realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Oct 26, 2024 11:12:43 GMT -5
Yooooo… that came out slick. I have a piece similar I found a while back. Now I want to give it a shot cabbing it. |
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cabbyshack
off to a rocking start
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Post by cabbyshack on Oct 26, 2024 11:30:32 GMT -5
Yooooo… that came out slick. I have a piece similar I found a while back. Now I want to give it a shot cabbing it. Thanks! Give it a shot. It's easy to work with but super fragile. But nothing compares to that piece you whipped out. It's perfect. Great job. |
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whalecottagedesigns
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Post by whalecottagedesigns on Oct 26, 2024 13:38:19 GMT -5
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Post by chris1956 on Oct 26, 2024 16:46:28 GMT -5
Almost looks like some burro creek material. Remember, you also have the "cracked" option to work with as well if you dont have material that has a whole through it. I feel like that purple sagenite I sent you a while back had a hole in it. The sagenite did have a hole but didn't go all the way through. Working on a couple other ones, |
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Oct 26, 2024 16:48:51 GMT -5
Almost looks like some burro creek material. Remember, you also have the "cracked" option to work with as well if you dont have material that has a whole through it. I feel like that purple sagenite I sent you a while back had a hole in it. The sagenite did have a hole but didn't go all the way through. Working on a couple other ones, Thats some material I need to cab and have yet to. I think it’s going to turn out some really nice cabs |
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rocknrob
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If Costco only sold slabs in bulk...
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Post by rocknrob on Oct 27, 2024 18:51:06 GMT -5
 Dayummmm, that thing is beautiful!
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cabbyshack
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Post by cabbyshack on Oct 27, 2024 20:48:34 GMT -5
Dayummmm, that thing is beautiful! thanks buddy, the gem does all the work though.  |
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lapidary1234
spending too much on rocks
"If you like rocks you can't be all bad!!" ~ old timer quote
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Post by lapidary1234 on Oct 27, 2024 21:52:50 GMT -5
Let me put an entry in please. This *might be a place holder but more than likely will be my entry. This is "B" grade purple passion laguna bought from the gem shop in Cedarburg WI. It is a double sided cab and although its hard to see, the hole travels toward the edge and at least a pinhole got through making it an actual hole. I especially like this one due to the combo of sphereulites, agate, plumes, and purple. Wish me luck, if the other piece I'm thinking of doing turns out amazing maybe I'll pull this entry in favor of the other...of thats allowed!     |
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whalecottagedesigns
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Post by whalecottagedesigns on Oct 27, 2024 23:03:35 GMT -5
That is a lovely cab and really beautiful material! lapidary1234 |
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dshanpnw
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by dshanpnw on Oct 29, 2024 18:32:30 GMT -5
This month's theme is kicking my cab. I'm finally posting my entry for this month, a Mexican crazy lace with a nice crack going right across the middle. This is actually my first attempt this month, but It didn't turn out the way I thought it would. I tried a nice piece of crysocola because I thought there'd be plenty of fractures. It turned out there were no cracks at all and it wouldn't have met the criteria, and the point broke off during the final smoothing. Then I tried a chevron amethyst heart and it definitely fit the billing, but I couldn't for the life of me get the scratches out of it. Best of luck to all the fine entries. Mexican crazy lace preform:  Preform on dop:  Front side finished:  Side view:  Thanks for taking a look. |
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Post by tribeunited on Oct 29, 2024 19:12:42 GMT -5
realrockhound - let's make a pact never to let me pick a theme again. I really messed with people too hard on this one!
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whalecottagedesigns
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Post by whalecottagedesigns on Oct 29, 2024 19:29:51 GMT -5
dshanpnw That is beautiful material and a lovely cab!
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cabbyshack
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Post by cabbyshack on Oct 29, 2024 19:30:31 GMT -5
Okay, teaser or entry, time will tell?!? This polkadot doesn't have a through hole, I like the piece too much to attempt to grind the back till it opens up, besides it has a healed crack shown between the arrows in the 2nd slab pic, so that qualifies me, right? If I have the time before end of the month I plan to set up my expando with 14k and 50k belts, give it a better polish than the 3k it has now, and get better pics. If so I'll just edit them into this post rather than a new one to make more work for Tommy .     Nice one! Unique shape that worked perfect  |
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Oct 29, 2024 19:38:08 GMT -5
realrockhound - let's make a pact never to let me pick a theme again. I really messed with people too hard on this one! Well... tbh... it wasn't you. It was the members of the forum who ultimately voted to make that the theme. |
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Post by tribeunited on Oct 29, 2024 19:43:44 GMT -5
yeah, blame yourselves.  |
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Post by victor1941 on Oct 30, 2024 16:58:11 GMT -5
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realrockhound
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Post by realrockhound on Oct 30, 2024 17:43:56 GMT -5
victor1941 that’s a beauty. As just an FYI. You can click on the edit tab and delete the photo yourself. Dunno if you’re aware of that or not? It’s the lil icon to the right of the like button.
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Post by victor1941 on Oct 30, 2024 18:50:43 GMT -5
Realrockhound, I did what you suggested when I removed the needle peak cab. I simply had left it up as a visual but have now removed it.
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whalecottagedesigns
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Post by whalecottagedesigns on Oct 30, 2024 21:33:17 GMT -5
victor1941 That is really lovely! Great cab and material!
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Post by chris1956 on Oct 31, 2024 17:00:26 GMT -5
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Dayummmm, that thing is beautiful!
