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Post by stardiamond on Nov 7, 2019 18:01:44 GMT -5
I've been bargain hunting ebay recently and got this 1.5 pound piece of Willow Creek rough. I glued it to a board and will slab it tomorrow. This picture has more light on it than what I bought from but I saw some nice colors. It's nice having my saw working again.  |
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 8, 2019 12:05:13 GMT -5
Landfill. Lessons learned. I've been looking for WC and the slabs I saw were not very good and overpriced. Ideally, purchased rough should be faced but is more expensive. I've never bought WC rough and what I learned is that a brown rock will probably produce brown slabs. The larger slab is the best and the next one would be much worse. None of it is usable.  |
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 14, 2019 15:29:20 GMT -5
Knowing is usually better than not knowing. I paid $15.76 for the piece of rough which was landfill and paid $11.57 delivered for a small slab from the same seller. I saw orbs and the piece was nicer than the ebay picture. I got greedy and split it.  |
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 14, 2019 15:47:37 GMT -5
I haven't mastered the split so the cut tends to get messy but relatively even. I used the hacked up sides as the tops.  |
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deedolce
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since October 2006
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Post by deedolce on Nov 15, 2019 8:50:22 GMT -5
Bummer about the rough. It looked promising in the top picture! Those cabs will be killer though, with those orb patterns!
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Fossilman
Cave Dweller 
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 15, 2019 10:30:27 GMT -5
Roy has some killer "Willow Creek".... I only buy that material from him..
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Post by roy on Nov 15, 2019 12:07:30 GMT -5
ouch
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