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juzwuz
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Post by juzwuz on Apr 12, 2015 17:06:22 GMT -5
The sphere is right at 3" in diameter. Once I find a good box, I'm sending it to Rattlehead and then I'll work on making a sphere out of the other big core.
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Post by captbob on Apr 12, 2015 17:32:39 GMT -5
Outstanding sphere Justin! I need to look into picking up some of that material.
What blades do you use on your super grinder?
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juzwuz
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Post by juzwuz on Apr 12, 2015 17:40:39 GMT -5
I bought a pack of ten 7" tile saw blades from ebay:
Planet Diamond 7" Wet Cutting Diamond Tile Blades Pack of 10 Blades
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Post by drocknut on Apr 12, 2015 17:47:44 GMT -5
That is beautiful. You got a great shine on it.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 12, 2015 17:53:33 GMT -5
WoW!!! That is a strikingly beautiful sphere, juzwuz!!! |
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lilacmoth
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Post by lilacmoth on Apr 12, 2015 18:58:58 GMT -5
That is so cool!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 12, 2015 20:08:48 GMT -5
Beautiful job.....................
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Apr 12, 2015 23:31:40 GMT -5
Interesting progress pics and beautiful result.
Adrian
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Apr 12, 2015 23:42:57 GMT -5
I agree. Fantastic sphere!
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Post by snowmom on Apr 13, 2015 5:53:49 GMT -5
gorgeous. Lightning stone always seems mysterious to me, especially the black ones!
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Post by captbob on Apr 13, 2015 9:25:09 GMT -5
Anyone tumbled this stuff? Love to see tumbled pieces if there is a thread somewhere.
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deserthound
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Post by deserthound on Apr 13, 2015 12:40:16 GMT -5
very nice, came out great..
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Apr 13, 2015 13:13:02 GMT -5
Anyone tumbled this stuff? Love to see tumbled pieces if there is a thread somewhere. That is a very impressive sphere. Septarian nodules are really cool. I have to get over to Lake Michigan to hunt for these some day. My kid tumbled a couple a long time ago. I thought they would under cut worse because of the calcite veins but maybe because these were done in a rotary it helped prevent that. Not a great shine but still cool.  Do you guys save all your saw scraps and tumble them? seems like sphere cutters would have tons of good tumbling scraps from cutting off all those cornners. Chuck |
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Post by captbob on Apr 13, 2015 13:40:17 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that Chuck. Your son did a fine job tumbling those! Yup, I'm gonna have to pick up some of this to play with. Found some on eBay, but I'll try to contact rattlehead to see if he is selling first. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2015 18:58:41 GMT -5
Anyone tumbled this stuff? Love to see tumbled pieces if there is a thread somewhere. That is a very impressive sphere. Septarian nodules are really cool. I have to get over to Lake Michigan to hunt for these some day. My kid tumbled a couple a long time ago. I thought they would under cut worse because of the calcite veins but maybe because these were done in a rotary it helped prevent that. Not a great shine but still cool. Do you guys save all your saw scraps and tumble them? seems like sphere cutters would have tons of good tumbling scraps from cutting off all those cornners. Chuck I think the dark area is phosphosiderite so soft like calcite. Rattle head rocks. |
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Post by peachfront on Apr 16, 2015 19:12:39 GMT -5
I got mine from rattlehead. I think he collects fairly often. I also got some finished pieces since I can't easily do spheres myself...just love them!
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rattlehead
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Post by rattlehead on Jul 2, 2015 11:21:05 GMT -5
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juzwuz
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Post by juzwuz on Jan 21, 2017 18:23:24 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2017 12:52:05 GMT -5
Need to work on my core rattlehead gave me. And I just got a 40# box of materials to play with
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