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  1. Like the title states, let's see your results with acid prepping! I have found not as much info on this style of prepping, so please feel free to give some details as to how it was done, i.e. time, technique, soak sessions, etc. Have a great day everyone~
  2. Hello, I have some bonebed material from: Gr. Gröningen Crailsheim, Germany Triassic, Ipper Muschelkalk. its a Nothosaur bone sticking out, but a small part is in another stone (piece broke before I acquired it). I tried to scratch it out, but that will takes ages and doesnt seem to look too good. I heard about acid prepping, would that be a good idea with this? Its similar stuff as: http://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/111818-lets-talk-blezingeria/ if so, how to go at this? Anyone has experience with this?
  3. Went out today and found ALOT of fossils. A great variety, but the trilobite fragments go me the most excited. I found one section that appears to be in some really soft matrix, and wondering how I should go about getting the fossil/fossils prepped. I am super new, never have prepped, and is the 4th day of collecting. So please keep that in mind. I will add some photos now, and some later. Thanks for looking, and for any advice..... I believe there are 2 or 3 fragments in the matrix of the bottom 2 photos.
  4. hadrosauridae

    DIY compressed air dryer

    My last post about the setup of my fossil workshops for a while.... In this video I show how I constructed a MONSTER, DIY air dryer for the compressed air system in my fossil prep workshop. Just as a caveat, don't do this yourself, its a terrible idea, don't try this at home, your mileage my vary.
  5. hadrosauridae

    Video of my blast box build

    I asked the members here a lot of questions, and read through every thread on building a prep box, some of them many times. Even though I finished the box last year, I finally got off my lazy butt and finished the video. Thank you all for your help! Hopefully this can give some ideas or help the next member looking to build their own.
  6. Francesco1994

    Chemicals for prepping

    Ciao a tutti ! I wanted to have some information about the use of chemicals for the preparation of fossils, let me explain better. I'm currently in my second year of PhD in chemistry and I have a wide range of chemicals, bases, polymer acids etc. My question is what could I use for example to clean the limestone matrix compared to the classic diluted acetic acid? is there anything better that maybe I could have in the lab? I had thought of some stronger acid but I'm afraid that using something stronger could be detrimental to the fossil itself... Grazie !
  7. I think that I posted some pics last year as I worked my way through a prep of a very large Phareaodus fish from the Green River fm near Kemmerer WY. Sadly, its a broken slab and I only have part. I have prepped out to the outer edge but had to stop because that edge is slanted and leaves the fossil layer very thin and fragile. So I came up with an idea. I'll fill in a box of the missing area, finish the prep, and then paint on the missing fish area.. That way I can display it and its still visible for what is real and what it would have been. So, I took a pic and digitally overlaid it onto a complete specimen. Holy mackerel I'm missing a LOT of this fish! My putty fill isnt near big enough. Guess I'll have to add a second pour, but that will have to come after I finish the prep. This wont fit in my prep box if it gets any larger! The measurement of my partial fish is over 13 inches long, which means if it hadnt been broken before I found it, it would have been over 20 inches long, maybe even 24.
  8. Hi everyone, hope you're all doing well. I've found this fossil on the pebble beach of Lyme Regis and I just wanted to know your opinion. Do you think is possible to prep this fossil or maybe it will only cause damage? It's 2x2 cm Thank you!
  9. Hello everybody. Besides being busy making fossil prep video's, I'm learning a new editing software program that is much much better than the first one I learned. Way easier and much better to handle/play/control audio with this one. Anyways, I made a 5 part crab prepping series and this is Part 3. Part 4 and 5 will be published the next two saturdays. Enjoy Oh, this video is just under 3 minutes so it wont waste too much of your time. https://youtu.be/-GMQEFqw5MQ
  10. I finally found the blaster I have been looking for; a used Comco MB-1002 in decent shape. It also came with a blast box work station, but I dont have a use for it right this moment. I have to order a maintenance kit for some worn parts, but its functional. It goes through media WAY faster than my Vaniman, but it works so nicely. I dont know what size the tank valves are, and may need to order new ones as I suspect they could be too large for my media (and the reason its eating through it so fast). Now that I have my custom blast box, microscope, dust vac, and now this Comco, I hope I am done spending money on prepping gear for a while! Any comco users out there have any tips, tricks, or advice?
  11. DPS Ammonite

    Fossil Prepping Teaser

    This is a chemistry test/quiz that relates to fossil prepping and the follies that ensue. After prepping some silicified Paleozoic coral, I noticed these needle-like salty crystals. They were up to 0.5 cm long. What do they have to do with tofu? What are they? How did they form; use equations or words? How can you prevent their formation? Good luck and have fun.
  12. hadrosauridae

    prep lab air upgrade

    After rebuilding my prep station to accommodate working with my new microscope, the final part was to upgrade my air delivery with a super-sized desiccant filter. I was tired of changing out my desiccant beads 2 - 3 times a day during heavy use, so I made a DIY filter using a home water filter system. Now instead of using 4 ounces of beads, I have 4 pounds! That should finally give me a decent interval between changes.
  13. hadrosauridae

