Post by freeform on Jun 11, 2007 14:08:58 GMT -5
These came to me to recut a few months ago. And i am just getting around to sharing them here. Both materials are man made, and though something i wouldnt carry to cut in my inventory. I took on the job becasue they needed to be recut.
This frist group is basically bowling ball chip. It smelled terrible when cutting and i bet there is some unheatly aspects to the resin or plastic it is made of. They were fun becasue often there was a table you could orientate a moon effect to. So many would glow and sparkle. Some even reminded me of Victoria Stone becasue of the nature in which the inclusions gave pattern. Like the last red one, which has flame like patterns to its glow.
These more folks im sure have heard of, or seen already. Yes, its auto paint. They were a bit more challenging to cut becasue there were allot of matching sets that needed recutting. Well, becasue of how layered this material is, the slightest cut can cuase drastic pattern change. Or in some cases, the bond between layers were not the best, so one may lift which resulted in pitted looked domes. But generally speaking they were easy to cut.
Both materials used a speical wax polish called Varnax. Diamond polishing would not polish these materials.
This frist group is basically bowling ball chip. It smelled terrible when cutting and i bet there is some unheatly aspects to the resin or plastic it is made of. They were fun becasue often there was a table you could orientate a moon effect to. So many would glow and sparkle. Some even reminded me of Victoria Stone becasue of the nature in which the inclusions gave pattern. Like the last red one, which has flame like patterns to its glow.
These more folks im sure have heard of, or seen already. Yes, its auto paint. They were a bit more challenging to cut becasue there were allot of matching sets that needed recutting. Well, becasue of how layered this material is, the slightest cut can cuase drastic pattern change. Or in some cases, the bond between layers were not the best, so one may lift which resulted in pitted looked domes. But generally speaking they were easy to cut.
Both materials used a speical wax polish called Varnax. Diamond polishing would not polish these materials.
Those Fordites are something else. Very cool stuff. The big photo of all of them at once is making me dizzy.
