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Post by woodman on Jul 8, 2015 8:42:24 GMT -5
Again, I did not make the sphere, Maury Mountain Moss agate found in an estate sale. Made a nice sphere.
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peachfront
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Post by peachfront on Jul 8, 2015 15:28:10 GMT -5
peachfront, would you post a photo of your banded iron sphere here too?  |
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Post by snowmom on Jul 8, 2015 16:34:31 GMT -5
beautiful! thank you!
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Steve
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Post by Steve on Jul 9, 2015 19:54:37 GMT -5
Here's a 1.5 inch marble that I hand carved from dendritic soapstone a couple of years ago:  |
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Steve
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Post by Steve on Jul 9, 2015 19:56:56 GMT -5
And here is a sodalite sphere I made a couple years ago, it's just a bit over 3 inches in diameter.  |
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Steve
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Post by Steve on Jul 9, 2015 20:01:07 GMT -5
One of the first spheres I made. It's petrified wood. It's one of my favorites because it was so hard to polish.  A better view:  |
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rattlehead
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MI Rocks
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Post by rattlehead on Jul 9, 2015 20:02:08 GMT -5
That soapstone sphere is sweet.
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lilacmoth
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Post by lilacmoth on Jul 9, 2015 22:17:58 GMT -5
How do you hand carve a sphere??
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Steve
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Post by Steve on Jul 9, 2015 23:33:01 GMT -5
Rough cut with a hand saw. Carve to a close sphere with a pocketknife. Use the end piece of pipe to finish scraping into a sphere. Check frequently with a template and micrometer. I used a plastic circle tracer from an office supply store. I wet sanded with automotive sand paper.
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lilacmoth
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by lilacmoth on Jul 9, 2015 23:36:57 GMT -5
Rough cut with a hand saw. Carve to a close sphere with a pocketknife. Use the end piece of pipe to finish scraping into a sphere. Check frequently with a template and micrometer. I used a plastic circle tracer from an office supply store. I wet sanded with automotive sand paper. Wow, now that's commitment! |
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Post by gingerkid on Jul 15, 2015 7:35:51 GMT -5
Hi, snowmom, here's some spheres fer ya.   Fiber optic cat's eye spheres I like this fiber optic cat's eye sphere the mostest™ since it is tri-colored  Here's some marbles (very small spheres...  )   Tiger's eye sphere |
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luvtogrow
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Post by luvtogrow on Jul 15, 2015 18:41:20 GMT -5
Some green Ocean Jasper-  |
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Post by snowmom on Jul 18, 2015 5:57:08 GMT -5
these are all so beautiful. Love the variety... hope there are many more to follow... Thanks for taking the time to post! |
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juzwuz
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Post by juzwuz on Jul 23, 2015 23:37:13 GMT -5
Here's my collection of spheres that I have made. I need to make some sphere stands and take better pictures.  |
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Post by snowmom on Jul 24, 2015 5:55:15 GMT -5
would love it if you could name what they are made of too, wonderful collection... I may be on the verge of yet another obsession after seeing all these beautiful spheres!
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 5, 2015 16:11:02 GMT -5
Bought this one the other night. 108mm, unknown stone.  |
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 5, 2015 16:12:48 GMT -5
Bought this one last year. 110mm carnelian   |
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 5, 2015 16:16:11 GMT -5
This is some material I collected containing a variety of minerals such as quartz, hematite and magnetite. 85.5mm. I did a trade to have the sphere made:   |
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Post by vegasjames on Aug 5, 2015 16:18:13 GMT -5
More material I collected and did a trade on to have made in to a sphere. 95mm blue-green jasper.  |
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