rallyrocks
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by rallyrocks on May 10, 2006 1:36:18 GMT -5
Moving my stuff to the basement, doing a Rally in southern cal and a few other distractions made this batch take a couple weeks longer than I had planned, but I'm pretty pleased with the outcome;  And I found a couple of pieces of OJ in a local store, paid way too much for them, being as they were already patially polished, but after sawing them up and cutting a couple of cabs from it I have no regrets, and look forward to working more of this stuff!  Finally a few from slabs that stoner so generously donated to my cause;  Thanks for looking! |
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Post by rockyraccoon on May 10, 2006 10:47:57 GMT -5
nice freeforms rally!
kim
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Post by Cher on May 10, 2006 19:06:04 GMT -5
Beautiful job on all of it Rally, that poppy jasper is really nice, you've got some great shapes there.
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Post by stoner on May 10, 2006 19:23:04 GMT -5
WOW, those look great Rally. Nice shape on the poppy jaspers and you got an incredible shine on them too. Actually, you got a great shine on all of them. Very Nice.
Nice job on the photos too.
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Post by gemkoi on May 10, 2006 19:41:57 GMT -5
Them are nice looking cabs Rally! Keep it up.
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rallyrocks
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Post by rallyrocks on May 10, 2006 20:16:08 GMT -5
Thanks for the positive feedback folks!
Still not quite playing in your league Shain, but I am coming along.
I'm up over 100 pieces already, so I have picked up a trick or two, but being all self/book taught I've still got a lot more to learn.
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Post by driftwood on May 10, 2006 21:32:18 GMT -5
I would say you got the hang of it already, those look great !
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stefan
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Post by stefan on May 11, 2006 11:51:17 GMT -5
great job and finish on em- Love that MHPJ Gotta start working up some of that
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Post by gemkoi on May 11, 2006 12:19:39 GMT -5
Dont under estimate yourself Rally, You are coming along perfectly! I see all quality stones, and care in each cut. I still get allot of requests and interests for lower priced cabs on my site. Because i cut allot of cabs like yours here and they sell great! You always find a select cab out of a batch that is top notch, and to me, that is your red diamond cab on the last photo. very nice indeed. Though i would like a teacher in some aspects of lapidary, i think most folks like us are self taught. AS it really is an easy way to express oneself. having a decent machine is usually the biggest trial of it all. Keep it up!
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pagstones
noticing nice landscape pebbles
Member since October 2005
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Post by pagstones on May 11, 2006 12:27:55 GMT -5
Those are really neat Rally - the OJ is incredible, love the peachy one. I'm impressed with the shine on the poppy jasper, I've only worked a little piece and couldn't get a shine on the matrix around the poppies. Did you use diamond paste on them?
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rallyrocks
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by rallyrocks on May 11, 2006 14:04:50 GMT -5
Yes they were all done with hard wheels at 80 and 220, then on diamond belts at 325, 400, 600,1200 and 3000- finally diamond paste on resin belts for 14000 and 50000.
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