperial Jasper, and other misc materials. Much is suitable for slabbing/cabbing and some more suitable for reducing in size for tumbling. To give you an idea of scale the screen wire mesh in the background is 1/4" mesh. Photos show both front and back sides.            |
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 24, 2016 15:04:09 GMT -5
For agates, IMO a 301 is best by far. Larry C. |
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 24, 2016 11:32:00 GMT -5
I assume this is your saw listed here: phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/for/5841556662.html If so it appears to be in fairly good shape. The gold painted Lortones were made in the 1960s. Lapidary equipment prices vary in different parts of the country. I'm in the Southeast and not a lot of used lapidary saws come up for sale around here. Assuming that everything works properly and that the blade runs true, I would expect to get about $400-450 for it in my area. Larry C. |
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 23, 2016 15:29:02 GMT -5
As Chuck mentioned many motors have a thermal overload protection feature which will automatically shut down a motor if it overheats when a rock shifts in the vise and binds the blade. While this feature on many motors works as Chuck describes where when the motor cools down the thermal protection overload switches back automatically, on some others (including the ones that came on my Lortone 12" and 14" saws) they have a small red reset button on the back that must manually be pushed in order to rest the motor after it cools down. So that might be worth checking into before breaking out the tools or calling Barranca Diamond.
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 6, 2016 16:48:32 GMT -5
Welcome to slaboholism!  It's an addiction that as far as I can tell is incurable! Love those Rio slices in the second photo! Larry C. |
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 5, 2016 19:03:42 GMT -5
Unfortunately there are not nearly as many good gem and mineral shows, and shops in the southeast as there were 30-40 years ago. Currently IMO the best place to buy cutting rough in person in the mid-Atlantic states is at Franklin, NC (just across the NC/GA border) shows around the last week of July each year. There are a five shows there the same week. The G&LW show is a wholesale show and to get into the main tent you have to have a resale tax number. But most (not all) of the dealers outside the main tent of that show will also sell retail. A few bigger dealers who sell rough at the G&LW show outside of the main tent are: El Paso Rock Shop, Gem Center USA, and Enter the Earth. Also during this same week in Franklin there are four other shows. Two outdoor shows where some cabbing rough and slabs can be found, and two indoor shows including the Franklin Faceter's Frolic where faceting rough and supplies can be found. The indoor show at the Community Center usually has a slab dealer or two but very little if any bulk rough. And then the following week (around the first week of August) each year in Spruce Pines, NC the G&LW show travels there plus there are two other shows including the Grassy Creek show. It's been many years since I've gone to the Spruce Pines show but the last time I did there were lots of rough and slab dealers at the Grassy Creek show. But I couldn't say if there still are. Maybe someone else here on the list has attended the Grassy Creek Show in the last couple of years and can update us on that? www.xpopress.com/north-carolina-gem-mineral-fossil-jewelry-shows-schedule.htmlLarry C. |
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Post by QuailRiver on Oct 1, 2016 0:14:38 GMT -5
Larry - yes I posted about looking for clear "backing" material for making doublets - I'm still searching if anyone knows where to get some...I'm looking for thin flat clear material to glue a plume agate down on top. I'll look around tomorrow and see what I can find. How many millimeters thick of a slab do you need? I assume you would want to have a little extra thickness to leave room to flat lap the saw marks out? And do you have a saw set up to slab small pieces that thin or does it need to be already slabbed? Larry C. |
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Now to order a new one. 301 or 303? That is the question. 
It's an addiction that as far as I can tell is incurable!
