rocket
spending too much on rocks
Quality slabs for quality cabs in 2022
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Post by rocket on Feb 9, 2021 12:04:22 GMT -5
Yup, I smashed it on wooden work bench  not the easiest Stone to work with  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 9, 2021 12:09:03 GMT -5
Beautiful cab! That almost looks like Picasso Marble!
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Post by victor1941 on Feb 9, 2021 12:25:04 GMT -5
Yes, different hardness stones are more difficult to work but think about the satisfaction you get when you make one as nice as yours.
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Post by stephan on Feb 9, 2021 14:22:41 GMT -5
Yup, I smashed it on wooden work bench not the easiest Stone to work with Yep, I make a lot of my preforms of brecciated material by flexing the slab, smacking it on a bench and finally dropping it onto the floor. I'd rather find the unhealed or partially healed fractures early. "Not the easiest material to work with" is the mission statement of brecciated jasper. So... the fact that you produced an awesome cab says a lot. |
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Post by greig on Feb 9, 2021 14:47:07 GMT -5
Beautiful result. I will try your flexing/smacking trick sometime .. but my luck is I would end up with tumbler filler.
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Post by stephan on Feb 9, 2021 16:07:29 GMT -5
Beautiful result. I will try your flexing/smacking trick sometime .. but my luck is I would end up with tumbler filler. Sometimes that does happen, but it's still better to find out early than to have it come apart later. Weirdly, that doesn't happen at 80 or 220 as often as one would think. It hurts when it happens somewhere in the 600 to 3000 range. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 9, 2021 18:55:35 GMT -5
Your cab looks great! Good job on a touchy stone.
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agatewhisperer
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Post by agatewhisperer on Feb 9, 2021 20:01:18 GMT -5
Agreed with the others, sometimes it hurts but better to find the issue before it's all polished up. Good work on the cab!
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rocket
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Post by rocket on Feb 10, 2021 8:52:37 GMT -5
Agreed with the others, sometimes it hurts but better to find the issue before it's all polished up. Good work on the cab! Thanks..I am slowly starting to figure out this cabbing riddle |
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rocket
spending too much on rocks
Quality slabs for quality cabs in 2022
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Post by rocket on Feb 10, 2021 8:59:04 GMT -5
Your cab looks great! Good job on a touchy stone. Thanks...the original shape was bigger...but the cab had its own ideas and left me no choice |
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rocket
spending too much on rocks
Quality slabs for quality cabs in 2022
Member since September 2020
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Post by rocket on Feb 10, 2021 9:08:44 GMT -5
Beautiful result. I will try your flexing/smacking trick sometime .. but my luck is I would end up with tumbler filler. This was my first time working with this material...had read it can be difficult so figured “why not” and gave it a good hard smack onto my work bench...the first picture does not show all the smaller pieces that went directly into the “filler” box...thanks for the compliment, I have learned a lot from your videos |
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rocket
spending too much on rocks
Quality slabs for quality cabs in 2022
Member since September 2020
Posts: 292
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Post by rocket on Feb 10, 2021 9:17:50 GMT -5
Yup, I smashed it on wooden work bench not the easiest Stone to work with Yep, I make a lot of my preforms of brecciated material by flexing the slab, smacking it on a bench and finally dropping it onto the floor. I'd rather find the unhealed or partially healed fractures early. "Not the easiest material to work with" is the mission statement of brecciated jasper. So... the fact that you produced an awesome cab says a lot. Thanks Stephan, that means a lot to me coming from you. I think I’ll work some other material before trying the second cab from this slab, hopefully easier material |
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Fossilman
Cave Dweller 
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 10, 2021 12:56:37 GMT -5
I like the results...
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