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Post by dreamrocks on Oct 6, 2019 14:04:22 GMT -5
These are cabs I have been working on. I have been breaking in brand new commercial wheels instead of finishing a cab and destroying it I just moved into another stone. They cut way faster then what came with the cab king it's hard adjusting to a very light touch. Here's some rough that will be used as bracelets, pendants and rings. When they are finished and polished I will add them here 1.The Rough slabs 2.The bracelet some will be set in 3.Some blue lace, Montana, Maine Smokey and dark montana 4. Left to right 1st agate this morning 2nd agate 3rd one is a Montana I just finished and looks like the wheels are finally getting broke in 5. The wheels None of these have been polished yet been checking for scratches and removing them and getting them ready for polish.       |
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Post by stardiamond on Oct 6, 2019 14:41:46 GMT -5
The obvious question is where did you get the wheels? I don't know anything about the wheels that come on a cab king. My experience is that new wheels are aggressive until they have been used for a while. I've had a new 220 hard cut better for a while than my used 80. I recently bought a Lithuania Top 80 grit that was very aggressive when new. I call it my bulldozer. I leave some room to finish on my worn 80 grit Galaxy. I bought some Johnson Brother soft wheels and after two years they still needed to be broken in because they don't get a lot of use (600 and 1200). They were leaving flat spots and I worked them hard and now they behave.
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 6, 2019 14:44:55 GMT -5
Looking really good! You have some nice stones there, too.
Are those the Baltic wheels? I remember they sell a set with those pointy ends on the soft wheels. I got an 80 grit from them, but it looks different. Very aggressive, though and lasting like crazy!
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Post by dreamrocks on Oct 6, 2019 15:34:34 GMT -5
The obvious question is where did you get the wheels? I don't know anything about the wheels that come on a cab king. My experience is that new wheels are aggressive until they have been used for a while. I've had a new 220 hard cut better for a while than my used 80. I recently bought a Lithuania Top 80 grit that was very aggressive when new. I call it my bulldozer. I leave some room to finish on my worn 80 grit Galaxy. I bought some Johnson Brother soft wheels and after two years they still needed to be broken in because they don't get a lot of use (600 and 1200). They were leaving flat spots and I worked them hard and now they behave. This where I bought the Rez wheels. Kingsley North Then the texture wheels were 80 & 220   |
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Post by dreamrocks on Oct 6, 2019 15:35:50 GMT -5
Looking really good! You have some nice stones there, too.
Are those the Baltic wheels? I remember they sell a set with those pointy ends on the soft wheels. I got an 80 grit from them, but it looks different. Very aggressive, though and lasting like crazy!
Thank you! I haven't really got started yet these are warm up stones |
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Post by dreamrocks on Oct 6, 2019 15:45:03 GMT -5
The obvious question is where did you get the wheels? I don't know anything about the wheels that come on a cab king. My experience is that new wheels are aggressive until they have been used for a while. I've had a new 220 hard cut better for a while than my used 80. I recently bought a Lithuania Top 80 grit that was very aggressive when new. I call it my bulldozer. I leave some room to finish on my worn 80 grit Galaxy. I bought some Johnson Brother soft wheels and after two years they still needed to be broken in because they don't get a lot of use (600 and 1200). They were leaving flat spots and I worked them hard and now they behave. One reason for flat spots I found that when you start from the outside to the inside it helps to spin the dop stick in one direction until you hit the center. One way to tell if your doing it right is to check while you work. If your doing it right you will see a ring in the center (it will be flat and smooth) and outside of the center is the rough you just ground way. Then I size til just a hair bigger then cleanup on the 220 up to finishing on 3000. Maybe this will be helpful for you. |
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Post by stardiamond on Oct 6, 2019 16:33:38 GMT -5
The obvious question is where did you get the wheels? I don't know anything about the wheels that come on a cab king. My experience is that new wheels are aggressive until they have been used for a while. I've had a new 220 hard cut better for a while than my used 80. I recently bought a Lithuania Top 80 grit that was very aggressive when new. I call it my bulldozer. I leave some room to finish on my worn 80 grit Galaxy. I bought some Johnson Brother soft wheels and after two years they still needed to be broken in because they don't get a lot of use (600 and 1200). They were leaving flat spots and I worked them hard and now they behave. One reason for flat spots I found that when you start from the outside to the inside it helps to spin the dop stick in one direction until you hit the center. One way to tell if your doing it right is to check while you work. If your doing it right you will see a ring in the center (it will be flat and smooth) and outside of the center is the rough you just ground way. Then I size til just a hair bigger then cleanup on the 220 up to finishing on 3000. Maybe this will be helpful for you. I tried different techniques. The 600 and 1200 are 8 inch and mounted on a machine with a large motor. There is a certain amount of vibration and there was some chattering when using them. I made a large Montana and really worked across the wheels to take a little surface off and it solved the problem. I expect a break in on new wheels but not ones that had been mounted for a few years. |
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Post by dreamrocks on Oct 6, 2019 16:43:00 GMT -5
One reason for flat spots I found that when you start from the outside to the inside it helps to spin the dop stick in one direction until you hit the center. One way to tell if your doing it right is to check while you work. If your doing it right you will see a ring in the center (it will be flat and smooth) and outside of the center is the rough you just ground way. Then I size til just a hair bigger then cleanup on the 220 up to finishing on 3000. Maybe this will be helpful for you. I tried different techniques. The 600 and 1200 are 8 inch and mounted on a machine with a large motor. There is a certain amount of vibration and there was some chattering when using them. I made a large Montana and really worked across the wheels to take a little surface off and it solved the problem. I expect a break in on new wheels but not ones that had been mounted for a few years. These ones vibrated and was chattering I also used a large piece of granite and ran across all the wheels but still vibrated. I thought I messed up replacing the wheels and dug out the instructions that came with the cabking it said that sometimes that can be fixed by turning the wheels around. Mine was on the 1200 3000 side so I turned the wheels around and it stopped. The wheels that came with it were aggressive when I first got it but seemed to wear out pretty quick. Some wheels are made with manmade diamonds to and they wear out pretty quick compared to real ones |
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Post by julieooly on Oct 7, 2019 20:55:25 GMT -5
I've been looking at some sintered wheels for my CK6, are the Texture X the same concept? They are way cheaper than MLS has the 6" for $209. Here's what the description says
SINTERED DIAMOND WHEEL
The BEST Diamond Grinding Wheel on the MARKET!!! Constructed of a solid metal core with a 3.5 mm layer of DIAMOND/METAL Matrix around the perimeter of the wheel. With proper care this wheel will cut as fast for its’ entire life as when it is fresh out of the box. This style wheel has a MUCH extended
life (better than 20 times) of a rim plated wheel
If they truly last that long I don't mind paying the price.
