*~FINISHED~* Cabochon Challenge, OCT 2020 Theme: Jasper
Oct 31, 2020 10:59:01 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 31, 2020 10:59:01 GMT -5
So, this is my very first cab! Any comments and/or critiques are welcomed. 
If you haven't had enough coffee this morning to read all this, feel free to skip to the pics. LOL
A special thanks to Tommy for supplying me the Tabu Tabu Jasper. Another special thanks to miket and stephan for advice and encouragement!
I did this all with a dremel. Held the stone with two fingers and the dremel with the other hand.
I know I made mistakes, it was a learning process, but I'm kinda happy with the results of my first one.
The picture of the rough is unfortunately the backside of the cab. It was supposed to be the front, but it fractured while cutting the basic shape, so the front had to become the back. Tommy had an oval drawn, so I was going to go with that. But, once the fracture occurred, I had to reshape the oval. So, it's half freeform. LOL I ended up losing the top 1/4 of the oval, so it was a little bit of a pain getting it back to oval. It ended up being just a smidgen bigger than a quarter.
I cut the basic shape using diamond disks. I think the fracture occurred due to trying to cut too fast...or it was just a weak spot.
I shaped the oval sides and rounded the top using a 1/4" diamond grinding wheel. A couple times I smelled something funny, but than realized it was burning finger flesh where I'd caught it with the wheel. LOL
I used 60/80/120/240 grit sanding disks. I couldn't find any finer grit disks, so I took the used disks and gorilla glued 500/1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper cut to size to those disks.
Then I created a paste out of my AO polish for the tumblers by adding a few drops of water to it. Then I used a buffer pad to apply the paste.
My dad had some jeweler's paste, so I thought what the heck. I used another buffer pad and went over it again with the paste. I do think that made it shine more.
I wanted to use the vibe to finish this off rather than the buffing steps, but my batch for the vibe wasn't ready. So, this was all by hand with the dremel.
These are the best pics I could get. Thanks for looking (and reading if you made it this far LOL). This was a lot of fun!
If you haven't had enough coffee this morning to read all this, feel free to skip to the pics. LOLA special thanks to Tommy for supplying me the Tabu Tabu Jasper. Another special thanks to miket and stephan for advice and encouragement!
I did this all with a dremel. Held the stone with two fingers and the dremel with the other hand.
I know I made mistakes, it was a learning process, but I'm kinda happy with the results of my first one.
The picture of the rough is unfortunately the backside of the cab. It was supposed to be the front, but it fractured while cutting the basic shape, so the front had to become the back. Tommy had an oval drawn, so I was going to go with that. But, once the fracture occurred, I had to reshape the oval. So, it's half freeform. LOL I ended up losing the top 1/4 of the oval, so it was a little bit of a pain getting it back to oval. It ended up being just a smidgen bigger than a quarter.
I cut the basic shape using diamond disks. I think the fracture occurred due to trying to cut too fast...or it was just a weak spot.
I shaped the oval sides and rounded the top using a 1/4" diamond grinding wheel. A couple times I smelled something funny, but than realized it was burning finger flesh where I'd caught it with the wheel. LOL
I used 60/80/120/240 grit sanding disks. I couldn't find any finer grit disks, so I took the used disks and gorilla glued 500/1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper cut to size to those disks.
Then I created a paste out of my AO polish for the tumblers by adding a few drops of water to it. Then I used a buffer pad to apply the paste.
My dad had some jeweler's paste, so I thought what the heck. I used another buffer pad and went over it again with the paste. I do think that made it shine more.
I wanted to use the vibe to finish this off rather than the buffing steps, but my batch for the vibe wasn't ready. So, this was all by hand with the dremel.
These are the best pics I could get. Thanks for looking (and reading if you made it this far LOL). This was a lot of fun!
