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Post by joe on Apr 29, 2006 8:31:04 GMT -5
This one was coming along real nice. Then it wasn't.  |
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Post by dracco on May 2, 2006 4:25:52 GMT -5
Possible fix?
A few years ago a while working on some black slate for an abstract sculpture it too broke. Many hours and the slate were lost. Rockpup headed right for the clear epoxy. Told him that would leave a clear glue line and would not look nice." Well dad why not color it?" Well why not! Ground up some gold and silver pyrite into dust, mixed it in to the epoxy ( the slow set kind ). Applied a very thin coat of clear on both sides of the break. Then the mix on each side of the break, enough that it squished out. Clamped, waited ,sanded and polished. It looked like a thin gold vein running thru the slate! And it held!!
Like I said, sounds kinda hokey but it worked. If any one tries this we would love to see the results! btw The black cab would look great with a gold vein!
Be Well
Dracco & Rockpup
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lithrick
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Post by lithrick on May 2, 2006 13:05:28 GMT -5
Wow! When one of those beauties breaks, it must feel like someone punched you in the stomach. They were all looking so good! Don't give up, and see if you can find out just how "super" that superglue really is!
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Post by joe on May 2, 2006 18:29:36 GMT -5
I don't really trust the superglue to hold it but Dracco's idea of epoxy and making use of the "broken" space!...  How wide a gap did you make with the colored epoxy? |
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Post by dracco on May 2, 2006 19:34:33 GMT -5
Greetings Joe
I presses the broken slate to a close a fit up as possible allowing the internal peaks and valleys to interlock. With enough of the color mix to come out and fill the surfaces spalls and chips. A popsicle stick shaved thin works as a mini, flexible putty knife. Use a padded vise clamp or tape the two together. If using tape, place it on foil or wax paper while the epoxy sets. If not it tends to want to stay on the work bench for some reason! Had it happen once! ha. ha. Hope this helps.
Be well
Dracco & Rockpup
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slim7309
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Post by slim7309 on May 2, 2006 20:02:11 GMT -5
Hey Joe, The other day i could have cried~i like cutting opals & when i work on them i do 4 or 5 at a time & i'll finish them an all i have to do is my final polish so i put them in this little box that i have with a felt liner-i had about 11 pcs.~what i do is i use Zam on a 4in. cotton buffing wheel~ but my work space is limited i share the room with my wife~one side is the washer & dryer an she has a full wall too~ but my side i have a door that cuts my area in half~ to the right of the door i have my grinders so i work there then on the other side of the door is my trim saw & my polisher where i buff my stones~ so i got up with my stones to polish them i had the box in my left hand i turned to reach for the zam on the shelf & i here my wife yelling for me to come up for dinner & she was comming down stairs to me & my dog was with her as i turned back toward my buffing machine my dog was so happy to see me he jumped up & was airborn & all i saw was his front paws hitting my chest & knocking me over backwards & my little box went BYE,BYE Yup, my dog was so happy he was licking my face & i was thinken how i wanted to put the dog in the dryer & watch him go round & round-- found 4 so far. Slim
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Post by joe on May 2, 2006 22:02:05 GMT -5
Thanx Dracco, it sure helps. I guess I'll be trying something else that's new! It's always something new with this hobby. I do feel for you Slim! Try to think of lost opals as somehow romantic and exotic. Yeah I know. It doesn't work but heck, you tried! |
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Post by dracco on May 3, 2006 16:23:12 GMT -5
Hi Joe
If you try it I would really like to see a pic! Bet it would look good on the black cab!
Be Well
Dracco & Rockpup
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Post by rockds on May 4, 2006 1:04:49 GMT -5
I got a couple I need to post. One wasn't so bad as it broke during the early stages. The one tonight was finished and when i was showing it to me wife, I dropped it and it broke
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stefan
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Post by stefan on May 9, 2006 14:24:14 GMT -5
yea MHPJ has a real nasty habit of doing that- to bad about that one- it was looking real cool
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Post by joe on May 10, 2006 22:22:32 GMT -5
Ouch! That's a nasty break. Did it just crack open in your hands or did it slam down? I hate it when they break!
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on May 10, 2006 23:33:46 GMT -5
that one was stuck to a dop stick and half of it just fell off for no apparent reason
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Post by joe on May 11, 2006 18:52:29 GMT -5
It's gremlins. Yup, I knew it. Ya got gremlins in your shop. At least the dop wax didn't hold it together 'till you were done with the cab and THEN let go!
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Showtime
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Post by Showtime on May 22, 2006 11:38:31 GMT -5
Here's one of mine that bit the dust I know I can save it just to mad at it to do anything with it yet (how can you be mad at a rock?? man I need help  |
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Post by joe on May 24, 2006 0:04:26 GMT -5
That's a bummer Showtime. It looks repairable though. How much time did you have in it?
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Showtime
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Post by Showtime on May 25, 2006 16:03:31 GMT -5
yes but it looks to have another fracture on the left side also as for time only about 45 min..
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Post by gemkoi on Jun 15, 2006 17:03:15 GMT -5
Well it about time i can add to this thread. Lol. This piece actaully wasnt broken untill i had to remove it from the dop stick. Which was the only thing holding it together. But this carnelian materila had allot of fractures i would exploit. This piece i was hoping the fracture wouldnt undermind the shape, but it did.  However, becasue of how it broke, this cab is more than worth for saving. And i have two options i can go with it. Option 1 would be to make the shape narrow, by using the most amount of what mateiral is left, and just recutting the shape. option 2, which i think i gonna try.  The blue stone is Apatite. And i would ahve to cut that break to open it up more. And then recut the blue cab to fit. Not exactly sure how, or what i ahve to do, but i know i caan do it. so i will keep you all posted. |
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on Aug 13, 2006 17:02:42 GMT -5
One more, this time its OJ:  |
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Post by rallyrocks on Oct 12, 2006 10:20:55 GMT -5
And one more- this time it is Prudent Man Agate, it made it all the way through cutting and polish, only to have me drop it on the hardwood floor as it came off the dop stick- it survived that first fall OK too, but I dropped it again when I went to take pictures and that was all she could take;  |
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