horsinaround
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Post by horsinaround on May 13, 2007 9:44:25 GMT -5
Hi everyone, well here lately I have been tinkering around with flint/chert from the railroad beds. I figured it was easy to get and free ....good price. some of it actually being grey has nice patterns in it. so I cut out some cabs. the heart is about quarter size and it took me 1.5 hours to make it. all the pics were taken with the stones dry. Heart triangle half rounded square tipped flint triangle oval flint cab/worry stone flint/chert dyed blue with rit dye this is a rock from the mall parking lot enjoy them Steve
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on May 13, 2007 9:48:01 GMT -5
I like the heart very much. Great railroad, take care to the trains while hunting Adrian
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Post by LCARS on May 13, 2007 15:23:32 GMT -5
Funky, nice job on shaping the heart too. what are you using to cut those with BTW?
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jjckitti
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Post by jjckitti on May 13, 2007 17:40:03 GMT -5
great shapes. nice job
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dtcmor
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Post by dtcmor on May 13, 2007 18:24:26 GMT -5
Nice looking shapes! Interesting dyed piece - does the dye dry out well or does it leach out over time. Did you have to seal it after dying?
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Post by cina on May 13, 2007 22:08:16 GMT -5
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horsinaround
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Post by horsinaround on May 14, 2007 11:24:49 GMT -5
the dye is dry, but the rocks have not been tumbled. I was just playing aorund with the dye, today i am going to put these rocks in the rough grind for a couple of weeks and see what comes out of it. It should prove to be interesting. If the dye does wash out/grind out...not big deal it was just an experiment anyways to see if the rocks would take dye. I did dye one rock with blue that was already polished and it took the dye well, but that was one rock out of 15 or so.
Does anyone know how to cut Celtic Crosses ? I keep breaking them or cutting too much on the back sides due to the blade cutting to much due to the curve in it. Thanks for the comments everyone. Steve
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Post by Bikerrandy on May 14, 2007 20:49:23 GMT -5
The heart is symetrically perfect Steve, awesome job! You get any crosses done yet?
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dtcmor
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Post by dtcmor on May 14, 2007 23:18:16 GMT -5
Steve - Back a few months ago, Blarneystone posted a thread with a tutorial for cutting celtic crosses. Here is the link to that post - the tutorial is downloadable from here also. He explains it really well. forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/index.cgi?board=tips&action=display&thread=1152538817Also, let me know how the dyed pieces turn out - the flint/chert pieces I find here in OH might be good for that too. Never hurts to play around with new stuff!
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2007 1:17:13 GMT -5
You cut the pieces really nice. Good job Steve!!
Nathaniel
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horsinaround
spending too much on rocks
If you don't lick rocks...you ain't cool
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Post by horsinaround on May 15, 2007 7:44:16 GMT -5
I am using my work force saw and my bench grinder with the proper grinding wheel for working rocks....that is all I have other than my tumblers. Randy, I have not tried any croses yet, that is on my agenda this week. wish me luck. HA HA HA steve
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Post by creativeminded on May 15, 2007 8:46:09 GMT -5
Love the shapes, you did a great job on those. Tami
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