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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 7, 2017 21:38:11 GMT -5
My yellow stone turned out it didn't want to be a heart but just a freeform. Although i did find a local rock that i need to get a photo of incase i use it... When i found it I thought it was an orange agate like rock in black bassault due to its fracture. started grinding it a few weeks ago and it turned out to be mostly orange. Took it on my 2nd wheel today and was amazed by what i saw. WELL?  Don't leave me hanging! |
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 7, 2017 21:39:35 GMT -5
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Post by glennz01 on Mar 7, 2017 21:53:02 GMT -5
i'll get picks at the end of the day, still playing but nothin is finished |
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 7, 2017 23:28:53 GMT -5
I'm still in the playing/design stage 😂  |
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Post by glennz01 on Mar 7, 2017 23:52:19 GMT -5
I'm still in the playing/design stage 😂 Same here... I may swap out stones a few times, the orange one i'm probably going to put in and possibly the hunk of bornite, have to play with it a bit to see.  |
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Post by tims on Mar 8, 2017 3:24:06 GMT -5
This project sounds fun. Don't think i'll have access to proper equipment to play but am watching with interest.
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Post by orrum on Mar 8, 2017 7:15:05 GMT -5
Wampidy needs to get in this!!! He makes canes, walking sticks and I am quite sure he is in actuality a wizard!!! Hey Jim where r you psrdner, we need your skill set on the front line!!!
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 8, 2017 8:25:01 GMT -5
I'm still in the playing/design stage 😂 Same here... I may swap out stones a few times, the orange one i'm probably going to put in and possibly the hunk of bornite, have to play with it a bit to see. Oh My Goodness!!! What is that round multicolored bigger rock??? I WANT IT! |
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Post by glennz01 on Mar 8, 2017 10:06:53 GMT -5
Same here... I may swap out stones a few times, the orange one i'm probably going to put in and possibly the hunk of bornite, have to play with it a bit to see. Oh My Goodness!!! What is that round multicolored bigger rock??? I WANT IT! Not really sure but when its done I am willing to part with it. Its rather soft material so not a true jasper, but maybe some sort of ocean jasper. |
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Post by glennz01 on Mar 8, 2017 10:10:10 GMT -5
For those folks watching, you don't need to make a staff / wand, just a photo found online will do to show context for your stones.
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Post by melhill1659 on Mar 8, 2017 11:03:54 GMT -5
Oh My Goodness!!! What is that round multicolored bigger rock??? I WANT IT! Not really sure but when its done I am willing to part with it. Its rather soft material so not a true jasper, but maybe some sort of ocean jasper. If you start playing around with it and don't like it, I'm used to softer stones. DON'T MESS MY ROCK UP 😂😂😂😂 jk |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 11:39:06 GMT -5
Oh My Goodness!!! What is that round multicolored bigger rock??? I WANT IT! That is Clay Canyon (aka Fairfield) variscite (also contains other rare minerals). Extremely expensive stuff, and yes it is soft. |
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Post by glennz01 on Mar 8, 2017 22:40:24 GMT -5
Oh My Goodness!!! What is that round multicolored bigger rock??? I WANT IT! That is Clay Canyon (aka Fairfield) variscite (also contains other rare minerals). Extremely expensive stuff, and yes it is soft. Hmm maybe i should hand onto it, but i also need a house I knew it was special, just wasn't sure how special. I did stabalize 1 side by filling in most of the holes though which makes it look a little nicer. Definitally can't mess this stone up on the wheels, just have to polish it. Makes me wonder what other rare things I got in this collection. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 23:52:25 GMT -5
I hope you find more goodies!
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Post by kk on Mar 12, 2017 7:32:41 GMT -5
Ohh goodie, remembered this week that I cut some staffs about 3 years ago for school-drama. Dug it out and the quartz will fit perfectly. Little progress otherwise, but have the next 2 days off, so should be able to get to polish stage.  |
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Post by metalsmith on Mar 12, 2017 13:50:22 GMT -5
I can see an entry from Metalsmith could well happen here... All subject to change until the closing date, but here for starters: Australian Boulder Opal Rough - an offcut left over with just a hint of possibility  With the hint of a seam firming up, an idea develops  Work in progress: looks more like Gem Silica than Boulder Opal, but a few pin-fires here and there give the game away:  Finished Cab - the longest I've ever taken to cut a single cab (but then I did all the work on a 1200 lap!) - around 4 hours but this is one rock I don't want to s**w-up  Australian Boulder Opal finished cab: waves of chocolate and opal the colour of chryocolla-gem-silica mix with a few fine blue-green pin-fires  This might be my preferred stone. My hopes of photoshopping these into a wand have gone up the creek; with a lot of other things recently.  This was to form the Dragon's eye.  I guess my fourth rock in the wand collection would be the Dragon Green Chrysocolla I've been asking about elsewhere.  These were all cut a couple of weeks back: Jelly Opal 11/03; Boulder Opal 1 12/03 02:30 - 06:30!! Boulder Opal 12/03, though it seemed like a different day somehow! Chyrsocolla 13/03 (unlucky for me as it turned out!) |
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Post by glennz01 on Mar 12, 2017 14:07:52 GMT -5
I can see an entry from Metalsmith could well happen here... All subject to change until the closing date, but here for starters: Australian Boulder Opal Rough - an offcut left over with just a hint of possibility With the hint of a seam firming up, an idea develops Work in progress: looks more like Gem Silica than Boulder Opal, but a few pin-fires here and there give the game away: Finished Cab - the longest I've ever taken to cut a single cab (but then I did all the work on a 1200 lap!) - around 4 hours but this is one rock I don't want to s**w-up Australian Boulder Opal finished cab: waves of chocolate and opal the colour of chryocolla-gem-silica mix with a few fine blue-green pin-fires I have to agree, ive seen some opals that started out nice but when people keep grinding to bring out more color until nothing is left. I really like the color, looks like the aura |
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Post by Tommy on Mar 12, 2017 21:20:03 GMT -5
OK here's my entry... I made this staff several years ago out from a magical piece of Jack's beanstalk wood I found while out walking with the forest elves ... or rockhounding - I honestly don't remember where I was. I've always intended to cut a stone for the top of it ... and now I have and it feels *~ MaGiCaL ~* ... In fact I think just saw a unicorn! Or was that my dog...  South African Pietersite  Work in progress  |
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Post by glennz01 on Mar 12, 2017 21:57:48 GMT -5
OK here's my entry... I made this staff several years ago out from a magical piece of Jack's beanstalk wood I found while out walking with the forest elves ... or rockhounding - I honestly don't remember where I was. I've always intended to cut a stone for the top of it ... and now I have and it feels *~ MaGiCaL ~* ... In fact I think just saw a unicorn! Or was that my dog... South African Pietersite Work in progress Now you can hike in style ans show off your work when people always ask us rock hounds why so many rocks! My walking stick is my eskwing  |
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Post by kk on Mar 13, 2017 21:58:29 GMT -5
Nice piece of pietersite you got there Tommy.
I'm out of the contest, as I broke the Koroit while sanding at 2000g paper (I put too much pressure on it and it snapped).
The other pieces started earlier last week don't fit into the colour-sheme and I don't have the time to restart.
The good news is that this will allow me to go better than planed, just not within the contest.
Will continue though, but with cabs already made in the past as I really want to see it through.
The quartz and ruby will stay and will add two small opals I did a few months back, plus a Chinese Pietersite that needs a final home.
Its the only Pietersite that I ever managed to cut to form a near perfect Cats-eye.
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