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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Jan 4, 2014 17:49:35 GMT -5
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carloscinco
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Post by carloscinco on Jan 4, 2014 18:15:10 GMT -5
Hypnotic! Well done! Some of those tiger eyes were looking back at me.
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Post by pghram on Jan 4, 2014 19:42:57 GMT -5
Amazing shine & great shapes.
Rich
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Post by orrum on Jan 4, 2014 19:52:10 GMT -5
I like the way u slanted the tiger eye in those cabs!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 4, 2014 20:01:50 GMT -5
Like the shine on the cabs...The Montanas are my favorite....
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Post by frane on Jan 4, 2014 22:04:25 GMT -5
I would say that is more than a few and they all look great! Fran
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Thunder69
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Post by Thunder69 on Jan 4, 2014 22:37:17 GMT -5
First class shine on these......Nice job ....John
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Post by Jugglerguy on Jan 4, 2014 23:34:41 GMT -5
Holy crap those are shiny!
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Jan 5, 2014 0:18:31 GMT -5
Those are spectacular!
One question, why finish them on the genie if you are going to vibe them? When I finish stones on the genie, I leave the edges nice and crisp, and get the shine on the wheels and the polishing disk.
If I vibe them I just rough them on the coarsest wheel and put them in the 120/220 stage of the vibe and carry them along with everything else. I still get the shine but I don't have to do all the work on the wheels since the vibe does that.
I certainly can't argue with your shine, but wouldn't you get that even if you just put the cabs in the vibe after the coarsest wheel?
Regardless of your rationale, the results are incredible, great work!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Jan 5, 2014 0:26:32 GMT -5
why finish them on the genie if you are going to vibe them? When I finish stones on the genie, I leave the edges nice and crisp, and get the shine on the wheels and the polishing disk. John, I didn't really plan on running them through the vibe but even after 14,000 I thought maybe the vibe would improve them and I think it did. I should have took before and after photos but didn't think about it. Chuck
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 5, 2014 0:42:14 GMT -5
Looking thru sun glasses. The streak is great in the tiger eye and the Montana.
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Jan 5, 2014 1:43:53 GMT -5
got it!
If you are ever interested, there is a split-hide leather disk that John from JSgems sells along with his OMG2 AO polish that will put a killer shine on some of those stubborn ones. It mounts on the end of the arbor on the right side of the genie. I think the disk was only like $10 (can't guarantee that) and the polish was like $20.
The only benefit over what you did is that you can keep any edges you want - although like I said you knocked it out of the park with the shine so it would only be affecting the shape.
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Post by Bluesky78987 on Jan 5, 2014 11:30:25 GMT -5
Those are beautiful!! Tiger eye is soooo underrated. What beautiful stones!
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jspencer
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Post by jspencer on Jan 8, 2014 23:40:18 GMT -5
Super shine on these! What you are doing works perfect I see.
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