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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Apr 7, 2014 18:39:56 GMT -5
Well the snow has finally all melted after a pretty brutal winter here so it's to to replenish the slab boxes again. I made a good decision last fall and cleaned the saw out good and put in fresh oil. It was nice to start the saw up with no issues and nice clean oil. I went through quite a bit of pudding stone over the winter so that's the first thing I needed to get cut. The two big chunks will get glued to boards tonight to finish cutting. A few of these are "A" grade cabbing slabs. ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/slabs/DSC06371_resize_zpsa8b7290e.jpg) ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/slabs/DSC06374_resize_zpsf1bb503e.jpg) ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/slabs/DSC06375_resize_zps689daf96.jpg) ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/slabs/DSC06362_resize_zpsefda6b26.jpg) ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/slabs/DSC06363_resize_zps4ad51538.jpg) ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/slabs/DSC06366_resize_zps6f00ff01.jpg) I bought this 3 pound chunk of Leland blue slag glass but was not real happy with it. Cant win them all I guess. This is a local material that's a bi-product of the iron ore trade here in the 1800's so it is very popular locally. ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/slabs/DSC06367_resize_zps3c3ce48f.jpg) ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/slabs/DSC06368_resize_zpsea973498.jpg) ![](http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x462/drummondislandrocks/slabs/DSC06369_resize_zpsaac3dd82.jpg) Thanks for looking Chuck
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Post by panamark on Apr 7, 2014 19:32:01 GMT -5
Those are really nice Chuck! BTW, I know which ones I like best, haha, but can you tell me on what characteristics you grade puddingstone? Thx for all your posts!
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 7, 2014 20:04:08 GMT -5
I've heard that the motto among pudding stone aficionados is "the redder, the better".
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Apr 7, 2014 21:11:46 GMT -5
Those are really nice Chuck! BTW, I know which ones I like best, haha, but can you tell me on what characteristics you grade puddingstone? Thx for all your posts! I grade it on what sells, LOL. I do not claim to be an expert by any means but have certainly worked with a whole lot of this stuff and have been collecting it for about 20 years. Some of the stuff I am cutting is stuff my parents collected at least 30 years ago as landscape borders for their cabin. Almost every finished cab I sell will have at least one red jasper in it and preferably a good piece of quartz too. The other factor that really matters is the matrix. The lighter the matrix the better to really make the jasper colors pop. I really do not sell many of the slabs because I want the best for my projects and I don't want to sell 2nd rate stuff. At least 50 percent of all my pudding stone slabs are not cabochon worthy and get busted up to tumble. Pudding stones might not be real hard to find but finding ones like these are about a 1 in 100 chance IMHO. Chuck
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Post by herchenx on Apr 7, 2014 22:29:33 GMT -5
Bummer about the glass. The pudding stone looks great though! Welcome back to slabbing!
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Post by panamark on Apr 8, 2014 10:03:30 GMT -5
Thanks Chuck for the insight. Is that a piece of green epidote or something in that one slab? Nice. Not sure I have seen green before in a pudd but given how much unakite Rob finds up that way, it is not too surprising maybe.
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Post by Tonyterner on Apr 11, 2014 8:09:01 GMT -5
We collect slag glass at on old foundry near us. It only worked for about 20 years back in the 1800's but the pile of slag is about 30' tall and is now covered with trees. The quality of the pieces is hit or miss but there is so much there. We have 3 5 gallon buckets of it sitting around for me to cut one day. If you want some let me know and I'll send you some rough for free.
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