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coasters! I just made two slate coasters for my pool-shootin' pop. He'll know what slate is.

I used a pocket knife to chase some splits--catch it right and it's practically ready for dry sanding...

I found my dumass up on a mountain today, in a race, on a bike...and looking at all the rocks

differently...

But, being not a total dumass, I was successful in keeping them out of my pockets. ...

it's the out-of-doors! let your boy pick up rocks too, or whatever. Call it a hike. go fishing too. Wait until summer and hunt for snakes and scorpions as well...

How much do you actually...

I have two more ready to test. I think one is from the yard stone, and the other is another piece from 10 miles North.

Now to figger which blade i'm going to use and grow some more whiskers...

Have you considered the USGS? Welcome to the USGS - U.S. Geological Survey

Of course it's not easy to navigate the massive dotgov site (never is). I found maps of my area somewhere--shows maybe...

It is possible but not likely. And saving money only works if you don't count your time and other expenses.

OTOH, little squared-off rocks can be used for all sorts of decorating too. I mean...

Well, those two are out. NEXT!

Might work for intermediate, but did not help edge off 8k tonight. So I went to Africa! Two fresh ZG jobs on the sink prepared for a showdown tonight.

These...

imgur was being difficult and then i used the wrong format and now it's fixed. hey whassa strange about that? :p

I believe the flaking helps...get us small enough rocks to tote. But yeah I like to have at least an inch of non-flaky in the middle. I check the broken side for an idea, then "trim" things up with...

Hey hey hey...

I used a circular saw and masonry blade to "great success" today. At least i have two now looking like hones. And now i'm thrilled that we had so many hard, deep freezes this...

I saw some quarry process on a show once (okay twice) where they were cutting large slabs (forgot) with diamond powder on a cable. Probably took whole days to make some cuts.

Which was bigger,...

Going to try the masonry blade today...this'll be dusty. I picked up a another few rocks yesterday.

lap lap lap lap lap I gotta cut some SMALLER and get a DMT double coarse. Going to try some...

So...i'm making slurry on the ZG with my BYR (back yard rock). Initial testing indicates a balanced edge.

Yeah, good stocking stuffers. :p

Got a fresh disc for my grinder and I was seen fondling concrete saws in the pawn shop today. They were all out of USB and LRT microscopes.





(LRT= Look...

I sorta forgot about the shale what with a Zulu in house...

Mine is black smoothness, feels like N8k, makes deep chocolate slurry, sparkles are light and scattered. Trick is digging through the...

over by the henways of course. ;)

Well I got a big enough smooth spot to slap steel to it, a sample from across the county about 10 miles.

The blade has a fresh bevel "in the making" (had...

I only cut under a flood of water. The hackthingie isn't too bad. But i'm taking a break! Black velvet is the approximate look/feel of this rock.

The halibut is flaking off the weathered...

The exposed shale-like stuff on my place turned out to be too "inclusive". BUT I picked up some goood looking shale from the side of the road yesterday. Hard freezes are good for SOME things!
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Oh good gravy, i blew some serious razor-honing time messing with shale!

SOFT! I slurried it on the Norton 1k _and_ 4k for shizims and giggles. The Norton 4k is really fragile for anyone who...

And the funny thing is, I've been up here "on the ridge" for 12 years now and always wanted to get some more shale for stepping stones,



NOW I get to kill two birds,




wait

So I just broke off a hunk of a stepping stone, from the yard of my house-but is a piece of the "Chattanooga Shale"* I am told. Rinsed it off and grabbed the first handy SS object, a small measuring...

Oh just CRAP, now i have another thing to hunt around for and hoard up in piles ...:banghead:

Where do i go to learn more about the specifics of the geologies to consider? There is a layer of...