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Post by easttnridgerunner on Oct 22, 2007 20:41:07 GMT -5
Well after sitting at home all day with a sick kid I decided to take a brake while she was sleeping and give it another go at emerald. Don't worry i wont blow you away with a 60's back ground this time. here are a couple of pics of the round that i completed today and 3 scratches later from the Black & Decker RTX 3 speed rotary tool I use this is what came out I hope you enjoy I don't think the photos does it justice but hell everyone has there own opinion lol First photo is a piece i found and polished up a we bit thought I would just leave it as is. Now on to the round.
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Post by easttnridgerunner on Oct 23, 2007 1:45:15 GMT -5
well guess no one cares so long
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stefan
Cave Dweller
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Post by stefan on Oct 23, 2007 9:04:19 GMT -5
wait a minute- you made that round with a Dremel Tool? Amazing!
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Post by Tonyterner on Oct 23, 2007 9:38:10 GMT -5
That was done on a dremel? How in the world did you hold it?
ERR you need to be a little more patient, some of us only look here once a day.
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Post by easttnridgerunner on Oct 23, 2007 10:20:48 GMT -5
I hold it with my sore fingers and some times slip and nick them. if the stone gets hot i throw in in a glass of cold water and proceed again. A rotary tool puts a great polish on all the stones Ive done so far. I cant produce much due to I'm holding them all by fingers and tend to send them flyng across the room on occasion lol I know its not the best way but me being a father of 2 its hard to buy all the fancy stuff so I improvise. If you have any questions ill be happy to talk with any of you about it.
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huffstuff
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since August 2007
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Post by huffstuff on Oct 23, 2007 12:49:59 GMT -5
Wow! I would love to work with stones like that, but I get enough scratches just digging through my little tumbler! You call the second one a "round," but in the photos it looks like a sphere!
Anyone else out there have a better way to hold the stone? I'd never find it once I shot it across my garage, although I guess this can happen even if it is in some kind of jig, or maybe on a dopping stick? So is this a method of cabbing? I'm not sure of the exact definition of a cabochon, but they seem to be flat-ish on one side and domed on the other.
You use polishing compound, so you don't have to do your dremelling (may be a new word, I made it up) under water? Until it gets hot, as you said, and you plunk it in a glass of water.
What type of diamond wheel, polish, etc. do you use? Do you think off-brands would work as well? I'm thinking of asking for some diamond dremel bits, etc. for Christmas.
And finally - OUCH! You need to take up an additional hobby , one that will put nice thick calluses on your fingers! (I'm doing this in quick reply, so I don't know how to insert a smiley here).
Thanks for sharing.
Amy
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Post by easttnridgerunner on Oct 23, 2007 13:50:23 GMT -5
I use no. 421 high luster polishing compound for metals ans plastics made by dremel. i hold the stone with mt fingers with the rotary tool wide open for best results if the stone gets to hot and is burning my fingers i plop in in a glass of water and repeat. the same process gos for the grinding bit I use a Dremel 85422 Sil. Carb. Grinding Stone Bit. I really cant tell you if off brands would work or not they seem just to carry dremal bits at Lowe's and home depot here. The Silicon carbide stone bits last me between 1 to 4 stones. there like 2 to 4 bucks each or you can buy a sanding and grind kit for 11 bucks. This is the way I do it and I reckon I'm the pioneer of it because I really don't know anyone else except the cave man that would even attempt it. lol Feel free too look at what I go through in the Thread posted. (A new Emerald for Anakan.) In the pics you will see hoowI shape and for the Anakan Emerald and the other processes I go through.
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