|
|
Post by stardiamond on Aug 24, 2008 14:55:37 GMT -5
Bitten my horse flies, nagged by gnats, polishing over scratches and cabs flying into space. The best part of the day was not getting any abrasions on my fingers.  Blue Mountain (polished over scratches), morrisonite (probably lop sided), ocean jasper (this one should have been great but material chipped off during sanding, surface cracks from polishing and cab went flying and got gouged. I can recut this one), Youngite (needs bottom rounded) crazy lace (may need to be resanded and polished). |
|
Wolfden
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since November 2007
Posts: 1,368
|
Post by Wolfden on Aug 24, 2008 15:33:23 GMT -5
Those came out great , really nice material . I really like the Blue Mountain & the Youngite . Dont yaa just hate when they go flying lol I put some carpet around my setup to stop them from going to far and being unfound lol
Dennis
|
|
SteveHolmes
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since July 2009
Posts: 1,900
|
Post by SteveHolmes on Aug 24, 2008 16:06:54 GMT -5
Is that all you do is COMPLAIN! ;D  Those are some beauts...as usual! That OJ and CL are my favs from the bunch...but I'd take any of em'! Steve |
|
|
|
Post by fishenman on Aug 24, 2008 17:15:21 GMT -5
Beautiful cabs.
|
|
darrad
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since September 2006
Posts: 1,636
|
Post by darrad on Aug 24, 2008 18:50:20 GMT -5
You are seeing things I am not 'cause they all look great from here. I esecially like the Blue Mountain.
|
|
WarrenA
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since November 2003
Posts: 1,530
|
Post by WarrenA on Aug 24, 2008 19:03:19 GMT -5
My advise is Get Going and glue some tops on them and SELL THEM or maybe give them away your choose. don't worry about being lop sided or not rounded enough people will buy them anyway and sometimes the weirder the shape the faster they sell and that is from experience
|
|
|
|
Post by stardiamond on Aug 24, 2008 19:43:03 GMT -5
My advise is Get Going and glue some tops on them and SELL THEM or maybe give them away your choose. don't worry about being lop sided or not rounded enough people will buy them anyway and sometimes the weirder the shape the faster they sell and that is from experience I have over 70 8 1/2 x 11 ryker boxes full of cabs I cut. A lot of them need a little work before I would consider selling them. Some of them aren't worth spending more time. If I ever started selling, I would throw them in as bonuses. I have limited free time and would rather create than sell. Some of the pieces could be better, but my skill level needs to be higher. I am satisfied with what I can do now and really enjoy cabbing. If I blew up the scan of the ocean, it wouldn't be easy on the eyes. It will be a great cab someday. My wife says that if you are cutting a symmetrical shape it should by symmetrical and if you are cutting a free form it shouldn't look like a lopsided symmetrical and thus a mistake. Scanning cabs instead of photographing them makes some cabs look better than they are and some really beautiful cabs look ordinary. Once again, I would rather spend my free time cabbing and at least the scans give an idea of what I have completed. |
|
|
|
Post by akansan on Aug 24, 2008 19:47:40 GMT -5
Sounds like a rough day! From here, the cabs do look good, though.
And I completely agree with your wife. My sister gave me the same advice when I first started playing with cabs - if it's going to NOT be symmetrical, it needs to be obvious that it was planned.
|
|
MidNight~Rocksi3
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2008
Posts: 1,716
|
Post by MidNight~Rocksi3 on Aug 24, 2008 19:59:33 GMT -5
Well I'm with the Majority as well .. I think they are all beauties... love the shapes too!
*smiles*
|
|
|
|
Post by Bikerrandy on Aug 24, 2008 20:03:31 GMT -5
Those are beautiful, great job!! I can't pick a favorite from that batch, they're all awesome  |
|
|
|
Post by beefjello on Aug 24, 2008 21:43:33 GMT -5
I don't see no scratches from my house A bad day cabbin' is better than a good day workin'. Oh yeah! |
|
|
|
Post by Tony W on Aug 25, 2008 0:01:48 GMT -5
They look mighty good to me! At least with them that far along it won't be so time consuming to sweeten them up. T
|
|
|
|
Post by creativeminded on Aug 25, 2008 7:27:21 GMT -5
Those turned out great despite the trouble you had.
Tami
|
|
|
|
Post by larrywyland3 on Aug 25, 2008 9:08:37 GMT -5
You got some great material and I like the shapes. The OJ is some of the best I have seen; definately worth the additional time. The blue mountain looks pretty near perfect.
|
|
|
|
Post by Titania on Aug 25, 2008 9:16:41 GMT -5
It's always tough when you have one of those days when things just don't seem to be going your way. The cabs look great, though!
|
|
nansaidh
spending too much on rocks
Jewelry artist, graphic designer, dog lover, car nut (etc.)
Member since August 2008
Posts: 311
|
Post by nansaidh on Aug 25, 2008 12:59:55 GMT -5
The morrisonite draws my eye every time I look at the set - it will be even more beautiful set!  |
|
|
|
Post by texaswoodie on Aug 25, 2008 13:43:05 GMT -5
Great cabs!
Curt
|
|
|
|
Post by Tonyterner on Aug 26, 2008 13:45:35 GMT -5
I tend to be my own worst critic as well. Despite the technical difficulties you have some good looking material there and interesting shapes as well. Just remember one man's trash is another man's treasure.
|
|
textiger
freely admits to licking rocks
Member since May 2005
Posts: 946
|
Post by textiger on Aug 27, 2008 8:53:38 GMT -5
I understand what you are saying, but those really look terrific. That youngite is beautiful and the ... hell, they're all beautiful. And you will make them beautifuler, if possible.
You always have great material, too.
Thanks for sharing.
matt
|
|
|
|
Post by stonesthatrock on Aug 27, 2008 19:02:42 GMT -5
i have to agree with everyone else, they all look great to me.
|
|
