Sabre52
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Me and my gal, Rosie
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 15, 2007 13:04:07 GMT -5
Whoo hee! This is the last bunch of preforms and now I can mark the girdles and dop 'em. Three Royal Imperial Jaspers, an Agua Nueva salvage job, a Laguna and another of those darn pitty Wingate Plumes. Thanks for looking....Mel  |
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Post by stardiamond on Dec 15, 2007 15:54:27 GMT -5
If you cut buff tops, you would be done cutting now. Just have to sand and polish. Seller finerock on ebay cuts mainly buff tops. I have some RI that I cut as buff tops because I didn't want to mess with the pattern.
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SteveHolmes
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by SteveHolmes on Dec 15, 2007 16:27:00 GMT -5
You got some pretty stones Mel. I've been watching all your "ready for sticks" thread, and some nice banded agates. Anticipating the finished stones.
Steve
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Post by parfive on Dec 15, 2007 23:57:27 GMT -5
That Imperial on the bottom looks mighty fine, Mel.
What grit do you take 'em to before they go in the vibe?
Rich
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Dec 16, 2007 0:04:39 GMT -5
The red+pink imperial is outstanding, I can't wait to see it when ready.
Adrian
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 16, 2007 11:34:04 GMT -5
Rich: I'll cut the crowns for the hard stones in this batch with the 80 and 220 grit wheels then sand some on the 280. Then I'll go to the vibe with 220 to finish the sanding in batches. Then, just for fun, I'm gonna experiment on prepolishing and polishing these in a small rotary. Recently polished a stone one of our members gave me that way and it came out nicer than I could do on the wheels. The softer stones, I just dop a few at a time and finish all the way on my Genie....Mel
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Post by Tonyterner on Dec 17, 2007 16:09:12 GMT -5
I'm with everyone else here, that bottom imperial is just beautiful.
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Post by rockds on Dec 19, 2007 11:43:20 GMT -5
Hey Mel I've used a small rotary to polish some cabs - most turned out great. I used AO polish
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