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blarneystone spending too much on rocks Rocks in my head Member since March 2010 Posts: 307	Workforce Freeforms Apr 2, 2006 23:04:47 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by blarneystone on Apr 2, 2006 23:04:47 GMT -5 Here's a few pics of the freeforms i've been cutting with my Workforce 7" tile saw...should have posted these a while back ... Thanks for lookin ;D Dan
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joe still telling self it's just a hobby Member since June 2005 Posts: 4,900	Workforce Freeforms Apr 3, 2006 8:14:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by joe on Apr 3, 2006 8:14:58 GMT -5 Those are looking good Dan. I really like the shapes.
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blarneystone spending too much on rocks Rocks in my head Member since March 2010 Posts: 307	Workforce Freeforms Apr 3, 2006 9:06:44 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by blarneystone on Apr 3, 2006 9:06:44 GMT -5 Thanks Joe....I just sort of wing it mostly....the rock tells me what shape it wants to be sometimes and other times I mark out the shapes prior to cutting.... Dan
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Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	Workforce Freeforms Apr 3, 2006 10:45:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Apr 3, 2006 10:45:40 GMT -5 Those are great, nice job on all of them, those are going to be very cool polished.
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blarneystone spending too much on rocks Rocks in my head Member since March 2010 Posts: 307	Workforce Freeforms Apr 3, 2006 10:57:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by blarneystone on Apr 3, 2006 10:57:07 GMT -5 One of those crosses is yours Cher!! Hurry, hurry, hurry.....Argh...and I thought I was learning patience....
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Cher In Memoriam Tumbling is addictive - Resistance is futile - You will be assimilated Member since August 2004 Posts: 14,072	Workforce Freeforms Apr 3, 2006 11:21:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cher on Apr 3, 2006 11:21:30 GMT -5 Do I get to pick or is it a surprise?
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blarneystone
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Workforce Freeforms Apr 3, 2006 11:35:13 GMT -5

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Hehehe..you can pick...I have 2 of the red ones shaped like Celtic crosses and the Pet Wood crosses that you see in the pics...I'll post 'em when they are done and let you decide....you may have to wrestle my wife for 'em but we can go 2 out of 3 pins! LOL....nah..just kidding of course,,,it's amazing how much more interested she is now that I'm finishing some stones... lol..

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stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	Workforce Freeforms Apr 3, 2006 13:04:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Apr 3, 2006 13:04:10 GMT -5 Looking good- Now are you tumbling that stuff- oh and how do you get the curves on some of that stuff-
	I can't tell if thats some Gneiss Schist, or that Schist is Gneiss. All I know is don't take it for Granite

blarneystone
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Workforce Freeforms Apr 3, 2006 14:00:25 GMT -5

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Stefan - Thanks! Yep...I'm tumbling it all...no grinder yet

Like the curves huh?
Me too...cut 'em all on the Workforce...I make the concave cuts by holding the stone perpendicular to the blade and using the edge to 'grind' the shape....it's hard on the blade so I use a seperate blade for trimming...

It takes a little practice and they don't always come out perfect but I really like the look of a concave curve....

I'll post some picks of more curvy ones later....

Dan

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stefan Cave Dweller Member since January 2005 Posts: 14,113	Workforce Freeforms Apr 3, 2006 14:35:28 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stefan on Apr 3, 2006 14:35:28 GMT -5 I was thinking you might be using it that way- A diamond Band on the dremel sanding drum might work in similiar fashion (but probably not a quick) Cool stuff-
	I can't tell if thats some Gneiss Schist, or that Schist is Gneiss. All I know is don't take it for Granite

joe still telling self it's just a hobby Member since June 2005 Posts: 4,900	Workforce Freeforms Apr 3, 2006 14:41:56 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by joe on Apr 3, 2006 14:41:56 GMT -5 Face it Dan, you NEED a grinder. C'mon now you know it, we know it. Now inform the wife!!
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Workforce Freeforms Apr 3, 2006 14:47:58 GMT -5

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LOL...Joe,
Believe me ...I FEEL the need! I see all the cool stuff everyone is knocking out on their grinders and I turn Green!! I've been hunting high and low for just the right deal...it'll come...

Just another lesson in patience i guess....

Dan

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rockds still telling self it's just a hobby Member since September 2005 Posts: 4,130	Workforce Freeforms Apr 3, 2006 21:00:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockds on Apr 3, 2006 21:00:36 GMT -5 very nice shapes, like 'em all
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