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Post by victor1941 on Dec 28, 2020 15:51:36 GMT -5
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Post by opalpyrexia on Dec 28, 2020 19:35:39 GMT -5
Nice cabs! Your second to last is my favorite — it looks like it's on fire.
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 28, 2020 19:41:09 GMT -5
Boy you've got some really great colors in a lot of these! They look really great!  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Dec 28, 2020 19:41:38 GMT -5
That is some amazing pet wood you've shown us. Is it my imagination, or is it a bit less cracky than the typical AZ rainbow wood?
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 28, 2020 21:33:32 GMT -5
Victor, these are stunning! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by victor1941 on Dec 28, 2020 22:11:02 GMT -5
Hummingbirdstones2, I have cut only a few pieces of AZ wood and it all contained a lot of fractures and was not cuttable. The Engle material I have been working is thought to be wash from the Caballo Mountains in NM. It does have fractures but not like the few pieces of rainbow wood that I cut. I do have one AZ round that looks solid and was dug on the ranch next to the park. This is a display piece in the yard and has not been cut.
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Post by stephan on Dec 28, 2020 23:15:01 GMT -5
Great colors and grain on those. Nice work.
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cman60
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Post by cman60 on Dec 29, 2020 19:59:51 GMT -5
awesome work!!!
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Post by rockjunquie on Dec 30, 2020 8:43:24 GMT -5
Nice variety and some gorgeous cabs. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones2 on Dec 30, 2020 18:31:53 GMT -5
Looked that area up online, and there does appear to be a large wash running south from Engle toward "Spaceport America".
Engle is apparently where the Armandaris Ranch, owned by Ted Turner (along with everything else for miles around) is located. The Aleman Ranch (now resold/renamed) is said to be at the southern end of the area. One article about Engle says the road south from Engle is unpaved and should only be driven with 4WD vehicles.
Sounds like a prime hounding area - if large parts of it aren't posted. I'm curious, and Robin even said maybe we should go there someday.
The cabs you've posted are so nice I'd be tempted to go out there and wander around... .
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Dec 30, 2020 22:02:45 GMT -5
Beautiful! The slender one (last photo) has such a nice shape! and the colors and texture is beautiful and intresting on all of them.
Looking at that free-form piece, it seems to be tumbled. Do you make the cabs the same way?
Adrian
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Post by victor1941 on Dec 31, 2020 10:34:25 GMT -5
Adrian, all cabs are shaped on a flat lap 60 grit and finished in a UV-18 vibe tumbler in a 10-12 day cycle. Even the pieces that are entered in the monthly cab contest are made this way.
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