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Post by beefjello on Feb 24, 2007 23:36:46 GMT -5
I'm kind of hesitant to post this here amongst all the pros, but I'm just so excited that I cut and ground and (ahem) polished my first cab today! This was my first chance to try out my new Highland Park machine, and after buying a new saw blade and cleaning her up a bit I cut a few slabs and zeroed in on a nice Brenda plume and decided to try my hand flying blind lol. I still have a couple hoods to make so I was getting plenty wet but had fun. Here's what I cut!  The cab is dry.. that's a shine! LOL not a liquid shine, but a dull wanna be shine. Here's indoors (and blurry)  Little micro vugs collected some polish, which I had no idea how to use lol. I've still got loads to learn. It's far from perfect but it's my first ever and I'm kinda proud ;D  Thanks a lot for looking! |
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Post by NM Stone Supply on Feb 24, 2007 23:45:46 GMT -5
Looks good...
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Post by stoner on Feb 24, 2007 23:48:36 GMT -5
Congrats on your first cab. Not a bad looking cab at that. Be careful though, cutting cabs is very addictive-even more so than tumbling. It's the feeling of taking a rough rock and making it a nice polished rock in a matter of minutes rather than months that will get to you. Now take that cab and put it in a drawer and one a week from now on, and in a year, take them all out and look at your progress. Here's a good link to help you get started in the right direction. www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/oplc_cab.shtml |
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Post by beefjello on Feb 24, 2007 23:59:38 GMT -5
Thanks guys! And thanks a lot for that link Ed!!
I've lost all traction down that slippery slope LOL
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Post by joe on Feb 25, 2007 9:11:28 GMT -5
Nice goin' BJ!!! That's a fine looking stone. There's no turning back now, you're hooked! Welcome to the cabbing party.  |
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Post by blarneystone on Feb 25, 2007 9:17:32 GMT -5
Nice job there Beef! Man.. you'll be an expert in no time following the advice here! I'm always amazed at how quickly people here are able to make nice quality cabs after just starting...
Good one!
Dan
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Post by SteveHolmes on Feb 25, 2007 10:01:43 GMT -5
nice cab beefjello, and I like the stone you chose. You went into this blind??? You did an awesome job and I expect you to post many photos of your cabbing addiction.
Steve
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Post by krazydiamond on Feb 25, 2007 10:05:44 GMT -5
wtg, Beefer!
looks like you are past the point of no return........
KD
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 25, 2007 11:12:05 GMT -5
Way better than my first cab and a nice looking piece of plume too....mel
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Post by Bikerrandy on Feb 25, 2007 13:51:09 GMT -5
I like it!! Now, what are you going to do from this point?? ;D
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Post by Cher on Feb 25, 2007 14:02:19 GMT -5
Good job for a first try.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2007 14:52:59 GMT -5
Not bad for the first time. What I have found is the better the dome, the less of scratches and pitting in the middle of the cab. I wish I could have learned that early on as I have some redo's to fix. Hope this helps and keep them coming!
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Post by Zoran on Feb 25, 2007 14:54:58 GMT -5
Nice job. Save this cab. Going to be very precious to you in the future.
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Post by beefjello on Feb 25, 2007 18:37:22 GMT -5
Thanks everyone!!! ;D
Steve I was flying blind on my new machine. Got a little more practice with it today, and after reading the link Stoner posted I realized a bunch of things I did wrong. Now I'm torn between 'fixing' this one and keeping it as is lol.
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Post by rockyraccoon on Feb 25, 2007 23:12:12 GMT -5
good job!
kim
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Post by rockds on Feb 26, 2007 10:52:09 GMT -5
Nothing wrong with that. You may want to get some brazilain agate to practice on, its cheap, takes a great shine and makes wounderful cabs. When I was starting out I cut up lots of brazilian to proctice on before jumping in with my nicer stuff.
robert
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Post by stefan on Feb 26, 2007 13:12:44 GMT -5
Sweet!!! I would save it (I still have my first ever cab) You'll look back on it in a Year and really appreciate your advancement! Oh and have you discovered there are NO BRAKES on this Slippery Slope??? Have Fun- Now I gotta go look at your other cabs!
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