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Post by stardiamond on May 9, 2020 9:23:45 GMT -5
I got a small piece of OJ rough on fullmoon. It had a lot of druse and some poppies. I thought it might make some interesting cabs. I cut the largest face and it had all the personality of dried mud. I rotated ninety degrees and overhung the piece over the board about a half inch so I can cut a new face which has bands of druse running thorugh it. I need to wait until tommorow for the glue to dry and find out how I did. Does it fracture into small pieces? Will I be able to get usable preforms? Will it hold up to the wheels? Will it polish? How many poppies on the preforms? So many questions and no naswers.  |
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Post by stardiamond on May 9, 2020 15:40:19 GMT -5
Since it was warm recently, I decided the glue was dry enough. I made a facing cut parallel to the natural face. When the glue soaks off, I'll reglue with the new face. I did some grinding on the smaller piece and it was very solid and hard. I don't know if I will get a cab from these pieces and don't know the patterns of the slabs I will cut and things are going ok. Face  Back  |
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Post by stardiamond on May 9, 2020 16:23:00 GMT -5
I glued the new face to a board and should be able to start slabbing tomorrow afternoon; 2 or 3 slices.  |
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Post by HankRocks on May 9, 2020 18:31:03 GMT -5
I glued the new face to a board and should be able to start slabbing tomorrow afternoon; 2 or 3 slices. Two days to dry! What type of glue are you using? I use Wood Glue and I let the glue dry for about 2 weeks or more. I tried after 5 or 6 and the rock popped off. Now I glue, write a date on the wood and let it sit. I guess if one is in a hurry for a particular rock my long dry method is not good. I have so many rocks to cut and glue that waiting is not a big deal. Also moving on to summer heat in a couple weeks so using the 24 inch is going to be limited to 1 or 2 cuts a day. |
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Post by stardiamond on May 9, 2020 18:43:50 GMT -5
I use water glass and am generally working with small rough. Rough arrived yesterday. I cut a face and glued early evening. I cut a new face early afternoon soaked off the glue and reglued a few hours later. The weather has been warm.
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Post by stardiamond on May 10, 2020 11:15:30 GMT -5
I slabbed the piece. As an exercise it was successful. Not much results. Not enough colored poppies. I made a free form out of the natural face and will polish the perimiter and leave the middle natural. I like oddities so I'll waste some more time on it.  |
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