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Post by woodman on Aug 29, 2022 9:35:32 GMT -5
Was out at hampton butte Friday and got a few small pieces, nothing to write home about. also stumbled across a large pine, see photo, in The post area. Also found a few small pieces of Sycamore that i will be working up shortly! ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1661741482/jmhwharcosfnb0qziwys.jpg) This one is about 30 inches in diameter. needless to say, it is still there! Oops I caught you mid post and didn't see the pix... great find! When I first tried posting the photo it was too large and i had go back and make it smaller!
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Post by woodman on Aug 28, 2022 21:43:59 GMT -5
Was out at hampton butte Friday and got a few small pieces, nothing to write home about. also stumbled across a large pine, see photo, in The post area. Also found a few small pieces of Sycamore that i will be working up shortly! ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1661741482/jmhwharcosfnb0qziwys.jpg) This one is about 30 inches in diameter. needless to say, it is still there!
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Post by woodman on Jul 23, 2022 12:22:23 GMT -5
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1658596865/b9i6dk4g9hrwdbulkrsm.jpg) Nothing new so I dug in the file pit and found 4this one. Nice sphere on a 4 inch vase. Stinking Watewr Oak root again.
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Post by woodman on Jul 14, 2022 9:56:14 GMT -5
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1657810479/orn3pfv63tn5vbh8t8zf.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1657810542/zb4dutkbhc5bbvsb35dk.jpg) Lucky Strike wit4h the red and a nice Succor Creek egg!
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Post by woodman on Jul 11, 2022 12:21:58 GMT -5
Did you get the big slabs lapped? Talk about hand holding made me remember you had one to do! I still have t4he sweep off of my lap. got a few more big ones to lap one of these days! lol i just pulled those out yesterday when cleaning my shop and thought time to get these done no wonder my ears were burnin Clean out your shop? Are you supposed 4to do that?
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Post by woodman on Jul 9, 2022 15:26:49 GMT -5
Polished this small piece of Stinking Water Oak ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1657398400/k1caqq07tlwr4cyta9eu.jpg) today.
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Post by woodman on Jun 30, 2022 20:18:20 GMT -5
I would flood all cracks with superthin CA glue. it wicks in better!
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Post by woodman on Jun 29, 2022 16:52:59 GMT -5
you can get diamond magnetic pads in diffrent grits and you can hold them on with your hands or you can build a fence around the plate and slow it down a bit and use grit Flat lap by Roy Kessell, on Flickr i meant hold the slab by hand lol Did you get the big slabs lapped? Talk about hand holding made me remember you had one to do! I still have t4he sweep off of my lap. got a few more big ones to lap one of these days!
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Post by woodman on Jun 26, 2022 17:47:03 GMT -5
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1656283452/yhd7gselmwhwjbdogtcd.jpg) Fished with the cutting, miscalculated a bit, the last one ended up a bit thicker, but I have plent4y for what I am doing with these. Still glued to the host. I will put it in an oven to break the superglue bond.
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Post by woodman on Jun 25, 2022 16:47:33 GMT -5
I have a 36 inch flat lap that I use to remove saw marks. I use wa3ter and 120 grit. Then I go to a bull wheel 100 grit belt then 400 grit and then on to the polish machine. Hello: I saw your reply above and I appreciate it. If possible would be grateful for help with some related questions: 1.) As I am used to the 6 wheeled cabbing machine with the 80, 220, 325, 600, 1200 and 3000 diamond wheels, its hard to understand how it`s possible to go from a flat lap with 120 grit to a bull wheel with 100 and then 400 grits directly to polish. But I have heard of similar techniques, including here inm South America, and so there is definately something working well with this method. But in essnce, what is the dynamic in this case that allows for skipping so many grits before going to polish? 2.) Do you use an original 12" bull wheel with SIC belts. I heard that 12" belts are not available in diamond. 3.) Have heard of people using 8 x 3 inch expandiable drum as sort of a cheaper alternative of the original bull wheel. What are your tought about this option? 4.) As I understand, bull type heels are generally run dry when using SIC belts. But if using diamond belts, I would assume that water must be applied. #2 I use the 12 bull wheel with SIC belts. Run dry with a respirator. I recon I could use some 220 grit after the 120, but I find that 120 works good on the flat lap. The 100 grit belts are used on hard agate before I do petrified wood with them, not so aggressive that way. Sometimes i go directly to the polish machine after the 100 sic belts. depends on material and what it looks like. the used 400 SIC belts are pretty smooth after some use. I use diamond pads at times on large slabs and you do have to do all of the different "grits", if not you will see scratches and will have to ack up and redo it. #3 I used a 8 x 3 expandable drum at first, but it is no comparison to a bull wheel. I found a good used bull wheel. #4 I run SIC belts dry but have never tried diamond belts and they probably would need water. I know a guy who uses water with SIC belts on bull wheel. just a bit messy. Thanks again!!
