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16-May-2005
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Bonsai Doer
 
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Oregon and the Umpqua River Valley
My wife and I spent four days with my son, who moved to Oregon two years ago. With the purchase of the house two years ago, and the subsequent remodel, it was hard to make time for a visit.
We had the time now and made the trip two weeks ago. Seen some pretty countryside, got aqainted with my grandson who was barely a year old when they left, and had a nice time looking in the rivers for stones. My son took me to two places that he felt would give me the chance to find what I was looking for. He knows what I am looking for when it comes to stones. He spent many an hour with me over the last few decades pruning trees and even made me half a dozen bonsai pots. One of the best ones he made now cradles my trident maple. One stream and a river run thru the town where my son lives. He lives in Mrytle Creek. A small town, one of those where everyone in town knows your business. Kind of like Mayberry. The first place we went was to Mrytle creek. It was running pretty good now with all the snow in the mountains. The place where I found the first stone was under a great covered bridge. The blue cast to the picture was because it was pretty stormy. The subsequent pictures of the stream bed was on the way home while it was more sunny. First pic is of the bridge. two pics of the stream bed and all the stones to choose from. Last pic is the plateau stone I found there. Both of the stone I found were serpentine. Some quartz running thru them but no waterfall stones this time.
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16-May-2005
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Bonsai Doer
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The second place we went to was the Southern branch of the Umpqua River. It runs thru the middle of town. This is an aeriel shot of Mrytle Creek where he lives and the river below. We were on a small road to the left of the bend in the river.
The shot is of my Grandson playing on the road where I found the next stone. The point of the mountain was sticking up out of the ground, and the whole stone was buried in the road. I dug it out with a pocket knife. It was about a large as a soccer ball, and weighed 19 pounds. Pretty dense stone. The next pic is the front of the stone after sawing. Then a pic of the back. The last photo is of my chop saw with 10" diamond blade and homemade water devive for cooling the blade. It cuts the stone so clean that the surface is polished when cut. It took about 30 minutes to cut the larger stone. Both stones can be easily held with one hand, which is the proper size for most Suiseki. The making of the daiza to follow in a week. Cheers, Al
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16-May-2005
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Old at heart
 
Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: Calgary
Country: Canada
USDA Zone: Zone 3
AHS Heat Zone: 3-4
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Awsome finds Al!
I'm looking forward to making my way to the mountains this summer for some stone hunting. Thanks also for the shot of the chop saw. I've been trying to get my head around how to cut stones. -Cody
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15-Jul-2005
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bonsaiTALK Adept
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Al, this is a great thread showing your collecting trip and the cut stones from it. I like the saw setup that you used to cut them. I would like to duplicate it with my chop saw since I never use it now. I have a lot of stones that I can cut but I don't have a rock saw. Would you please post some more details on the saw, the blade and the cooling water supply this has. I am getting excited about seting one up and cutting stones over here on the coast. It is so cool now a nice indoor project like this will be good.
Thanks, JGS |
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15-Jul-2005
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
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Al,
Your chop saw with the water line is the scariest thing I've seen in some time. If I was inclined to run a water line on a miter saw, it certainly would not be across the power head and switch. Nor would I have it rigged so that the water line was incorporated in my grasp. I would prefer that if I was getting shocked, I at least had a fighting chance of letting go. The various companies that manufacture wet saws go to great lengths to make them safe to operate. To post a picture of a saw 'modified' such as yours is irresponsible in my opinion, and quite short-sighted, at best. zube |
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