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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 20, 2022 19:16:32 GMT -5
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electrocutus
spending too much on rocks
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Post by electrocutus on Oct 20, 2022 19:17:52 GMT -5
Very cool pieces!
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 20, 2022 19:21:52 GMT -5
Thanks!!  I'm pretty stoked about working a few pieces of this. I have an idea I can plop a stencil down anywhere on these since it's all going to change with each 100th of a millimeter taken off! LOL |
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Post by opalpyrexia on Oct 20, 2022 19:50:00 GMT -5
Oh, man, what a wonderful score, Jason! Can’t wait to see what you cut from these.
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Post by Pat on Oct 20, 2022 20:00:29 GMT -5
Lucky, LUCKY YOU!!
Look forward to seeing what you will do with them.
Lovely pieces!!
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 20, 2022 20:01:41 GMT -5
Oh, man, what a wonderful score, Jason! Can’t wait to see what you cut from these. Thanks Gary!! I'm definitely going to have to do a little studying on this particular material to make sure I'm working it correctly...or more likely I'll just throw caution to the wind with the first piece and learn as I go! LOL |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 20, 2022 20:02:32 GMT -5
Lucky, LUCKY YOU!! Look forward to seeing what you will do with them. Lovely pieces!! Thanks Pat! I think I got a pretty good deal on this lot...but time will tell whether I can actually work it or not! LOL |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2022 23:16:21 GMT -5
That’s awesome, excited to see the cabs and wraps you do with this!! 90 day fiancé here he comes lol! 🤣 |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 21, 2022 6:36:34 GMT -5
That’s awesome, excited to see the cabs and wraps you do with this!! 90 day fiancé here he comes lol! 🤣 Thanks Ashley! I think I may have to put a couple of these under the knife (saw) today and see about trying out a cab in the next couple days. I just gotta know what I'm in for with this stuff! LOL I can't count on one hand the amount of shows she's into that I have NO problem ignoring! LOL |
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Post by liveoak on Oct 21, 2022 6:40:12 GMT -5
I'd be curious if you can cut and polish it completely with the cabber,
or do you need to polish it with car polishing stuff on a felt wheel ??
Hope you'll educate the rest of us, once you figure it out .
Patty
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 21, 2022 6:42:22 GMT -5
I'd be curious if you can cut and polish it completely with the cabber,
or do you need to polish it with car polishing stuff on a felt wheel ??
Hope you'll educate the rest of us, once you figure it out .
Patty
Thanks Patty! I'll definitely post about the process. I have no clue at this point! LOL |
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Post by liveoak on Oct 21, 2022 6:48:21 GMT -5
Thanks Patty! I'll definitely post about the process. I have no clue at this point! LOL Here's an article I was just reading on Rock & Gem
Keep us posted, Patty
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 21, 2022 7:03:24 GMT -5
Thanks Patty! I'll definitely post about the process. I have no clue at this point! LOL Here's an article I was just reading on Rock & Gem
Keep us posted, Patty
By gosh Patty, you just made my day!! That was exactly what I needed to find out! I liked that the article talked about the different ways to work it, depending on the era the Fordite came from! In one spot, it talks about Minnesota Fordite being "lightweight". My stuff came from Romulus, Michigan...which I looked up and found out there's a GM plant there. These pieces are extremely lightweight. |
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Post by liveoak on Oct 21, 2022 7:08:09 GMT -5
Glad I could help - you made me curious so I looked. Good luck with & show us some of your fine cabs & pictures.
Patty
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 21, 2022 7:11:30 GMT -5
Glad I could help - you made me curious so I looked. Good luck with & show us some of your fine cabs & pictures.
Patty
Will do!  I was just digging through old threads with Fordite in them...there really are some amazing pieces out there! |
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on Oct 21, 2022 9:12:34 GMT -5
Nice score! That looks like a pretty serious supply. Looking forward to this. I've been curious about this material for awhile.
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 21, 2022 9:31:49 GMT -5
Nice score! That looks like a pretty serious supply. Looking forward to this. I've been curious about this material for awhile. Thanks Gary!! I'll definitely post whatever process I use and finished pieces. Sidenote: Check your mailbox today. |
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Post by Starguy on Oct 21, 2022 10:45:44 GMT -5
That’s some cool looking material jasoninsd. It will be interesting to see if it’s prone to orange-peel. It can’t be as hard as rocks but you know it will take a nice polish. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 21, 2022 12:13:09 GMT -5
That’s some cool looking material jasoninsd . It will be interesting to see if it’s prone to orange-peel. It can’t be as hard as rocks but you know it will take a nice polish. Thanks Brent! Oh man! Why'd you have to bring up "O-P"! LOL I just finished cutting five preforms...so now I need to open up five dops and give this stuff a shot!  |
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Nov 14, 2022 10:06:22 GMT -5
i hate to say this , but in 1965 and 66 , i buried 2 or 3 dump truck loads a week of this from the GM plant in Janesville Wisconsin
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