deedolce
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since October 2006
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Post by deedolce on Jul 10, 2020 19:52:52 GMT -5
It looks really cool knave! 70 hours is crazy work, and I remember how it is with little ones, no time for oneself with a regular work week!
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Post by knave on Jul 10, 2020 21:00:40 GMT -5
It looks really cool knave! 70 hours is crazy work, and I remember how it is with little ones, no time for oneself with a regular work week! We will see what tomorrow brings. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jul 11, 2020 10:41:26 GMT -5
Hello, Summer in Wisconsin is intense! All the same, I’d like to thank y’all for your patience with me. There is hope, I got started with the cabochon this evening. I would love to use this as a learning opportunity if I may. This is the flat preform. Australian jasper/quartz.  Starting dome.  Top view after doming  side view after doming  pencil for scale  Just roughed it in tonight after work. Only the 80 wheel so far. Any changes or tips before I start sanding?
I just LOVE that stuff!! I have 2 slabs of it and have cut some gorgeous cabs. Yours is awesome, too!!
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Post by knave on Jul 12, 2020 0:55:48 GMT -5
Done with sanding ready to polish.  |
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EricD
Cave Dweller 
High in the Mountains
Member since November 2019
Posts: 1,142
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Post by EricD on Jul 12, 2020 1:27:52 GMT -5
Almost 12k views here. Let's keep it going!
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Post by knave on Jul 15, 2020 0:15:54 GMT -5
Thanks again to everyone for your incredible patience! Stayed up tonight and got everything packed up. Mass photo of slabettes:  The slabettes we kept:   Items added to box: Australian Jasper Quartz from box, cabbed  IPS Cab  Imperial? Slab 3 x 4  Morrocan 3x4  Polished slabettes  Moss  More moss  Maligano Jasper from CTS 10  Pink Granite Preform (material from EricD)  plus the Jade that Miss Ooly cabbed for Diana. It was great fun to see all the variety in the box. Huge thanks to Diana for putting it all together. Also I am so glad I finally got it done!! It will head for AZ tomorrow. YAY!! |
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Post by knave on Jul 15, 2020 8:49:00 GMT -5
USPS has it! Headed to deedolce in a MFRB... |
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Post by knave on Jul 15, 2020 14:08:13 GMT -5
Special shoutout to EricD for giving me the kick-in-the-pants I needed to get this done! |
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deedolce
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since October 2006
Posts: 1,828
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Post by deedolce on Jul 17, 2020 20:00:22 GMT -5
    It came! The cab is beautiful knave! Thanks Miss Ooly for the jade cab. I have plans for both, hehe. NOTHING beats a box of rocks coming in the mail to brighten up one's day! At first, I was going to set aside most to start it over, but going through the box, every time I pulled out a slab that I had originally sent out, it was such a bummer! SO I'm thinking I'll have to slab/collect/purchase stuff to send out different rock, which may take me some time, and probably another come around of the Tucson gem and mineral show. If someone else would like to start a round sooner, feel free! It's great fun to see all the pictures and cabs and it's not too much to time to keep track of participants, forward addresses, and in the end you get (mostly) different rock then you send out at the beginning! Rock people are so generous, it tends to grow too, lol. Thanks again for everyone that joined in. Diana aka deedolce |
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Post by knave on Jul 17, 2020 20:41:19 GMT -5
deedolce I’m so glad the box arrived safely and on time. Thanks for the kind words, as a relative newbie I didn’t want to use up anything super high-end. Let me know how that Maligano treats you, I hear it can be tricky. I have a page full of cab options for that one, teehee.  You rock Diana, that was fun!
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