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Post by miket on Apr 16, 2019 9:45:26 GMT -5
Finished dremeling this last night, into the rotary it went. Hopefully it will turn out nice- it better, because I took a rock chip to my left eye making it (due to my own stupidity)! Thanks for looking.  |
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jimaz
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Post by jimaz on Apr 16, 2019 11:16:29 GMT -5
Looks nice. Hope your eye is ok.
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Post by miket on Apr 16, 2019 11:20:54 GMT -5
Looks nice. Hope your eye is ok. Thanks. Yeah, it's fine. Went in and had it checked out, they flushed the piece out and said there was no damage. Lesson learned.  |
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NevadaBill
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Post by NevadaBill on Apr 16, 2019 11:57:29 GMT -5
Can't wait to see how this one turns out. It looks like a lot of time spent with a grinder to get the 3 dimensional shape that you were going after. I don't think there would be any problem getting polish to reach the top of the heart either. Just out of curiousity, how many hours with a Dremel tool do you think you spent shaping this? And what would you say the outside diameter is? Hard to tell.
As for the rock chip, ouch! I had a rock chip ricochet under my safety glasses once, and it hit my eye. I thought I was in real trouble! I really had a panic moment. Decent size chunk, but it was a low velocity glancing blow. Glad you are doing all right.
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Post by miket on Apr 16, 2019 12:09:00 GMT -5
Can't wait to see how this one turns out. It looks like a lot of time spent with a grinder to get the 3 dimensional shape that you were going after. I don't think there would be any problem getting polish to reach the top of the heart either. Just out of curiousity, how many hours with a Dremel tool do you think you spent shaping this? And what would you say the outside diameter is? Hard to tell. As for the rock chip, ouch! I had a rock chip ricochet under my safety glasses once, and it hit my eye. I thought I was in real trouble! I really had a panic moment. Decent size chunk, but it was a low velocity glancing blow. Glad you are doing all right. Thanks. I probably spent 2 to 2 1/2 hours shaping this one. It had a pretty big soft spot on the right side and the height was uneven so I had to grind that down as well. Since I have a rotary the polish should reach the entire piece just fine- I think. As far as the diameter goes I'm not sure, I'm guessing the dimensions are about an inch by an inch and a half or so. Like I said, it was my stupidity that got me in trouble. My safety glasses were fogging up too bad to see (I was wearing a mask) so I took them off and angled the dremel the wrong way, shooting a piece up towards my face. You're right, you do kind of panic for a second. My eyeball got a little swollen and is still a little bit sore- but at least I don't have to spend the rest of my life wearing an eye patch! The glasses stay on from now on, no matter what. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Apr 16, 2019 20:01:07 GMT -5
Glad you didn't do any real damage to your eyeball. Maybe you should make a barrier to use your Dremel under out of acrylic. I'm seriously considering making one for carving just to keep all the schmootz that flies around from splattering all over. It would be good protection for eyeballs, too.
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Post by Rockindad on Apr 16, 2019 20:53:11 GMT -5
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Apr 16, 2019 21:45:17 GMT -5
Glad you didn't do any real damage to your eyeball. Maybe you should make a barrier to use your Dremel under out of acrylic. I'm seriously considering making one for carving just to keep all the schmootz that flies around from splattering all over. It would be good protection for eyeballs, too. After getting a chunk of rock in my eye while trim-sawing, I made big investment in these: www.harborfreight.com/safety-goggles-3-pack-66538.htmlThey're cheap and fit nicely over glasses. I use them every time I use the saw or when doing work where flying rock fragments may result. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Apr 16, 2019 22:04:14 GMT -5
Glad you didn't do any real damage to your eyeball. Maybe you should make a barrier to use your Dremel under out of acrylic. I'm seriously considering making one for carving just to keep all the schmootz that flies around from splattering all over. It would be good protection for eyeballs, too. After getting a chunk of rock in my eye while trim-sawing, I made big investment in these: www.harborfreight.com/safety-goggles-3-pack-66538.htmlThey're cheap and fit nicely over glasses. I use them every time I use the saw or when doing work where flying rock fragments may result. You ARE a big spender, Rick! 
