Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
- goathead
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Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
I was given the chance to do something special today for a burner.
I melt playa dust with a big frensal lens into small rocks that resemble Indian teardrops.
Today I mixed some ashes into the playa dust and made her a small stone.
If you are bringing out some ashes to the temple or to scatter and would like to stop by and have a small stone made with some ash and playa dust please stop by.
Just a very small pinch of ash is all I need.
I am part of the HomeBrew for Homebrew camp along the 5:30 corridor.
goathead is also my playa name.
Thank you for allowing me the chance to do something for you.
I melt playa dust with a big frensal lens into small rocks that resemble Indian teardrops.
Today I mixed some ashes into the playa dust and made her a small stone.
If you are bringing out some ashes to the temple or to scatter and would like to stop by and have a small stone made with some ash and playa dust please stop by.
Just a very small pinch of ash is all I need.
I am part of the HomeBrew for Homebrew camp along the 5:30 corridor.
goathead is also my playa name.
Thank you for allowing me the chance to do something for you.
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- Simon of the Playa
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very interesting....for years now my cousin and i have been messing with bigger and bigger fresnel lenses to duplicate the cutting abailities of the ancients (machu pichu)...with a big enough lens you can slice anything like butter...
i believe the top of chitzen itza
held a large lens which could be focused down below via a mirror and slice thru stone...a laser of sorts...
the whole problem was polishing...how to make a lens that big, and polish it...a fresnel would allow it to be built in pieces.
fascinating.....i have to talk to you about this process.
i believe the top of chitzen itza
held a large lens which could be focused down below via a mirror and slice thru stone...a laser of sorts...
the whole problem was polishing...how to make a lens that big, and polish it...a fresnel would allow it to be built in pieces.
fascinating.....i have to talk to you about this process.
Frida Be You & Me
(That's Chitzen Itza? Huh, it looks closer to the Mayan and Aztec constructions than I thought it would.)
Thanks for the offer; unfortunately, I can't make it this year. I might be able to get out to the desert next year, if scheduling and budgeting works out.
(The radio is really distracting me right now..., they are having an interesting discussion on the homeless....)
Thanks for the offer; unfortunately, I can't make it this year. I might be able to get out to the desert next year, if scheduling and budgeting works out.
(The radio is really distracting me right now..., they are having an interesting discussion on the homeless....)
"Nothing is withheld from us which we have conceived to do.
Do things that have never been done."
--Russell Kirsch
Do things that have never been done."
--Russell Kirsch
- LeChatNoir
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That’s really cool, goathead. Karine has a chunk of gypsum in crystalline form. Her Geology professor gave it to her a few years ago. Pretty cool stuff and very soft.
I’m interested in this process you’ve got going on there. If it actually melts and fuses, that makes me wonder if it could be heated in a furnace and cast. Can you describe what it undergoes during the heating?
Wish I was gonna be on playa this year to see it… bummer.
I’m interested in this process you’ve got going on there. If it actually melts and fuses, that makes me wonder if it could be heated in a furnace and cast. Can you describe what it undergoes during the heating?
Wish I was gonna be on playa this year to see it… bummer.
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- goathead
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It melts and fuses real nice, boiling/burning out the impurities as it becomes moltan. For casting I would make a lot of small pieces first, break them and then cast it. I have been wanting to try this myself.LeChatNoir wrote: I’m interested in this process you’ve got going on there. If it actually melts and fuses, that makes me wonder if it could be heated in a furnace and cast. Can you describe what it undergoes during the heating?
- Simon of the Playa
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I would rather you search for the fruit cocktail and let me know where it is happening.
on it, steve...will let you know asap...
do you cb or motorola while out there?
this year we're switching over to cb, but one way or another, i'm sure i can find you....
you know where to find me.
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- unjonharley
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How dose the dryness effect cb tranmission. I have a couple of hand heldSimon of the Playa wrote:I would rather you search for the fruit cocktail and let me know where it is happening.
on it, steve...will let you know asap...
do you cb or motorola while out there?
this year we're switching over to cb, but one way or another, i'm sure i can find you....
you know where to find me.
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- goathead
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I had been thinking of upgrading to this?Simon of the Playa wrote: on it, steve...will let you know asap...
do you cb or motorola while out there?
this year we're switching over to cb, but one way or another, i'm sure i can find you....
you know where to find me.
Right now an afternoon, enjoying a few old vices, maybe some new ones, talking about stone cutting with giant lenses, and enjoying some fruitcocktail sounds great.
goathead - I was in an extreme party state this last week but I still do remember meeting you in spite of my haze.
Your pieces were beautiful; shiny like obsidian, but with a blue-purple hue.
Is there a way to make a hole in them during the process so they could be a bead?
Your pieces were beautiful; shiny like obsidian, but with a blue-purple hue.
Is there a way to make a hole in them during the process so they could be a bead?
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- goathead
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LMAO**burn** wrote:goathead - I was in an extreme party state this last week but I still do remember meeting you in spite of my haze.
Your pieces were beautiful; shiny like obsidian, but with a blue-purple hue.
Is there a way to make a hole in them during the process so they could be a bead?
And I had been up about 30 hours then.
I know there must be away to do it, I have been thinking about it also.
I will let you know if I have any luck at it.
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