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Post by taylor on Nov 19, 2020 23:44:54 GMT -5
Its done! Thank you to Mr. Al Sesona for his grinder. Thank you to Mr. Bill Boggs for his excellent book and video. I'm happy with the intarsia part, but any tips on cabbing larger rectangles would be appreciated. The white spot on the right side in the black border is a white spot and not a scratch. Rats!  Thanks for looking! edit--bigger pic |
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carver
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Post by carver on Nov 20, 2020 1:11:37 GMT -5
nice, is that black border done in a single piece or one for each side?
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Post by parfive on Nov 20, 2020 3:02:48 GMT -5
Nice scene and the cab looks great.
ps - I didn’t see the first pic before the edit,
but could ya maybe edit it a couple more? : )
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Post by rockjunquie on Nov 20, 2020 7:40:34 GMT -5
Well done! I think you can safely enlarge that picture a bit. 
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 20, 2020 7:56:38 GMT -5
Wowza! That looks so beautiful! What an amazing job on your FIRST one!!! Just spectacular!!! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Nov 20, 2020 9:07:53 GMT -5
Beautiful job on your first one! You placed the pattern in the center stone perfectly. Kudos!
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Post by mohs on Nov 20, 2020 9:26:45 GMT -5
Taylor
that scene is seamed
sweetly
fabulous!
lapping magic!
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Post by parfive on Nov 20, 2020 9:41:07 GMT -5
Tips on rectangles? Not really, taylor , just the way I usually do them. Different radius on the dome N-S and E-W so I work on them mainly before cleaning up the diagonals. Tried it the other way around once—cutting the diagonals first—but it didn’t help me any. |
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mossyrockhound
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Post by mossyrockhound on Nov 20, 2020 15:37:22 GMT -5
That's a beautiful creation! The cab looks 3-D, and you have really tight joints. I don't think you need any guidance on making rectangular cabs - this one looks great. The hard part on any large cab that I do is trying not to touch the adjacent wheels and putting a gouge in my cab (I use a Genie).
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Nov 20, 2020 22:50:04 GMT -5
Very well done.
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Post by taylor on Nov 20, 2020 23:19:39 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 20, 2020 23:27:20 GMT -5
Taylor, I'll be honest, I've come back to this thread numerous times today just to look at this again and again. I'm so enamored with what you've done with this piece! It is STUNNING! Do you think you can figure out how to post the picture even bigger? (Please! ) I can't tell you how many times I've superglued my fingers together! LOL |
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Post by taylor on Nov 20, 2020 23:36:51 GMT -5
Tips on rectangles? Not really, taylor , just the way I usually do them. Different radius on the dome N-S and E-W so I work on them mainly before cleaning up the diagonals. Tried it the other way around once—cutting the diagonals first—but it didn’t help me any. That makes sense. I started out working each side evenly, but soon decided that just wasn't gonna work. Then I had a ridge at each corner but getting that ridge perfectly straight into the corner of the inner frame seemed next to impossible. |
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Post by taylor on Nov 20, 2020 23:40:15 GMT -5
Larger, I hope, picture.  |
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Post by taylor on Nov 20, 2020 23:46:52 GMT -5
I have three more pieces started. Two are landscape jaspers and the third is pinolith. Both sides of the first landscape jasper are nice. I am thinking about capping it with glass on both sides. I guess that makes it a triplet. Anyway. How can I expect the glass to behave? Do I need to improve the surface finish of the intarsia before I add the glass? Can I expect the glass to distort the picture when domed?
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kyoti
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Post by kyoti on Nov 21, 2020 9:45:24 GMT -5
Whoa that's one handsome cab. The border really sets off the turitella.
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Post by mohs on Nov 21, 2020 10:09:16 GMT -5
Hi Taylor's
I read that comment about gluing your fingers
are you using super glue for the joints?
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Post by drocknut on Nov 21, 2020 10:28:58 GMT -5
You did a great job on that, hard to believe it is your first one. Looking forward to seeing more of your creations.
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Post by rockjunquie on Nov 21, 2020 12:19:47 GMT -5
Larger, I hope, picture.
Thank you! Now I can see how perfect it is. |
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fishnpinball
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Post by fishnpinball on Nov 22, 2020 2:15:11 GMT -5
Beautiful
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Fortunately it was a very small area! 
