Tom
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My dad Tom suddenly passed away yesterday, Just wanted his "rock" family to know.
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Post by Tom on Feb 2, 2014 21:03:15 GMT -5
The cabs are finished, mostly:), still need to back bevel. All but my wifes are typical 18 by 25 ovals but I wanted to have them all the same for the girls. I thought the best way was to make a video so I have my first video on youtube now. You need about 5 minutes to watch it all. Thanks for looking Hi everyone, I am making rings for all the remaining females on my side of the family, wife, daughter, (future possible grand daughter:)), 2 nieces and 3 great nieces and a sis in law. 9 rings in total, all except my wife will be 18 by 25 ovals, wifes next size larger. The ovals are not fixed in stone I may free form them but they will be at least that big. I bought some super labradorite from our own Carleton and that is what I am showing you first, just the slabs. There are a couple other pieces but I did not get decent pictures. I have way more than enough for 9 cabs so have lots of choices. As you can see from my not so great images that the quality of Carleton's material is second to none:) Thanks Carleton for being part of this. I will keep this updated as I build the rings. Thanks for looking!          
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Post by pghram on Feb 3, 2014 11:08:15 GMT -5
You've marked out some great cabs. I'm looking forward to following your progress to the finish.
Rich
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jollyrockhound
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Post by jollyrockhound on Feb 6, 2014 12:02:39 GMT -5
That should look very nice the last one is very very nice blue!
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aimeesrockworks
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Post by aimeesrockworks on Feb 6, 2014 13:17:11 GMT -5
What pretty slabs. Can't wait for more pictures.  |
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timloco
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Post by timloco on Feb 6, 2014 14:36:01 GMT -5
Those are great slabs. Are you going to treat the cabs at all, use epoxy?
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Tom
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My dad Tom suddenly passed away yesterday, Just wanted his "rock" family to know.
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Post by Tom on Feb 7, 2014 8:02:40 GMT -5
Thanks everyone,
Tim I an not planning to treat the slabs at all, they are very stable and hard. A couple of them are end cuts and I think I am going to have to "build" up a flat base using liquid steel or some product like that. Any suggestions welcome please.
Tom
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Post by 1dave on Feb 8, 2014 21:51:50 GMT -5
If you make a doublet of the same material it will all expand and contract together and have less tendency to pull apart. A quartz cap may be a good solution.
I once made caps of very light blue aquamarine that was very reasonably priced.
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Tom
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My dad Tom suddenly passed away yesterday, Just wanted his "rock" family to know.
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Post by Tom on Feb 9, 2014 8:53:57 GMT -5
Thanks Dave,
Have optical quartz for doublets but I don't think labradorite needs a cap for protection does it? I have made a couple ring stones out of low quality lab before and it seems to be good. The couple of end cuts I can't put a back on with stone as, well they are end cuts LOL. I will just put a layer of liquid steel on them and go with that. I need to get moving on that project but I have a few others in the fire right now to get done first:) Thanks for the suggestions though, keep em coming!
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Post by 1dave on Feb 12, 2014 12:52:51 GMT -5
Thanks Dave, Have optical quartz for doublets but I don't think labradorite needs a cap for protection does it? I have made a couple ring stones out of low quality lab before and it seems to be good. The couple of end cuts I can't put a back on with stone as, well they are end cuts LOL. I will just put a layer of liquid steel on them and go with that. I need to get moving on that project but I have a few others in the fire right now to get done first:) Thanks for the suggestions though, keep em coming! No, Quartz has a hardness of 7, Feldspar of 6, which is hard enough. I was thinking about making a doublet (bottom rather than the top)to make the stone thicker. The liquid steel I have used in the past only had a shelf life of about 6 months, even in the can. |
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Tom
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My dad Tom suddenly passed away yesterday, Just wanted his "rock" family to know.
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Post by Tom on Feb 25, 2014 7:59:59 GMT -5
bump
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 14, 2014 22:48:35 GMT -5
Tom, thanks for the video! You really need video to show those kind of stones off. I think you have a winner in each one. I couldn't pick a fav, but it looks like the boss's is about the best. I have some labs from Carleton, too. I haven't cabbed them, yet, though. I can't wait to see what you do for the rings. I bet they'll be great! Are you doing each one differently? |
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herchenx
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Post by herchenx on Mar 15, 2014 0:23:36 GMT -5
I'm with Tela, the video really adds a lot, thanks for doing that and for sharing. Looking forward to seeing the rings!
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Tom
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My dad Tom suddenly passed away yesterday, Just wanted his "rock" family to know.
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Post by Tom on Mar 15, 2014 7:26:39 GMT -5
Thanks guys, each ring will be just a bit different. John, the obsidian is just to make them thicker, I had thin slices on hand and as the Ob will be enclosed in silver I am not worried about the strength. I hope to have them all done in the next week or so.
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