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Post by stardiamond on Oct 31, 2022 18:34:36 GMT -5
First of all I don't stabilize. I don't know to and am not interested in doing it. I bought a nodule of stabilized turquoise and hand cut a nice even slab in the middle, trimmed a template shape, ground, dopped and started to grind the dome and it fell apart. I then evened the two heels, made some preforms and everything went smoothly. I asked myself why the good slab in the middle fractured. Well duh, the stabolizer didn't penetrate to the middle.
I bought a small nodule of Guadalupe, split it on the trim saw. I drew template shape on one half, started grinding and encountered vugs. I kept grinding until there were no vugs on the face and ended up with a very small cab. The other half broke and I made a freeform with the larger piece. I looked on Etsy for Guadalupe cabs and noticed that most had ugly vugs. I've bought and cabbed Guadalupe before and was able to make clean template shaped cabs. The half duh is that I could have made a significantly larger cab with the first piece if I realized that vugs in Guadalupe are acceptable at least by some people. When I buy anymore Guadalupe to expect a smaller than anticipated yield.
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vance71975
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Post by vance71975 on Oct 31, 2022 21:36:16 GMT -5
Well, the long and Short of Stablizing is Resin, in a vaccum chamber, then heat treating. That is the basic overview. It only really works on Porus material.
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