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Post by dreamrocks on Oct 7, 2019 21:06:03 GMT -5
I've been looking at some sintered wheels for my CK6, are the Texture X the same concept? They are way cheaper than MLS has the 6" for $209. Here's what the description says SINTERED DIAMOND WHEEL The BEST Diamond Grinding Wheel on the MARKET!!! Constructed of a solid metal core with a 3.5 mm layer of DIAMOND/METAL Matrix around the perimeter of the wheel. With proper care this wheel will cut as fast for its’ entire life as when it is fresh out of the box. This style wheel has a MUCH extended life (better than 20 times) of a rim plated wheel If they truly last that long I don't mind paying the price. I am not sure I had to look at these the center is plastic then covered with the metal outer ring. In the description of these it don't say if they are elctroplated or not. I got these because the others did chip around the bottoms |
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Post by dreamrocks on Oct 7, 2019 21:09:41 GMT -5
I've been looking at some sintered wheels for my CK6, are the Texture X the same concept? They are way cheaper than MLS has the 6" for $209. Here's what the description says SINTERED DIAMOND WHEEL The BEST Diamond Grinding Wheel on the MARKET!!! Constructed of a solid metal core with a 3.5 mm layer of DIAMOND/METAL Matrix around the perimeter of the wheel. With proper care this wheel will cut as fast for its’ entire life as when it is fresh out of the box. This style wheel has a MUCH extended life (better than 20 times) of a rim plated wheel If they truly last that long I don't mind paying the price. I am not sure I had to look at these the center is plastic then covered with the metal outer ring. In the description of these it don't say if they are elctroplated or not. I got these because the others did chip around the bottoms Kinsley also has heirloom sinteded dianmond wheels @ 6" 175.75 each with 6mm of diamond depth. These sound like a long lasting wheels |
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Post by dreamrocks on Oct 7, 2019 21:12:29 GMT -5
I am not sure I had to look at these the center is plastic then covered with the metal outer ring. In the description of these it don't say if they are elctroplated or not. I got these because the others did chip around the bottoms Kinsley also has heirloom sinteded dianmond wheels @ 6" 175.75 each with 6mm of diamond depth. These sound like a long lasting wheels Here  |
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Post by dreamrocks on Oct 7, 2019 21:16:09 GMT -5
Kinsley also has heirloom sinteded dianmond wheels @ 6" 175.75 each with 6mm of diamond depth. These sound like a long lasting wheels Here To pricey for me I replaced all 6 so far I like the texture wheels they all cut really fast but they are new. You need to use a very light touch with these or they dig in fast. I am just getting use to that the lighter the better they should last awhile |
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Post by dreamrocks on Oct 8, 2019 8:15:21 GMT -5
Here To pricey for me I replaced all 6 so far I like the texture wheels they all cut really fast but they are new. You need to use a very light touch with these or they dig in fast. I am just getting use to that the lighter the better they should last awhile I want to point out that 6" sintered wheels are 6 pounds each and I probably should not have put this up. 6+6+1=13 pounds on one side 1+1+1=3 pounds on other side These could be a balance issue I don't know but wanted to point this out |
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Post by dreamrocks on Oct 9, 2019 13:32:12 GMT -5
These are cabs I have been working on. I have been breaking in brand new commercial wheels instead of finishing a cab and destroying it I just moved into another stone. They cut way faster then what came with the cab king it's hard adjusting to a very light touch. Here's some rough that will be used as bracelets, pendants and rings. When they are finished and polished I will add them here 1.The Rough slabs 2.The bracelet some will be set in 3.Some blue lace, Montana, Maine Smokey and dark montana 4. Left to right 1st agate this morning 2nd agate 3rd one is a Montana I just finished and looks like the wheels are finally getting broke in 5. The wheels None of these have been polished yet been checking for scratches and removing them and getting them ready for polish. Here's another cab I need to do a hardness test when I polish the flat. It maybe morganite or rose quartz I have both are gemmy. This one does have a pretty crisp cats eye that's really hard to get a picture of because of the clarity. So I took a few different pictures it's much better in person     |
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