Post by stardiamond on Apr 24, 2020 14:53:27 GMT -5
I bought a 9 pound parcel of Willow Creek rough. When I evaluate an auction item, I do it in cab yield not how many slabs I can cut. A large percentage of the weight was pieces with a lot of matrix and all the pieces were well photographed. One piece was faced from multiple angles and there was a small nugget of jasper. The largest piece was faced and not particularly attractive. I'm an optimist so I glued the faced side to a board an faced the other side. My opinion now for buying Willow Creek rough is "if its brown, put it down." I faced the opposite end and it was equally ugly as the faced end. Cutting another slice would probably be bad idea.
My career was in computer programming and taking another slice would be doing a sequential search for usable material.
I opted for what it is known as a binary search, which would be taking the next cut between the two faces and when nothing is there half it again. I ended up with a 1 1/2 inch slab of ugliness and no point splitting it. I should have stuck with "if its brown, put it down."
My career was in computer programming and taking another slice would be doing a sequential search for usable material.
I opted for what it is known as a binary search, which would be taking the next cut between the two faces and when nothing is there half it again. I ended up with a 1 1/2 inch slab of ugliness and no point splitting it. I should have stuck with "if its brown, put it down."
