Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Mar 25, 2023 22:02:13 GMT -5
I have been cutting just about everything 8mm thick. This seems to be what most people want.
What say you?
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Mar 25, 2023 22:14:29 GMT -5
1/4 inch.
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Post by opalpyrexia on Mar 25, 2023 22:27:26 GMT -5
As a purchaser of slabs, I generally prefer 7 to 8 mm, or even a little thicker. I have some customers that prefer higher domed cabs. But I will admit that when I slab my own material I slab closer to 1/4”.
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khara
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Post by khara on Mar 25, 2023 23:56:58 GMT -5
K, I had to go do the conversion. 1/4 inch is 6.35 mm.
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Post by parfive on Mar 25, 2023 23:59:22 GMT -5
I like ‘em thin. I don’t cut cabs to wrap and I don’t like thick girdles.
Four turns on the crossfeed gives me a 0.200” slab, a hair over 5 mm . . . perfect.
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 26, 2023 6:32:24 GMT -5
I like 5 to 6 mm.
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Post by liveoak on Mar 26, 2023 6:33:34 GMT -5
I try for a good 1/4". Thinner slabs don't give me wiggle room if needed.
Patty
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gunsil
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Post by gunsil on Mar 26, 2023 6:39:29 GMT -5
1/4" seems to be the norm, but I often go thicker, I too like high dome cabs often. I will slab thin like 1/8" (3mm) for earring stones which need to be lighter in weight than pendant or ring stones.
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Post by rmf on Mar 26, 2023 13:21:30 GMT -5
5/16" 5 cranks on the feed screw.
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Post by bgoodz on Mar 26, 2023 18:59:20 GMT -5
1/4" seems to be the norm, but I often go thicker, I too like high dome cabs often. I will slab thin like 1/8" (3mm) for earring stones which need to be lighter in weight than pendant or ring stones. Ditto, i’ll go the whole range depending on what i’m going for, cabs, flats or thin strips. |
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Mar 26, 2023 21:17:42 GMT -5
Sometimes I get thicker ones out of the ends and sometimes thinner. I save everything except for the ones that look like a splitting wedge. Those I usually give to people who like this stuff but are not in the hobby. They don't care if it is 4mm on one end and 10 on the other.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 26, 2023 21:56:43 GMT -5
I prefer 7 or 8mm slabs.
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 27, 2023 9:59:21 GMT -5
When I'm cutting my own slabs, it would seem I prefer that one side of the slab be around 4mm and the other end being around 8mm! The "wedge" cut gives me that ability to have high dome cabs from one end, and flat top cabs from the other end! LOL
*I actually prefer my slabs to be around 5-6 millimeters...
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Post by chris1956 on Mar 27, 2023 10:24:07 GMT -5
All I know is that I cut them at one thickness, and then when I get around to doing something with them, I wish they were another thickness. I guess I need to think before I cut. LOL
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quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on Mar 29, 2023 22:05:20 GMT -5
When I'm cutting my own slabs, it would seem I prefer that one side of the slab be around 4mm and the other end being around 8mm! The "wedge" cut gives me that ability to have high dome cabs from one end, and flat top cabs from the other end! LOL *I actually prefer my slabs to be around 5-6 millimeters... . Stunning and brave you admitting giving yourself a wedgie😉 |
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 30, 2023 1:17:43 GMT -5
When I'm cutting my own slabs, it would seem I prefer that one side of the slab be around 4mm and the other end being around 8mm! The "wedge" cut gives me that ability to have high dome cabs from one end, and flat top cabs from the other end! LOL *I actually prefer my slabs to be around 5-6 millimeters... . Stunning and brave you admitting giving yourself a wedgie😉  |
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QuailRiver
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Post by QuailRiver on Apr 1, 2023 20:08:45 GMT -5
I prefer lower domed lighter weight cabs so on average I slab mine at 5.5 to 6mm for producing medium to larger sized cabs. If a rock looks more suited to smaller cabs I may slice as thin as 4mm.
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Apr 1, 2023 20:49:46 GMT -5
What’s up with everyone using mm? Freedom units or nothing 😂
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gunsil
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Post by gunsil on Apr 2, 2023 11:26:17 GMT -5
What’s up with everyone using mm? Freedom units or nothing 😂 Sorry man, most of the world uses mms, got nothing to do with freedom. |
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Post by Rockoonz on Apr 2, 2023 12:24:13 GMT -5
Don't get me started on a system of measurement with a base that divides by 3 vs one that doesn't, 5 is a mostly worthless prime number when it comes to geometry. 3 is the golden number. However, when it comes to engineering without troublesome repeating decimals, sexagesimal base 60 that the Babylonians used is arguably the best system, with the French re-invention of base 10 being the laziest and most worthless, even the assumptions they used to compute their base for volume and weight turned out to be in error, yet it remains, along with their history of the guillotines for those who objected. So yeah, freedom...
But that argument doesn't belong here.
Since our slabs are a mix of for us and stuff to sell, we have a variety of thicknesses, but mostly around 1/4 inch.
In the FranTom 18 saw that is 7 turns, the FranTom 14 is 6 turns, Mojave/Royal style 10" is either 4 or 5 depending on what side of 1/4 we want. Now keep all that straight when slabbing plus whatever else I'm preoccupied with... Whenever I get the 16" HP going it will probably be 5 turns, if I recall.
For my intarsia and doublet/triplets or quartz caps I go as thin as .080" to 1/8"
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