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Post by woodman on Jun 25, 2022 10:40:10 GMT -5
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Post by woodman on Jun 23, 2022 9:42:25 GMT -5
I have a 36 inch flat lap that I use to remove saw marks. I use wa3ter and 120 grit. Then I go to a bull wheel 100 grit belt then 400 grit and then on to the polish machine.
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Post by woodman on Jun 19, 2022 21:12:10 GMT -5
I tried this on a large rock and the oil turned the cardboard to mush. Small rocks, water glass. Large rocks, wood glue. Both glued to a board. Did with 48 inch saw, took two of us to lift the piece to be glued on, no problems, starbond superglue!
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Post by woodman on Jun 19, 2022 18:38:21 GMT -5
Bob, I seem to remember you doing that trick with a piece of lumber. I'm guessing this way gives you a slightly straighter slab on the last cut? I have seen photos of the wood idea but have never done it myself. this works good for me!
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Post by woodman on Jun 19, 2022 17:42:04 GMT -5
I am cutting a Brazilian agate and wanted to cut the res4t of the agate also into slabs. This is the system I use. I cut a piece of pet wood slightly larger than the agate, using super glue I glued a piece of cardboard to the wood, 4then glued the agate to the cardboard. Both pieces were degreased before gluing. By leaving the pet wood in vise, i get parallel slabs right up to the card board. ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1655678511/ag1ynabxnoixpyfqjyyo.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1655678483/nurkhdxxxnbsskpq7ntl.jpg)
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Post by woodman on Jun 6, 2022 20:48:12 GMT -5
Sometimes you just ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1654566366/ldxmrk20xtfuy7cz3mrn.jpg) ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1654566412/z2gguegdvw9bpwfvlz6k.jpg) have to look for somet4hing besides Rocks! Morel Mushrooms!
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Post by woodman on May 21, 2022 15:58:06 GMT -5
Been working on this one for long time. Think I am done with it!! ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1653165752/omz4ckiaygburmc5xkbi.jpg) Stinking Water Oak. Miocene about 25 inches across. That is awesome! How did you cut it up? 36 inch saw? That's a masterpiece. Are you going to make a table out of it? Look in the upper left of photo, drag saw. Probably go on a wall.
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Post by woodman on May 21, 2022 15:43:03 GMT -5
Been working on this one for long time. Think I am done with it!! ![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1653165752/omz4ckiaygburmc5xkbi.jpg) Stinking Water Oak. Miocene about 25 inches across.
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Post by woodman on May 17, 2022 9:37:05 GMT -5
woodman Bob, you always seem to identify your pet wood. Do you use a reference book to help with this or is it from your expertise on the subject? To start with, Stinking Water wood is just about the easiest to ID. Yes I use several but the best is "Identifying wood by R Bruce Hoadley" The book is about modern day wood but for the most part thee cell structure has not changed all that much. I have friends that know more than I that i fall back on from time to time.
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Post by woodman on May 14, 2022 20:28:50 GMT -5
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/dngs9wsgg/image/upload/v1652578017/gebck0ra8nj40znf84dx.jpg) This rather large chunk of Stinking Water elm resides in my shop. Can't figure out a place for it in the houses!! Meant to give it to a niece last month, but let her get away before I remembered to load it in her rig!
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