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Post by stardiamond on Apr 8, 2020 16:40:00 GMT -5
I did these with my worn dp 80 grit and skipped the Top 80 bulldozer. The material for these was soft, delicate or the preforms were small. This wheel is incapable of 80 grit scratches. Howardite. I found a pattern on a slab that I liked and it fractured as soon as the saw touched the line. Fortunately it fractured on the line.  Horse Canyon  Blue Dream. It took a nice polish like Owyhee or Willow Creek. First cab with this material  Noreena, didn't fracture and polished ok.  Vuggy Morgan Hill  Mongolian Fluorite  Blue Tide from scrap and it behaved itself  |
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Post by RocksInNJ on Apr 8, 2020 18:56:34 GMT -5
Man you’ve been busy. Looking great my friend.
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Post by MsAli on Apr 8, 2020 19:01:03 GMT -5
The Blue Dream is pretty
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 8, 2020 19:20:11 GMT -5
Man you be been busy. Looking great my friend. I'm retired and under lock down. When the weather allows I grind. |
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Post by opalpyrexia on Apr 8, 2020 20:41:03 GMT -5
Very nice collection and variety of shapes.
The Howardite, material I'm not familiar with, looks better to than any cabs that I saw online. Does the Horse canyon have bevels on the sides, or is that simply a lighting artifact? I like it. Good to see that you had success with your latest Noreena buy!
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Post by Pat on Apr 8, 2020 21:25:34 GMT -5
Good looking group. Howardite is my favorite. Thanks!
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 8, 2020 21:45:00 GMT -5
Very nice collection and variety of shapes. The Howardite, material I'm not familiar with, looks better to than any cabs that I saw online. Does the Horse canyon have bevels on the sides, or is that simply a lighting artifact? I like it. Good to see that you had success with your latest Noreena buy! The Horse Canyon has a regular girdle and a nice even girdle is challenging enough for me. There's a lot of Howardite listed but the best has the rattlesnake pattern. I picked up a display slab some years ago and only one end had the rattlesnake pattern. I have enough left to make one or two cabs. Silverhawk was the king of Howardite cabs. His family had a connection to the source. search on sam Silverhawk howardite. My wife has one of those cabs. |
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Post by fernwood on Apr 9, 2020 0:42:49 GMT -5
i like the horse canyon and blue tide.
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