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| 04 Nov 2008 09:13 PM |
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it looks like they are onion skinned |
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| 05 Nov 2008 07:47 AM |
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Posted By Gene McDonald on 04 Nov 2008 08:50 PM
Jon..have you had trouble trying to Photograf it in the dark?...Photo up the glowing part its cool...hard as hell..Andy and Lenny helped me by pointing out to still the camera...put it on a tripod and timer it....Lumistone is wild aint it?
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| 05 Nov 2008 08:02 AM |
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To quote one of my favorite characters, Foghorn Leghorn...
"It's a joke son, just a joke." 
There are MANY guys I know that are true masters with a belt sander. My contention is not that they are evil, just for those that are not the masters, there are other tools that do the same job just as fast without the possibility of messing up the job. (Remember that once done with the belt sander you must sand out all those belt sander scratches. Does the story about the rabbit and the turtle ring any bells?) 
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| 05 Nov 2008 08:34 AM |
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I know what Bill means. I try to use the belt sander as little as possible. There are times when needed. . This project is one. But as Bill said those deep scratches take a long time to get out.
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| 05 Nov 2008 10:05 AM |
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FYI.. I changed the avatar and got rid of the belt sander. This is a picture of my 15 year old daughter and one of her art projects from last year. Yes, very proud father!  |
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| 05 Nov 2008 07:42 PM |
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Funny Lumistone story, I know I posted this before in years past, but it’s a hoot for the newbies.
When developing Lumistone I took it out to the sander guys. They respected me, I was the only guy in corp that would come out and chat. Shop guys, are the biggest jokesters in the world (requires separate post), I thought Id get em back for signs on my back and other hilarious things they subjected me to..
I stayed LATE, AFTER DARK, and came sauntering out with a lumistone sheet , crap eating grin, and a story. I said hey guys can you sand this sheet for me? It was returned from Los Alamos labs as highly radioactive. Don’t worry, I checked it, no radiation worries to be had, after all Im holding it aren’t I?
It was near break time. They sanded that sheet, the dust got on em. Then they went outside for a smoke break. All that dust on their clothing glowed in the dark and freaked em out. They came tumbling in after seeing the glowing dust on their clothing, crying we are gonna Die..Lenny..you bast””d, you lied to us! I said yes boyz, I lied but chill..that sheet is not from Los Alamos or radioactive whatsoever..its a new product Im working on,it glows in the dark.
Their reply…Oh man you got us good! We are gonna get you funny boy! I laughed and said bring it on dudes!
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| 05 Nov 2008 08:24 PM |
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Does the story about the rabbit and the turtle ring any bells?) No, just the rabbit and the bear. |
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| 05 Nov 2008 08:27 PM |
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Posted By Lenny E on 05 Nov 2008 07:42 PM
Funny Lumistone story, I know I posted this before in years past, but it’s a hoot for the newbies.
When developing Lumistone I took it out to the sander guys. They respected me, I was the only guy in corp that would come out and chat. Shop guys, are the biggest jokesters in the world (requires separate post), I thought Id get em back for signs on my back and other hilarious things they subjected me to..
I stayed LATE, AFTER DARK, and came sauntering out with a lumistone sheet , crap eating grin, and a story. I said hey guys can you sand this sheet for me? It was returned from Los Alamos labs as highly radioactive. Don’t worry, I checked it, no radiation worries to be had, after all Im holding it aren’t I?
It was near break time. They sanded that sheet, the dust got on em. Then they went outside for a smoke break. All that dust on their clothing glowed in the dark and freaked em out. They came tumbling in after seeing the glowing dust on their clothing, crying we are gonna Die..Lenny..you bast””d, you lied to us! I said yes boyz, I lied but chill..that sheet is not from Los Alamos or radioactive whatsoever..its a new product Im working on,it glows in the dark.
Their reply…Oh man you got us good! We are gonna get you funny boy! I laughed and said bring it on dudes!
Lenny Great story Lenny, great story !!!!!!! Karl |
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| 06 Nov 2008 07:54 AM |
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 Installation has begun |
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| 06 Nov 2008 08:45 AM |
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Jon, have you guys worked out the math for the over-all expansion/contraction coefficient for those? How long is the final length? |
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| 06 Nov 2008 09:40 AM |
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Hey Tom good question. Yes we have. What makes it easy is the benches are not hard seamed . The benches have been inserted between pavers so lots of slush there as well.
Total length is 128 feet.
Job :Location Wallingford CT
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| 06 Nov 2008 01:33 PM |
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Walingford, only about 45 minutes.... I may have to check that out!
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| 06 Nov 2008 06:49 PM |
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I want to see some night pictures of this. This project doesn't seem possible if someone were to tell me about it.
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| 06 Nov 2008 06:57 PM |
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Night pix, Great idea Andy!
Jon, your work is awe inspiring. Thats the longest run of Solid Surface Ive ever seen. BTW is there a Guiness book category for longest run of solid surface?
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| 06 Nov 2008 08:41 PM |
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oh yeah...keep stimulating me...that would be funny if there are Park bench type bums in that area...when they fall asleep drunk they will wake up in the middle of night with glowing letters in their face... That would be funny if you could write.."GET a JOB YOU BUM..this is the Glowing God talking to you" dat would be funny as hell to watch....hmmm it wasnt glowing when i layerd down  |
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| 07 Nov 2008 08:37 AM |
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Last night was really cool. Seeing the benches completed all lined up in the shop with the lights off.. The lumistone was much more impressive than I thought it would be.
We plan on taking pictures in a few weeks on site. We'll get some good time lapse shots in the dark.
Park benches are a great way to use SS. We are seeing more interest in the this. Another point to tell your local Architects
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| 07 Nov 2008 02:42 PM |
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Jon,
I know you already thought of this, because you do your research and homework. I always advise Lumistone to be used in areas that are really dark at night (no ambient light from streetlights or lighted shop windows left on at night) , that also have access to good lighting during the day (to help get a good charge).
To your advantage, the benches are outside in what appears to be unrestricted access to sunlight! Sunlight is the absolute best charging source for Lumistone, although CWF works great too.
Also I also didnt see any streetlights around. Ambient light from streetlights will make Lumistone less dramatic in appearence.
Anyway just a few hints for maximum performance. Oh I cant wait to see the nite pix.
Lenny
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| 08 Nov 2008 07:55 AM |
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Here are a few job site photo's.
I meant to tell you about one of the fabrication challenges. (Voids!) Mike Pandiscio one of the project mangers feels the reason we dealt with so many voids was some of the letters where fitting to tight into the cut outs. What happen was after each sheet was routed we than bent each piece into a bench. The heat distorted the letter openings slightly.
Which in turn made it hard to fit some of the letters.
Lenny nice info!!
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| 08 Nov 2008 09:12 AM |
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Jon, good point about the after-forming.
Question: how are these being 'fastened' on place? I notice the loose stone underneath and wonder how long it would take for a bunch of that stone to work its way under the bottoms, possibly causing damage when someone sits down. |
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