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Post by stardiamond on Jul 26, 2019 17:44:36 GMT -5
When I cut the two MH that I posted on the Oh well topic, I split the remainder and got one piece that I don't know if I am going to use and this 4mm preform that I am going to cut as a flat top with rounded edges. It was a challenge because I needed to work around the part I hacked up with the trim saw. I liked the scene because it has 4 poppies.  I got some top grade Horse Canyon some years ago. The slabs are gone so I decided to make a freeform following the general lines of a piece of scrap.  |
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Post by opalpyrexia on Jul 26, 2019 18:27:33 GMT -5
Nice!
I always give small scraps a good long look before I'll give up on them. I'll cut smaller pieces that have potential — as those two do — for smaller pendants or earrings, or for extras to add to a sale. The pattern on that Morgan Hill is almost left-right symmetric. It's a good candidate for earring cabs if you haven't already finished it as-is.
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Post by stardiamond on Jul 26, 2019 19:54:45 GMT -5
I generally don't work small. My skill level has improved so I could probably do it. I am going to sand and polish as is. I started working on the scrap from the Tahoma cab I just cut. I knew there was less than a mm of matrix, so I thought it would go away when doming. Things then turned vugly and I had to take it way down. There is still a fly speck left and if it doesn't go away when I continue at 325, so be it.   |
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Post by stardiamond on Jul 27, 2019 12:12:00 GMT -5
Nothing broke but disappointing. The MH is okay but I don't have a magic wand.  The Horse Canyon photographed wierd. No defects on face. Cab scene is subtle/boring.  The vug in the Tahoma is still there but not very noticeable. Another subtle/boring.  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 27, 2019 16:08:59 GMT -5
I generally don't work small. My skill level has improved so I could probably do it. I am going to sand and polish as is. I started working on the scrap from the Tahoma cab I just cut. I knew there was less than a mm of matrix, so I thought it would go away when doming. Things then turned vugly and I had to take it way down. There is still a fly speck left and if it doesn't go away when I continue at 325, so be it.
I gotta say it... beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Just because you don't like it, it doesn't mean someone else won't fall in love with it. I made a piece one time that I hated... I really, really didn't like how it turned out. A friend convinced me to list it and it sold immediately. Good thing I didn't put the low price on it that I wanted to to get rid of it. Said friend talked me out of it. 
I think each of those are fine- your best work? No. But, they aren't bad.
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Post by stardiamond on Jul 27, 2019 16:38:29 GMT -5
I listed all 3. I deactivated the HC when I saw a flat spot which I will correct during my next cabbing session. I decided to make lesser pieces and priced them lower. The listing price for most of my items is in the $30-40 range. The new Etsy shipping option encouraged me to list lower priced items at a reduced price without free shipping. I still look at cabbing as a hobby. Time spent is recreational and using material that I already have doesn't require buying more. The more work I do, the more my technique improves. I have hundreds of more $30+ cabs already made and will list them as similar items sell. I'm adding B cabs as I make them.
I'm sure you get a lot of repeat business and I've found that an inexpensive well made cab can generate additional purchases by the buyer.
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