roQhound
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Post by roQhound on Mar 18, 2024 14:15:36 GMT -5
 First Cabs_Q_March 2024 profile by Quentin Furrow, on Flickr I have to say I'm pretty thrilled with my first attempt at making cabachons. I didn't expect to have anything this nice at first. I was able to get lots of tips here and online, found some great templates, had good material to work with, bought the Kingsley North cabber with Nova wheels, and then I just took my time to make sure I had a good girdle and cut them carefully on the hard wheels before I finished shaping/polishing them. I think I'm hooked on making cabs now! Q |
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Post by MsAli on Mar 18, 2024 14:38:41 GMT -5
Your 1st one's?
Nnahhhh you've done this before š¤£
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Post by Pat on Mar 18, 2024 14:41:15 GMT -5
Wow!!
Good job. Enjoy!
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 18, 2024 14:42:25 GMT -5
Wow! Those are stupendous. Very nice captures and polish- the shapes are nice, too. Sounds like you're hooked.  |
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Post by rocknewb101 on Mar 18, 2024 14:44:54 GMT -5
@roqhound - I just saw you on FB! I'll say it again - these are top notch. Not even just for your first, they are top notch all around! My first attempt was with the dremel on green opal and it was horrific haha! Well done -look forward to seeing more of your work. |
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roQhound
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Post by roQhound on Mar 18, 2024 15:07:54 GMT -5
@roqhound - I just saw you on FB! I'll say it again - these are top notch. Not even just for your first, they are top notch all around! My first attempt was with the dremel on green opal and it was horrific haha! Well done -look forward to seeing more of your work. Thank you, Peta! |
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Post by rockinronda on Mar 18, 2024 15:15:18 GMT -5
Wooow š«
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khara
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Post by khara on Mar 18, 2024 16:09:53 GMT -5
These are incredible! Great job! šāļø
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Post by chris1956 on Mar 18, 2024 16:22:08 GMT -5
The polish on those is great!
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Post by RWA3006 on Mar 23, 2024 11:55:13 GMT -5
For a first effort I'd say you have a talent for cabbing and you ought to push your horizons and see how far you can take the art. The pursuit of excellence is calling you.
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Post by johnthor1963 on Mar 23, 2024 17:57:18 GMT -5
Thrilled really are you kidding me I bet youāre still bouncing off the walls.Those are fantastic, polish and material. Iām glad you had great success with your first set. And now you are heading to the rabbit hole š³ļø. Great work thx for sharing looking forward to seeing more.
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Post by dshanpnw on Mar 24, 2024 8:40:35 GMT -5
Marvelous, simply marvelous cabs. They are all superb. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by rockbrain on Mar 24, 2024 9:08:37 GMT -5
I have to agree with everyone else. Nice shapes, capture, execution and shine. Even good photography to show them off. It looks like you have a scratch free Montana Agate which is no easy task! I'd have been proud to have ground any of those. Keep it up!
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Post by Starguy on Mar 24, 2024 11:05:55 GMT -5
Man, you knocked those out of the park. Very impressive.
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 24, 2024 11:25:42 GMT -5
Quentin...I'm in absolute awe of your first attempts. As someone else stated, these would make a seasoned veteran ecstatic! *Edit - "Attempt" isn't the right word...rather it should say "Successes"! |
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Post by roQhound on Mar 25, 2024 13:38:25 GMT -5
You guys are all great! Thank all of you who have given me such great compliments. I really appreciate it, and it means a lot to me. I'm really excited that I'm jumping into this and I'm having a lot of fun thinking about how I plan to use all of these. I've pretty much marked up all the remaining slabs that I've had available, so it's time for me to go find a bunch more material and then make a lot more cabs so that I have a good assortment of shapes, sizes, and colors when I attempt to learn silversmithing and jewelry making. I'm just going to enjoy this part of the journey because I don't know how much I'll enjoy the next part. Even if I don't enjoy the silversmithing, cabbing is a blast, so I'll be doing more of it!
Thanks - Quentin
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 26, 2024 15:54:06 GMT -5
Wow! Awesome cabs, even if from as cabbing master. The polish is outstanding!
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 26, 2024 16:57:20 GMT -5
You guys are all great! Thank all of you who have given me such great compliments. I really appreciate it, and it means a lot to me. I'm really excited that I'm jumping into this and I'm having a lot of fun thinking about how I plan to use all of these. I've pretty much marked up all the remaining slabs that I've had available, so it's time for me to go find a bunch more material and then make a lot more cabs so that I have a good assortment of shapes, sizes, and colors when I attempt to learn silversmithing and jewelry making. I'm just going to enjoy this part of the journey because I don't know how much I'll enjoy the next part. Even if I don't enjoy the silversmithing, cabbing is a blast, so I'll be doing more of it! Thanks - Quentin I make cabs...and have "dabbled" in wire-wrapping. I still think my favorite aspect of the hobby is cabbing. There's something "soothing" about the cabbing process for me. Wire-wrapping makes me use a lot of brain-power...something I'm in short supply of most times! LOL |
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Post by fencejumper on Mar 28, 2024 12:52:37 GMT -5
You made cabs in your past lifeā¦ and the one before
Super duper!
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Post by cccbock on Mar 31, 2024 1:32:05 GMT -5
fantastic !!
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