    My finished prep box

    Finally able to upload the pics of the finished prep box! Shows the way it opens for loading, the LED light strips with power switch and pig-tail plug for my shopvac so it all comes on together. Also have a small mag lens for preps where I don't need the microscope level of zoom. Now I just have to finish redesigning the air supply. Also, I may have just won the lottery. Waiting to hear from the company for a shipping quote. --- Side note, the purchase price was $50.00! I think a mod edited the pic because it had a company name in the original screen grab.
  14. You all can now meet,,,,,,,,,,,,,THE GREAT RONDINI !!!
  15. The world is about to meet The Great Rondini. First time in the history of the planet that a fossil will be prepped with magic. RB I hope the Fossil Forum can put up with my goofyness
  16. I decided that I had put it off for long enough, so recently I torn apart my work and rebuilt it at a proper working height. I also built a test blast box out of cardboard in order to better evaluate the usage with a boom-arm microscope. And lastly, my new Swift S7 microscope arrived!
  17. OK, I missed the Fossil Friday post by a day. The cold weather lately has kept me indoors and away from fossil exploration, so here is a partial prep of a partial ammonite from the Lake Texhoma Duck creek fm. Prepping something no true separation of "fossil" and matrix is quite challenging, especially considering how well they can, at times, weather out and become separated naturally. The matrix seems to be getting harder to separate as I move toward smaller sections. I can make out that this does have the inner whorls , so I dont want to blow them out. This has really slowed me down on this prep. It seems like my larger scribe (with a blunter tip) is doing better at removing the matrix than my smaller CP9160 which is a lot more prone to just piercing through.
  18. I am in the process of designing my new prepping blast box, and I decided to make a cardboard mockup. After the advise members gave in my last thread, I tore apart my work bench, and rebuilt it lower to accommodate a box. Since I am just about to pull the trigger on a boom microscope, I wanted to wait until I actually have it to make sure the working height, depth of field, etc are all going to work with the box before actually making it. I used @Malcolmt box design with a slight mod. The box is 24x20. I thought about making it larger, but I decided that was probably going to be overkill. Malcolms design calls for a 13" high box, but since I'm adding a microscope, I thought that might be too tall? The specs say the working height with a .5x barlow is 8 inches, so that is the height of this mockup. I spent a while trying to decide how I wanted it to open. I have seen top-open, front-open, and the entire box tilt up. My current thought was a half tilt hinge. My thinking was that if I have something flat and fragile, this lets me slide it in without possible obstructions, or dropping it as I try to put into the box. This design would also make cleanout a lot easier than something top-down. The vac port would be at the rear center, and I was thinking of drilling a hole (or 2) at the back, lower right side to pass the air scribe / air-abrasion handpieces in through. The 20 inch depth works well to leave room for both the vac hose as well for tilting the top up and back far enough that it should rest against the wall without fear of it falling. I dont know how big the microscope base will, or where the best positioning will be, so I'm not sure if I currently have enough room for it. Now, my unknowns and concerns. First, working space. Since it's 8 inches tall, that gives me just barely enough room for my CP9361 scribe on a very thin specimen. If the fossil is several inches tall, there is no way I could work on the top of it. This has me thinking of maybe leaving the bottom off the box, and having a booster-seat base that could go under it go adjust the height. My biggest concern there is one of stability without a solid base to the construction. Soooo, what am I missing? What am I overlooking or not considering? What are your thoughts on it in general?
  19. Today's Fossil Friday contribution is about the chicago pneumatic air scribes. Periodic maintenance is highly important, but many new owner dont know how or are intimidated to open them up.
  20. Planko

    Texas Prepper

    Hello everyone, I have a couple ammonites that are above my skill level to prep. Anyone in the Dallas, TX area good at Prepping? George
  21. hadrosauridae

    prep box build

    OK prep gurus, I come with a question. What is (or is there) a preferred height for the table top a blast-box sits on? My HF sandblasting cabinet has served me well for my micro abrasion preps, but the time has come that I need a single work station I can both scribe and blast in. I'm going to have to tear down my current work bench anyway to do this, and I think it is a little too high. So do you have a preference for the height?
  22. As promised, here is episode 1 of my goofy fossil prepping video's. A super cool and fun way of showing viewers a very comedic way of prepping out a fossil crab. I really did prep out this fossil crab. I'm such a goofy guy and with the help of my son Cory, this is what we came up with. This is episode 1 of more to come.
  23. hadrosauridae

    dolomite media prepping question

    OK, I have a question for the learned members of the forum. I finally got some dolomite powder for my blaster (absolutely love it so far!!) and put in a few hours of using it last night, and it raised this question: Do I need to bake my dolomite to dry it before using (or storing)? I have read that dolomite is hydroscopic, and I have noticed this brand new powder has a strong tendency to "bridge" in my media canister. I also had several instances where it seems like a clump of it would exploded on the fossil being prepped. I'm not getting blocked, its not plugging the line or the stylus, so I was wondering if its just trying to stick together into a fluid "clump" as its moving through the line and then exits as a massive hit. I've also noticed how much dolomite loves to stick to EVERYTHING. The inside of my blast box was completely white, even though I have a good air system. This also makes me think it may not drop out in my cyclone as completely as soda, so I may have to add a water trap to keep my vac from cratering. But I digress.... any thoughts on baking the powder? Side question, should I put silica gel in the storage bucket also?
  24. Hello All, (WARNING: FIRST TIME CRAB PREP AHEAD) A friend of mine came across a small concretion (2.5") on a marketplace website and picked it up for me. It was already cracked open right across the equator, and exposed a small crab. (I'm assuming from Washington State but anyone that can weigh-in on the species is appreciated.) As per the pictures, the Crab itself has the body and the claw separated into different halves of the split. Reading up on the forum I decided to glue the concretion back together and air scribe my way back down to the Crab in the hopes of consolidating all the pieces into one specimen. After a few minutes of scribing I discovered a second Crab in the top section of the stone well above where the first one is located. Now I'm stumped and would like to ask the forum if they have any recommendations on how to proceed.
  25. hadrosauridae

    Youtube video of my prep space

    I recently started a new YouTube channel exclusively for hosting my fossil hunting and prepping content. A lot of people who are new to fossil prep are curious about how other people set up their work areas and what tools to use, so I made my first video to discuss at this topic.
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