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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 29, 2019 19:06:21 GMT -5
I was having a few issues with my cab quality and got tired of trying to track down what was going on so I just stopped cabbing awhile back. I started to miss it so I bit the bullet and replaced all of my wheels with an OEM set of genie wheels figuring that would be the least headache to get going again. These are the first five cabs to break in the new wheels.   Bummer about the dust showing up but in person this one looks really good.  This is a test cab from a 10 pound chunk of Prudent man vein #1 that is my saw right now    Thanks for looking Chuck |
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Post by MsAli on Oct 29, 2019 19:08:29 GMT -5
The prudent man is beautiful
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 29, 2019 19:12:21 GMT -5
Looks like the new wheels are working for you, Chuck! Beautiful cabs -- the Bloodstone is my favorite.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 29, 2019 19:12:59 GMT -5
The prudent man is beautiful Thank you. I am going to have a whole lot of slabs from that rock. Trying to do a little research on value then most will be going up for sale. If you are interested PM me. Chuck |
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Post by miket on Oct 29, 2019 19:27:41 GMT -5
Wow, very sweet cabs!
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Post by opalpyrexia on Oct 29, 2019 23:29:02 GMT -5
Outstanding work!
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Post by aDave on Oct 30, 2019 0:13:34 GMT -5
Looks like the new wheels are working for you, Chuck! Beautiful cabs -- the Bloodstone is my favorite.  Bloodstone is a great rock to work with...whether it be cabs or tumbles. It produces nicely as you have demonstrated. Well done. |
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Post by toiv0 on Oct 30, 2019 5:08:30 GMT -5
Nice shine on those cabs. What wheels did you end up going with for the Genie? Were they hard to break in.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 30, 2019 5:49:02 GMT -5
Nice shine on those cabs. What wheels did you end up going with for the Genie? Were they hard to break in. I went with the standard 80 and 220 hard wheels. For the soft wheels I went 220, 600, 1200, 3000 and 8000. I have a 6" spin on 14,000 soft Nova disc for the end. The 220 Nova soft wheel is not standard issue on the Genie. 280 is usually the first wheel but several people have switched to the 220 to save time getting the 220 hard wheel scratches out. So far the break in seems to be going really well on these wheels. My previous issues were all revolving around a couple new wheels that I could not get to behave. They were Nova wheels that I just could not get to work right. These first five cabs on this new set of wheels look better then any of cabs I was getting out of the last set. Chuck |
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Post by rockjunquie on Oct 30, 2019 6:15:23 GMT -5
I'm loving that bloodastone, but they all look great. Glad your new wheels are working out. So frustrating to have bad wheels.
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Post by julieooly on Oct 30, 2019 10:54:59 GMT -5
Prudent man passed the test for sure!
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 30, 2019 11:20:33 GMT -5
Looks like the wheels and you are working well. Do you know what material is in the last two solo pictures? I like those.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 30, 2019 11:32:41 GMT -5
Looks like the wheels and you are working well. Do you know what material is in the last two solo pictures? I like those. Those last two came from a Brazilian agate I slice up. I was thinking those would be good hard cabs for the wheel break in but the white banded areas were a bit softer then the solid agate section. Chuck |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 30, 2019 16:14:27 GMT -5
Looks like the wheels and you are working well. Do you know what material is in the last two solo pictures? I like those. Those last two came from a Brazilian agate I slice up. I was thinking those would be good hard cabs for the wheel break in but the white banded areas were a bit softer then the solid agate section. Chuck I wouldn't have guessed Brazilian for those two. Maybe I need to slice more Brazilian up so know what they look like. |
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Post by NRG on Oct 30, 2019 17:20:18 GMT -5
Super polish amigo!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Oct 30, 2019 18:04:10 GMT -5
Those last two came from a Brazilian agate I slice up. I was thinking those would be good hard cabs for the wheel break in but the white banded areas were a bit softer then the solid agate section. Chuck I wouldn't have guessed Brazilian for those two. Maybe I need to slice more Brazilian up so know what they look like. That is what is considered a water level agate. This picture shows how the white area disappeared further into the rock. Luckily I had one more slab with the white to explain it.  This may help explain it agatelady.com/agate-basics/#agate_characteristicsChuck |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Oct 30, 2019 19:53:54 GMT -5
I wouldn't have guessed Brazilian for those two. Maybe I need to slice more Brazilian up so know what they look like. That is what is considered a water level agate. This picture shows how the white area disappeared further into the rock. Luckily I had one more slab with the white to explain it. This may help explain it agatelady.com/agate-basics/#agate_characteristicsChuck Thanks for the picture, Chuck. I know what a water level agate is, but I didn't recognize that as one. With the dome on the cabs and the camera angle, I didn't even realize those bands were straight. They appeared to have a curve to them. It all make sense now. |
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Post by RocksInNJ on Oct 30, 2019 21:51:55 GMT -5
Those look amazing. Great shine and glad you found a fix and are back at it.
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