mossyrockhound
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Post by mossyrockhound on May 16, 2009 23:27:05 GMT -5
Hi Everybody! I've just finished cutting some Tahoma jasper-agate slabs, so I brought them in the house and took over the kitchen table for awhile. I sprayed them with water before I started taking the pictures, so some of them have lots of water droplets on them (didn't quite work the way I wanted it to). Anyway, here are the slabs. I have put the picture of the ones I heat-treated in my wood stove (highly scientific method) as the last picture. The lot: Another view of the lot: The largest slabs: Some nice plumes in these: More with nice plumage: Unusual color for Tahoma: Interesting mix: Another interesting mix: Some of your typical Tahomas: Here's some I experimented with in the wood stove. Some turned red, some turned gray, some didn't do anything: I hope you enjoyed looking at these. I've almost cut enough of them to pour resin over and make a new kitchen table top ;D ;D Garry
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chasfire
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Post by chasfire on May 16, 2009 23:34:31 GMT -5
Garry: I like the big one with the sunset in the 7th picture? Is it fracture free That is just way too much Tahoma, you must have spent days cutting all of it. That heat treating to get the red looks good. chasfire
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on May 16, 2009 23:38:17 GMT -5
HOLY WOW! That is a flippin ton of Tahoma Slabs. You lucky DAWG!!! Thanks for sharing these with us,. Steve
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Post by Michael John on May 17, 2009 2:44:36 GMT -5
Dang! That's a LOT of slabs! VERY pretty, too! I love the way that agate can be so much different from slice to slice.
To me, it seems that heat treating is worth the effort. Do you happen to remember what the pieces that changed drastically looked-like before you heat treated them? Did they have any sort of traits which would now allow you to look at pieces and know which ones will benefit from the heat treating? It seems that this would be good knowledge to have, especially if you have considerably more that you'd like to heat treat.
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Post by NatureNut on May 17, 2009 6:55:00 GMT -5
Too cool, Garry. I like the one in the top-left of the last pic. It looks like a forest fire. Jo
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stoneviews
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Post by stoneviews on May 17, 2009 8:38:26 GMT -5
Wow, Those are some cool looking slabs and allot of them.
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mossyrockhound
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Post by mossyrockhound on May 17, 2009 11:11:24 GMT -5
Thanks for the comments.
Chasfire - I actually went out to the shop at 11:30 PM to see if I could find the piece you asked about. I didn't find it. I will admit I was a little tired after 10-12 hours in the garden though. I will look for it again and let you know, but as you know the fracture-free stones from this area are pretty rare.
Michael John - You ask a very good question. I should have taken 2 slabs of each kind for comparison purposes, but I didn't. I do know that the one that Jo said looks like a forest fire was mostly green before heat-treating.
Garry
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wyobrian
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Post by wyobrian on May 17, 2009 11:27:05 GMT -5
holy cow thats alot of cuts were can i get some? ?? brian ;D
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on May 17, 2009 12:39:46 GMT -5
Holy crap! When you have a cutting session, you have a humongous cutting session! I don't think my old clunker saw ever ran long enough in one stretch to cut that many slabs. Beautiful material!.....Mel
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Post by Bejewelme on May 17, 2009 12:44:22 GMT -5
Dang Garry!!!!
Those are flipping awesome!!!!! I was drawn to the same one as Jo, I would say that is an experiement worth repeating!!! Now go get the epoxy and transform that table!!!!! That tahoma is beautiful material!!!!
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highplainsdrifter
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Post by highplainsdrifter on May 18, 2009 22:51:09 GMT -5
Wow, what a nice collection of slabs. You've got a great supply of cutting stock.
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Post by deb193redux on May 23, 2009 22:11:10 GMT -5
some a lot
nice
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Post by Tonyterner on May 26, 2009 12:35:51 GMT -5
Holy crap! That's like 2000 gorgeous cabs just laying there waiting to be ground. I'd like to roll around on that table naked. lol
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onewomanarmy
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Post by onewomanarmy on May 26, 2009 13:16:33 GMT -5
rofl - there's a visual I wasn't expecting. But now that you mention it... Those are really nice - some beautiful material in there - and lots of patience in the cutting! Can't wait to see what you do with them!
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Post by 150FromFundy on May 26, 2009 19:34:34 GMT -5
I never anticipated that furniture purchases would be a requirement of feeding a rock addiction, but you definitely need a bigger table.
Big on quantity. Big on quality. Wow!
150FromFundy
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karock
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Post by karock on May 26, 2009 23:01:48 GMT -5
I agree with Chasfire, that one in the 7th picture would look great just flat lapped. Maybe we could bid for it? Or trade for somethin'very unique!!! Karock
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Post by Titania on May 27, 2009 12:44:03 GMT -5
Holy crapola, that's a lot of gorgeous slabs! I think you should send them out to all of us...you can't possibly use that many. I like the heat treated ones a lot.
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