I wear glasses and my optivisor most all the time when I'm working, but I have safety glasses, too, for when I'm at the jewelry buffer or doing sawing, etc. My containment plan for the schmootz is just so I don't have to wipe the white splatters off of everything around my workbench, but it would help prevent a small chunk of rock flying out at me, too.
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Post by stephan on Apr 16, 2019 22:07:14 GMT -5
You actually want to use face shields over safety glasses or goggles, not instead of. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 16, 2019 23:11:43 GMT -5
Geez, Mike! Glad you're ok. That could have been ugly! I think your heart will come out fine- you already paid for it with your sore eye.  |
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Post by miket on Apr 17, 2019 9:14:18 GMT -5
Glad you didn't do any real damage to your eyeball. Maybe you should make a barrier to use your Dremel under out of acrylic. I'm seriously considering making one for carving just to keep all the schmootz that flies around from splattering all over. It would be good protection for eyeballs, too. Thanks. Yep, that's on the list. I have an idea of something that would work that shouldn't be too difficult to make and use. |
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Post by miket on Apr 17, 2019 9:15:58 GMT -5
Considering this. Twenty bucks is cheaper than a glass eye. |
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Post by miket on Apr 17, 2019 9:17:25 GMT -5
Geez, Mike! Glad you're ok. That could have been ugly! I think your heart will come out fine- you already paid for it with your sore eye. Thanks Tela. Like I said, lesson learned. |
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Post by greig on Apr 17, 2019 10:18:28 GMT -5
Accidents happen so fast. Glad you are OK. No stone is worth getting hurt. Nice heart. It now comes with a heck of a story.
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Post by fernwood on Apr 18, 2019 5:09:36 GMT -5
The heart looks nice.
Yes, eye protection is a must, at all times. That Dremel can be very nasty.
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Post by miket on Apr 18, 2019 9:09:41 GMT -5
The heart looks nice. Yes, eye protection is a must, at all times. That Dremel can be very nasty. Thanks, I like it too. It can. I hold it in one hand and stones in the other, I have a nice little cut on the back of my hand from it also. Sometimes I tend to get a little too aggressive with the agates I think.  |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Apr 18, 2019 16:15:12 GMT -5
Enough about the eye (glad it's ok), let's talk about the heart. I assume you only have a rotary tumbler. If you have a vibe, though, that would be a better place to polish your heart. Rotary tumblers do a really good job of changing the shape of rocks. That's why they're used for the first stages of tumbling. They take jagged, sharp rocks and change them into more rounded rocks. Vibratory tumblers, on the other hand, do a better job of retaining the original shape and just put a shine on the rock.
That's a really nicely shaped heart, by the way.
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Post by miket on Apr 18, 2019 16:28:37 GMT -5
Enough about the eye (glad it's ok), let's talk about the heart. I assume you only have a rotary tumbler. If you have a vibe, though, that would be a better place to polish your heart. Rotary tumblers do a really good job of changing the shape of rocks. That's why they're used for the first stages of tumbling. They take jagged, sharp rocks and change them into more rounded rocks. Vibratory tumblers, on the other hand, do a better job of retaining the original shape and just put a shine on the rock. That's a really nicely shaped heart, by the way. Yessir, just two rotary tumblers and a dremel. I've ran several of the "cabs" I've made through the coarse stage, I only leave them in for about a week. I haven't accumulated enough stones to move on yet so I have nothing to base the chances of success on, but the shapes didn't change much- except for another dumb decision that I made to place an obsidian cab in with a bunch of agates. That didn't end well for the obsidian and I had to reshape it. I knew better but it was more of an experiment and a lesson in impatience. Not having a vibratory tumbler, I don't have another option at the moment. Someday I will but for now I'm just practicing and learning. And thanks for the compliment, I appreciate it! |
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Post by miket on Apr 19, 2019 11:04:34 GMT -5
Just wanted to take a quick pic of what I have waiting to go into 120/220, mostly to show Jugglerguy . Here's a few of the poorman's cabs (thanks fernwood I like that term!) that have been through coarse, I don't think the shape changed much. Course, maybe it should have on some of them!   |
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