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Post by pebblesky on Apr 24, 2024 12:48:56 GMT -5
Can't wait to see these becoming cabs!
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Apr 24, 2024 13:40:27 GMT -5
An amazing and lovely task ahead of you! There are some real beauties in that group. Makes me a bit jealous!
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Post by miket on Apr 24, 2024 13:50:46 GMT -5
Beautiful, can't wait to see the finished products!
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 24, 2024 14:08:15 GMT -5
Can't wait to see these becoming cabs! Thanks! I'll be working on it. An amazing and lovely task ahead of you! There are some real beauties in that group. Makes me a bit jealous! Thanks, Rick! You've made me jealous a more than a few times, so we're even.  Beautiful, can't wait to see the finished products! I wish I could wave a magic wand and have them finished... but I enjoy the process. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 24, 2024 14:13:21 GMT -5
By the way y'all, you want too see some really impressive eye candy? Check out gemfeller's signature link to his shop. Just beautiful. |
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rocknewb101
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Post by rocknewb101 on Apr 24, 2024 16:04:52 GMT -5
so much lovely in that one image!! Wow. What is the very first preform? Looks like a cherry blossom branch. Gorgeous. Can't wait to see these done.
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 24, 2024 16:08:51 GMT -5
Thank you! I hope to do them right. That stone is a Sonoran Dendritic Rhyolite from a super nice slab. That's the best of it, but the rest is nice, too. I hated to cut it. |
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Post by Starguy on Apr 24, 2024 16:53:41 GMT -5
What a fantastic set of preforms. I’m looking forward to seeing them finished. Lots of killer lace in there but I really like the 3 OJs, the chrysoprase and the Larimar.
Thanks for showing.
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 24, 2024 17:37:54 GMT -5
When I get a new slab, I layout and trim preforms. Some I grind and some I put away for later. I have hundreds waiting to grind. I used to do that, but I found I was wasting blade life on ones I knew I would never cab. Even at that, I have a lot of preforms, too. Every Spring, I go through and weed them out. I agree. I make a lot more cabs than I sell. I lay out only cabs made from great material like Guadalupe, OJ or Blue Mountain with a great pattern. When I sell a cab from the slab, I will grind the replacement. When the pattern is not interesting it becomes a scrap. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 24, 2024 20:14:17 GMT -5
I labeled them. You'll have to open in a new link and magnify to get the full size image. |
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Post by pebblesky on Apr 24, 2024 20:22:16 GMT -5
Wow it is so nice of you to label them! These are top-notch representations of the materials.
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 24, 2024 20:25:49 GMT -5
Wow it is so nice of you to label them! These are top-notch representations of the materials. Thank you! Only one is a fairly good example of wingate. Granted they look better in person and will make decent cabs, but I have a slab that is practically a text book example and I just can't cut it ... yet. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 24, 2024 20:40:50 GMT -5
What a fantastic set of preforms. I’m looking forward to seeing them finished. Lots of killer lace in there but I really like the 3 OJs, the chrysoprase and the Larimar. Thanks for showing. Thanks! I've got my fingers crossed on the larimar. I've never managed to finish a cab, they all just come apart. But, it's a nice one if I can finish it. |
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Post by Starguy on Apr 24, 2024 23:24:20 GMT -5
Larimar is a type of pectolite. That piece looks hard. That chrysoprase is really going to glow. That is definitely some high grade OJ.
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 24, 2024 23:38:12 GMT -5
Larimar is a type of pectolite. That piece looks hard. That chrysoprase is really going to glow. That is definitely some high grade OJ. Yeah is definitely hard.
The OJ was a lucky buy. Real cheap because the slabs were pretty ugly, but I saw a couple nice cabs. You know me and OJ.
I can't add an an image in reply, so I'll follow with a pic of the slabs.
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 24, 2024 23:39:16 GMT -5
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Post by liveoak on Apr 25, 2024 6:12:55 GMT -5
I labeled them. You'll have to open in a new link and magnify to get the full size image. Tela, you are wonderful !  I'm wondering if your photo should be the start of a sticky thread for ID help.
Others could add to it - it would be a great resource.
Patty
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Post by liveoak on Apr 25, 2024 6:19:34 GMT -5
By the way y'all, you want too see some really impressive eye candy? Check out gemfeller 's signature link to his shop. Just beautiful. Nice eye candy indeed
Patty
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on Apr 25, 2024 9:07:33 GMT -5
Some absolutely beautiful preforms. Should make some stunning cabs. I've had pretty good luck with the Larimar once I stayed off the course wheel. I do all the shaping starting with 220. Just too much vibration from the 80. Good luck! That's a beautiful piece.
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 25, 2024 9:11:02 GMT -5
Some absolutely beautiful preforms. Should make some stunning cabs. I've had pretty good luck with the Larimar once I stayed off the course wheel. I do all the shaping starting with 220. Just too much vibration from the 80. Good luck! That's a beautiful piece. Thanks! I was gonna start a thread abt the larimar. Maybe I just never had good material. I don't know. But, yeah, I am resolved to start on the 220- maybe even the 220 soft, but it is soooo hard. It's gonna be a slow grind. |
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