Ah buggah to blast...
Man that sure would look pretty slabed and polished. You ever thought about doing any thing like that on the side STUD?
Hard to crack if it doesn't have any grain! It took lots of heat & pressure to make that!
It's very pretty!
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Originally posted by 5B-RanchMan that sure would look pretty slabed and polished. You ever thought about doing any thing like that on the side STUD?
It would be nice...
But a lot of $..to do that..
To be honest..i did think of that lookin at that rock..
That sure would be gourjus ..
Fire place stone...
Done right almost spectaculiar..
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Originally posted by bubbalouieHard to crack if it doesn't have any grain! It took lots of heat & pressure to make that!
Yeah...
Impressave ..huh..?! :0)
Real nice counter top..too..
I was watching an educational program talking about the volcanoes that formed the Hawaiian Islands. New Islands are forming as the plates drift over a hot spot, older islands are sinking back into the ocean. Erosion is the enemy of the islands, the porous, volcanic rock is soft and easy to erode. Not like that hard rock there.
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Originally posted by STUD figmo AlThat sure would be gourjus ..
Fire place stone...
Done right almost spectaculiar..
Sure would, but that kind of rock doesn't cleave well. Maybe if it cooked a few more thousand years.
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Originally posted by DC5quote:
Originally posted by STUD figmo AlThat sure would be gourjus ..
Fire place stone...
Done right almost spectaculiar..Sure would, but that kind of rock doesn't cleave well. Maybe if it cooked a few more thousand years.
No cleave ..saw cut..
Drift from the subject at hand. But Randy D. (MOPAC). Was thinking about you the other day. How you doing?
Al, out here in the west all of our rock is either standing on edge and folded or just plain folded. We also have table mountains that are old lava flows that have a bottom to them and if your holes terminate too close to the bottom, all the energy goes straight down and the only thing you break is the boss' heart.
On the other hand, we do have diced and columnar basalt and blasting that is wonderfully easy. I always called it "hero rock" for what it did to my reputation.
All successful blasters are also amateur geologists, whether they know it or not.
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Originally posted by WesBAl, out here in the west all of our rock is either standing on edge and folded or just plain folded. We also have table mountains that are old lava flows that have a bottom to them and if your holes terminate too close to the bottom, all the energy goes straight down and the only thing you break is the boss' heart.
On the other hand, we do have diced and columnar basalt and blasting that is wonderfully easy. I always called it "hero rock" for what it did to my reputation.
All successful blasters are also amateur geologists, whether they know it or not.
Been there...
Done that..
N..
Got the tshirt.. ;0)
That's'ah big ..A-firm-ah-tive...!
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Originally posted by STUD figmo Alquote:
Originally posted by DC5quote:
Originally posted by STUD figmo AlThat sure would be gourjus ..
Fire place stone...
Done right almost spectaculiar..Sure would, but that kind of rock doesn't cleave well. Maybe if it cooked a few more thousand years.
No cleave ..saw cut..
Did you try it with your new band saw? 
