[TheForge] Re: TheForge Digest, Vol 47, Issue 23canaries on stone

Tue Dec 11 21:06:47 EST 2007

Don,
if the canary was on a branch with roots that gripped
the stone no drilling would be necessary but this may
be tangential thinking.
Lee Robbins

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>    3. Re: Turkey Fryers (Daniel Kretchmar)
>    4. RE: Finishing  (Andy Gladish)
>    5. Re: Drilling stone (Peter Fels and Phoebe
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>    6. Re: Turkey Fryers (Jerry Smith)
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> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:18:03 -0600 (CST)
> From: <craig.schaefer at verizon.net>
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> Yeah, they're bad, but you don't need a spray booth.
>  Just don't spray them in your kitchen.  Outside
> with a slight breeze will work.  Depending on your
> neighborhood.
> You can always have a bodyshop spray them for cheap.
>  They have all the equipment and don't have to prep
> the parts....
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> >craig.schaefer at verizon.net wrote:
> >> Automotive clear coat urethane.   Even the lower
> priced brands will last forever indoors.  Gloss is
> infinitely adjustable.
> >> Downside is that if you're just gearing up, might
> cost you as much as powdercoat.  Future projects
> will be cheaper once you have a spray gun, etc...
> >>
> >> CraigS
> >> Gresham, OR
> >>
> >>   
> >And fresh air system and positive pressure spraying
> booth.   The new 
> >automotive clears are catalyzed with isocyanates. 
> Nasty stuff.
> >
> >Charles
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> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:22:22 -0800
> From: James Binnion <jbin at well.com>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Drilling stone
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> A 1" diamond core drill bit is $77 from
> Mcmaster-Carr but you will  
> need to buy or more likely rent the drill rig to
> operate it as they  
> have a threaded shank that does not fit the standard
> portable drills.  
> They need to run at different speed and with coolant
> or you will burn  
> the diamonds off the end of the bit.
> 
> Jim
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> James Binnion
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> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:29:39 -0600
> From: "Daniel Kretchmar" <dan at irontreeworks.com>
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>  Jerry
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> 
> > I melt pewter in a dutch oven on a turkey fryer
> burner.  Just be careful
> > that you never use the dutch oven for food,
> however.  You don't want to play
> > with lead poisoning!
> 
> 
> Dan
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:36:04 -0800
> From: "Andy Gladish" <gladish at cablerocket.com>
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Finishing 
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> > I'm trying to seal the steel curtain rods and
> hardware I just made,
> > but need some ideas on what to use.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> 
> I use spray lacquer- not acrylic, but the real
> lacquer, for projects where I
> want the colors to stay. It actually gets harder in
> the presence of
> moisture- though I wouldn't call it a waterproof
> finish by any means.
> Andy G.
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> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:25:00 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
> From: Peter Fels and Phoebe Palmer
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> Don, Chinese Diamond core drills cheap and effective
> in hard stuff...build a little clay damn around the
> hole and fill it with water...put the core drill in
> a slow drill press and pulse ther pressure so the
> water can get under the bit...break the core loose
> when you.ve gone down the depth of the bit and
> repeat.....pete f
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