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Post by lpl on May 21, 2018 20:57:49 GMT -5
When looking at the title " drying cabs between wheels", I thought: " How thick does a preform have to be to get stuck between the wheels? And what good would it do to try and dry them there?" My answer would be to first get them out from between the wheels and then dry them off. But reading the other replies, I figure that's not what you were going for ![(blush)](//storage.proboards.com/1258779/images/mNlRhKnudHnbbtyhnmYX.gif) That's funny there! Though in retrospect I could have titled the thread better
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Post by Rockoonz on May 21, 2018 21:59:12 GMT -5
Generally I have 4 or more cabs that I'm working on at a time. I will run them all through a wheel, then move them all onto the next. after I finish one I wipe it, pick up the next, and grind or sand the next. When I'm ready to move on I check them all first, and do touch-ups as needed.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on May 22, 2018 10:00:22 GMT -5
I wipe mine off with a towel and then put it under the Genie light, blow on it a bit if it's still damp under the light and presto! dry. I grind with the towel on my lap, so I automatically dry it off whenever I take it away from a wheel to look at it. Really, it takes only seconds.
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Post by geostrong on May 22, 2018 10:22:05 GMT -5
I have a bad habit of drying on my shirt; stick the cab to your shirt and spin it and it's mostly dry. That being said, after a few times I forget where I dried after what grit (though I always rinse before drying) and I end up moving to a cotton rag or chamois. I, too, have little time to cab and so try to make the most out of it. I like to have 2-4 lights on me while cabbing and a magnifying glass and a loupe handy to check for scratches, or you can just turn the dried cab around in the light and look for scratches that way. I'm sure very quickly you will develop your own specific method and it will become part of your process, without ever thinking of it again ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by gemfeller on May 22, 2018 15:53:18 GMT -5
I generally follow Rockoonz's method by working several cabs at a time on the same wheel. I set them aside when I think they're done and work on the next one. By the time the last stone is worked the first one is dry, and so on. I also keep a cotton towel next to my Genie for quick wipe-offs as well as a 10X loupe to check progress. I've learned that going back to a more aggressive wheel is usually the quickest way to correct deep scratches
I think impatience is the single biggest problem I've had to overcome as a cabber. The urge to see a completed piece used to cause me to cut corners, often resulting in the need to re-cut the entire stone later. When stones start to frustrate me for one reason or another I've learned to set them aside until the next cutting session. When I'm refreshed, problems that seemed impossible previously seem simple and obvious to fix.
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Post by lpl on May 22, 2018 16:33:25 GMT -5
I generally follow Rockoonz's method by working several cabs at a time on the same wheel. I set them aside when I think they're done and work on the next one. By the time the last stone is worked the first one is dry, and so on. I also keep a cotton towel next to my Genie for quick wipe-offs as well as a 10X loupe to check progress. I've learned that going back to a more aggressive wheel is usually the quickest way to correct deep scratches I think impatience is the single biggest problem I've had to overcome as a cabber. The urge to see a completed piece used to cause me to cut corners, often resulting in the need to re-cut the entire stone later. When stones start to frustrate me for one reason or another I've learned to set them aside until the next cutting session. When I'm refreshed, problems that seemed impossible previously seem simple and obvious to fix. That is very good advice gemfeller. Thanks for it!
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Post by socalagatehound on May 22, 2018 16:44:07 GMT -5
I generally follow Rockoonz's method by working several cabs at a time on the same wheel. I set them aside when I think they're done and work on the next one. By the time the last stone is worked the first one is dry, and so on. I also keep a cotton towel next to my Genie for quick wipe-offs as well as a 10X loupe to check progress. I've learned that going back to a more aggressive wheel is usually the quickest way to correct deep scratches I think impatience is the single biggest problem I've had to overcome as a cabber. The urge to see a completed piece used to cause me to cut corners, often resulting in the need to re-cut the entire stone later. When stones start to frustrate me for one reason or another I've learned to set them aside until the next cutting session. When I'm refreshed, problems that seemed impossible previously seem simple and obvious to fix. That is very good advice gemfeller. Thanks for it! I'm doing the same thing. I find myself drying/wiping off a stone many times as I move a group through a wheel. I've found that a bundle of Costco microfiber shop towels works well. Allows me to have a dry towel 30 times then I have to take a break until they air dry or throw them in the dryer. I rarely can go through the whole stack before I finish the cabs I'm working on or get tired of cabbing for the day.
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Post by Tommy on May 22, 2018 20:03:51 GMT -5
I've found that a bundle of Costco microfiber shop towels works well. I second the bundle of Costco towels but I use the white cotton wash rags instead with great success. When they get dirtied up I wash 'em till they can't be washed no mo. Regarding processes - I really only care about drying the stone after the metal wheels and up to 1200 grit. For me it's always a convoluted road to get there depending on the hardness of the stone. Between 280 and 1200 I'm wearing my optivisors and I do not move past 1200 unless every scratch is gone. After that my reading glasses go back on and it's a polishing routine I go through with some variations for the type of material.
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Post by bobby1 on May 29, 2018 8:41:06 GMT -5
I wipe the cab on my T shirt or on my inner arm. Bob
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Post by socalagatehound on May 29, 2018 12:45:59 GMT -5
I wipe the cab on my T shirt or on my inner arm. Bob I was doing that but I always ran out of dry spots on my shirt.
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Post by rmf on May 30, 2018 4:50:00 GMT -5
I always wear and old shirt instead of an apron. I just use the shirt. if that fails I wipe my hand on my pants and wipe the stone with the palm of my hand. that usually does the trick.
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Post by stardiamond on May 30, 2018 14:15:22 GMT -5
The only time I always wipe is between the 50,000 and 100,000 pads to avoid contamination.
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