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Soon2B-Retired
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« on: December 16, 2015, 10:00:59 pm » |
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Since I am lucky enough to be retiring in the Southwest (Yuma Arizona area), my wife and I plan on doing some rock-hounding, and I am going to get into lapidary. I have started purchasing some equipment, and some rough specimens to practice on. So, if I ask some dumb questions, please bear with me, and I'll try not to be to big of a pain in the "proverbial sit down", as my grand-dad used to put it, at least in mixed company. Eventually I dream of being able to not only enjoy taking rough stones and turning them into things of beauty, but being able to turn it into a source of income.
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catmandewe
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« Reply #1 on: December 16, 2015, 10:06:20 pm » |
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Welcome!
I hear Yuma is a good place for what you are doing.
Good luck with it.
Tony
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Michael S Hoover - Redrummd
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2015, 11:04:04 pm » |
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Welcome to the forum. I for one do not mind answering questions although I usually respond in a short and to the point way.
It is VERY difficult to move from hobbyist to the point of working stone as a "source of income".
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Bruce
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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2015, 11:20:20 pm » |
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 to the forum! There's lots to be learned here. It is VERY difficult to move from hobbyist to the point of working stone as a "source of income".
Yes, and that is a topic that I will be approaching on this forum at some point in time...not really appropriate for the introduction area though.
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Desertwind
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« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2015, 12:14:46 am » |
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Welcome from southern New Mexico.
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James D. Farrow
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« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2015, 03:56:04 am » |
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Welcome from Canada! James |
James D. Farrow
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
"No more trains will be sold once the magazine leaves the station"
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RockIt2Me
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« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2015, 04:32:45 am » |
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Welcome from the swamps of south Louisiana.
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Nancie "Rock It 2 Me" Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Don't take life so seriously...It's not like you're going to get out alive ;-)  |
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Charles
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« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2015, 04:52:11 am » |
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from Southern Oklahoma. Pull up a chair and join in the 
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hulagrub
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« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2015, 09:26:07 pm » |
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Welcome from Northwest Arkansas!
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Dave, a certified Rockaholic |
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