grayfingers
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Post by grayfingers on Dec 8, 2013 12:02:54 GMT -5
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 8, 2013 12:07:38 GMT -5
TOTALLY WOW!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by roy on Dec 8, 2013 12:09:26 GMT -5
nice batch really like the wood !
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Dec 8, 2013 12:44:51 GMT -5
Now thats Outstanding...John
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Post by Deleted on Dec 8, 2013 15:00:46 GMT -5
Awesome Bill. For some reason I have some of the same kinds of wood. Jim
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Dec 8, 2013 15:22:09 GMT -5
Super batch. Pet wood is difficult to get looking that perfect.
Chuck
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Post by pghram on Dec 8, 2013 15:32:40 GMT -5
Nicely done, I especially like the one with all the bands going around.
Rich
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Post by panamark on Dec 8, 2013 16:05:34 GMT -5
Great job and nice variety. That one looks like a palm isn't it? I haven't found any palm yet, in MT. What is the agate with the blue in it? quite unusual and pretty I would say.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Dec 8, 2013 16:36:19 GMT -5
That turned me into a gut hater. Do you know the wood types? The less colored/agatized ones like that are so well reproduced. At least they must be deciduous or pine. Oaks have those little dots too. Different woods www.woodworking.org/WC/Woods/200.html
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Post by Tom on Dec 8, 2013 17:08:19 GMT -5
Excellent job, cant believe how good they look
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Post by tkvancil on Dec 8, 2013 17:13:32 GMT -5
I can't say enough good about your shapes. Thanks for posting.
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Post by herchenx on Dec 8, 2013 17:56:54 GMT -5
Great batch and those cabs are great!
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Post by quartz on Dec 8, 2013 19:00:41 GMT -5
That's a real nice selection of mtl., and well done up. No real favorite, like the whole show. Thanks, Larry
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Post by bsky4463 on Dec 9, 2013 8:08:27 GMT -5
Freaking awesome Bill...nice blues tucked in there. The wood polished up great. The forms, oh my. Did you shape them all on the saw? That hook shape is way cool.
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grayfingers
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Post by grayfingers on Dec 9, 2013 8:11:09 GMT -5
Thanks for the kudos, all. I love to work pet wood, but it is challenging. Like a lot of pet woods, Mt wood is tough to get a slab that is solid enough to cab. For every finished cab I get I probably lose three to cracking at the grain at some point in the making. However, those who have withstood the tile saw and the tumbler are solid. Jim, It would be fun to hunt your end of the disbursement. I have seen that Fossilman finds nice ring replacement on his local rivers in Oregon as well. Mark and James, I was amazed to find the one with the dots. Good to know it could be oak. It is hard to say what woods are what, sure wish I had some knowledge in that area, but I do not. The most common woods in the park region were pine, fir, redwood, cypress, oak, beech, sycamore, willow, and laurels. Palm and Cycads occurred too. Mark, the blue agate is some clear/white Madison blue that I have enhanced with a soak in Methylene Blue. James, great link. Here is a fun read too. petrifiedwoodmuseum.org/SpecimenRidge.htm
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grayfingers
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Post by grayfingers on Dec 9, 2013 8:17:03 GMT -5
Andy, thanks. Yes, my tile saw is my cabbing machine. . . That is why I am posting them here, don't want to offend the real cabbers. Something like this
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Post by bsky4463 on Dec 9, 2013 8:25:17 GMT -5
Thought so... Awesome job. Time to start making your own fish hooks out of MT agate!
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Post by grayfingers on Dec 9, 2013 8:31:30 GMT -5
Forgot to mention, for the tumbled wood pieces I also use the tile saw to clean and smooth before tumbling. It saves material and time in the tumbler. Goes from saw to vibe.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 9, 2013 8:37:00 GMT -5
That subject is real involved. So many varieties of trees it is overwhelming. If it were a dozen varieties it would be easier.
i have studied other areas in that link. It is a good one.
Montana Meth Agate. It has the blues.
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Post by jamesp on Dec 9, 2013 8:43:34 GMT -5
Wow.The tile saw can do all that. I see new diamond wheel shapes a lot. I want to make a machine with many different shaped grinding heads so bad. Like 3 inch wheels for small radius and beveled wheels for other shaped cuts. And then finish in the tumbler. Eye opener this tile saw technique.
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