Practice Batch #2

rocket spending too much on rocks Quality slabs for quality cabs in 2022 Member since September 2020 Posts: 292	Practice Batch #2 Dec 1, 2020 12:38:54 GMT -5 quartz, opalpyrexia, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rocket on Dec 1, 2020 12:38:54 GMT -5 I feel better about this week's batch...took my time...focused on girdle and dome...tried to do a better job on final polish...all in all it was a good week...Rocket

mohs In Memoriam RIP mohstly Member since January 2009 Posts: 19,412	Practice Batch #2 Dec 1, 2020 16:02:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mohs on Dec 1, 2020 16:02:40 GMT -5 doing it well soon it will be no second guess that rectangular is neat and that green tree rocks
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miket misunderstood rock expert Member since April 2018 Posts: 11,239	Practice Batch #2 Dec 1, 2020 16:08:34 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by miket on Dec 1, 2020 16:08:34 GMT -5 Great job! I like the first one best, nice scene capture.
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jasoninsd can identify rocks - even green ones I Wish I Knew Half The Stuff I Thought I Knew 30 Years Ago! Member since July 2020 Posts: 18,424	Practice Batch #2 Dec 1, 2020 16:22:57 GMT -5 via Tapatalk Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jasoninsd on Dec 1, 2020 16:22:57 GMT -5 Way to go Rocket! Those are great looking cabs!!!
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rocket spending too much on rocks Quality slabs for quality cabs in 2022 Member since September 2020 Posts: 292	Practice Batch #2 Dec 1, 2020 17:37:03 GMT -5 jasoninsd likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rocket on Dec 1, 2020 17:37:03 GMT -5 Dec 1, 2020 16:22:57 GMT -5 jasoninsd said: Way to go Rocket! Those are great looking cabs!!! Thanks Jason...I think the two of us are in this together as beginners

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Practice Batch #2 Dec 1, 2020 17:55:36 GMT -5

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Post by rocket on Dec 1, 2020 17:55:36 GMT -5

Dec 1, 2020 16:08:34 GMT -5 miket said:

Great job!
I like the first one best, nice scene capture.

Thanks Mike..I totally missed that mountain scene when I originally evaluated the slab...it was only after I scribbled another area that I saw it. I am really pleased with how it turned out.

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Practice Batch #2 Dec 1, 2020 18:04:04 GMT -5 mohs likes this

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Post by rocket on Dec 1, 2020 18:04:04 GMT -5

Dec 1, 2020 16:02:40 GMT -5 mohs said:

doing it well
soon it will be no second guess

that rectangular is neat
and that green tree rocks

Thanks Mohs, I did the first grind off dop on a 100 grit wheel...by the end of the week my thumbs got much better at “feeling” the shaping progress I was making

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Practice Batch #2 Dec 1, 2020 19:16:31 GMT -5

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Post by mohs on Dec 1, 2020 19:16:31 GMT -5

right on rocket

was wondering what your method is.
off dop- your doing really well

altho I think- on dop
is a really good habit
to get into

but it can be done really well off
as your grinds are proving

keep on its a great hobby ...

dazagneiss

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Practice Batch #2 Dec 1, 2020 19:19:31 GMT -5

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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 1, 2020 19:19:31 GMT -5

Nice job on those. For your second batch, you're doing incredibly well!

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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

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Practice Batch #2 Dec 1, 2020 21:35:12 GMT -5

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Post by rocket on Dec 1, 2020 21:35:12 GMT -5

Dec 1, 2020 19:19:31 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones said:

Nice job on those. For your second batch, you're doing incredibly well!

Thanks Robin...there were several others in this batch that turned out so poorly that I did not even bother to photograph them. There seems to be a learning curve on polished rock photography about as steep as learning to cab, at least for me

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Practice Batch #2 Dec 1, 2020 21:38:24 GMT -5

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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 1, 2020 21:38:24 GMT -5

Dec 1, 2020 21:35:12 GMT -5 rocket said:

Dec 1, 2020 19:19:31 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones said:

Nice job on those. For your second batch, you're doing incredibly well!

Thanks Robin...there were several others in this batch that turned out so poorly that I did not even bother to photograph them. There seems to be a learning curve on polished rock photography about as steep as learning to cab, at least for me

I've been cutting stones for over 20 years now and I still can't take a decent picture. (lol)

Robin

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."

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Practice Batch #2 Dec 1, 2020 21:52:40 GMT -5 mohs likes this

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Post by rocket on Dec 1, 2020 21:52:40 GMT -5

Dec 1, 2020 19:16:31 GMT -5 mohs said:

right on rocket

was wondering what your method is.
off dop- your doing really well

altho I think- on dop
is a really good habit
to get into

but it can be done really well off
as your grinds are proving

keep on its a great hobby ...

My approach this week was off dop on 100 and 220 grinding wheels for girdle, 45 degree . Then I went on dop for dome through final polish

stephan still telling self it's just a hobby Member since March 2015 Posts: 4,559	Practice Batch #2 Dec 1, 2020 23:49:10 GMT -5 rockpickerforever, miket, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stephan on Dec 1, 2020 23:49:10 GMT -5 Nice work. The first one and the rectangle are definite faves. I’m sorry you are getting post number 2020 from me. That can’t be good....
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Practice Batch #2 Dec 2, 2020 8:26:46 GMT -5 miket and jasoninsd like this

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Post by rocket on Dec 2, 2020 8:26:46 GMT -5

Dec 1, 2020 23:49:10 GMT -5 stephan said:

Nice work. The first one and the rectangle are definite faves.

I’m sorry you are getting post number 2020 from me. That can’t be good....

Thanks Stephan...I could not get a great photo of the striped rectangle...finally just gave up and posted what I had...now I need to figure out what that rock is....argh post 2020, now my throat feels scratchy

rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 34,984	Practice Batch #2 Dec 2, 2020 9:40:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Dec 2, 2020 9:40:24 GMT -5 Please post future cabbing threads in the cabbing section.