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Post by stephan on Mar 15, 2021 17:50:21 GMT -5
Gorgeous stone, stephan ! Everyone seems to be conquering this challenge rather well, even though it's out of most folks' wheelhouse. Kudos to everyone so far! Thanks, Robin. For me, it's not so much of a new skill, as it is flexing an atrophied muscle. I learned to cab both ways at the club, and actually used to prefer this. Then this group really seemed to be steering people toward the girdle (I'm guessing it's because we have a fair number of wrappers), so I hadn't done it for a while. It came back fairly quickly. Probably helped that I stayed away from free-forming it. That can be kind of a bugger to do. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 16, 2021 9:49:06 GMT -5
Bumping this up.  |
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Post by fernwood on Mar 17, 2021 6:47:41 GMT -5
stephan You nailed it. miket Your dremel cabbing skills are exceptional.
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Post by stephan on Mar 17, 2021 9:20:07 GMT -5
stephan You nailed it. miket Your dremel cabbing skills are exceptional. Thank you, Beth. And I'll second what you said about miket. |
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Post by miket on Mar 17, 2021 9:26:17 GMT -5
stephan You nailed it. miket Your dremel cabbing skills are exceptional. Thank you Beth, I appreciate the compliment! |
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Post by miket on Mar 17, 2021 9:28:14 GMT -5
stephan You nailed it. miket Your dremel cabbing skills are exceptional. Thank you, Beth. And I'll second what you said about miket . Thanks Stephan! |
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 21, 2021 0:07:48 GMT -5
Here's my entry, and first cab made in the new place. Horn coral. Preform   Cab   |
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Post by orrum on Mar 21, 2021 9:48:15 GMT -5
Awedome cab @rockonz
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Post by Tommy on Mar 21, 2021 13:29:05 GMT -5
Here's my entry, and first cab made in the new place. Horn coral. Nice cab Lee! Glad you are getting settled into the new place. That is actually the perfect material for this contest with the tube shape it comes in. Well done sir. |
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 22, 2021 0:15:26 GMT -5
Here's my entry, and first cab made in the new place. Horn coral. Nice cab Lee! Glad you are getting settled into the new place. That is actually the perfect material for this contest with the tube shape it comes in. Well done sir. Aww, shucks. You and orrum are gonna get my head so swelled up I won't fit through that double door into the shop. I was just lucky to find the coral slab in a box. |
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Post by orrum on Mar 22, 2021 12:19:43 GMT -5
LOL You have really expanded your skill set. I still like those things you make with slabs best!!!
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Post by NDK on Mar 22, 2021 20:53:25 GMT -5
this was a fun challenge & here's my submission! I decided to use a piece of amethyst which I got from El JeffA a few years ago.      Thanks for looking. Good luck everyone! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 22, 2021 21:31:32 GMT -5
Awesome amy, NDK! That is the most delicious grape color. That may be the highest dome I have ever seen! |
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Post by NDK on Mar 22, 2021 21:34:02 GMT -5
Thanks Robin, it's even seedless 😂
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 22, 2021 22:04:47 GMT -5
Thanks Robin, it's even seedless 😂  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 22, 2021 22:21:12 GMT -5
Thanks Robin, it's even seedless 😂 That made me laugh pretty darn hard!  |
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Post by fernwood on Mar 23, 2021 3:38:30 GMT -5
NDK It looks like a grape gum drop. be careful where you leave it, lol. I love it.
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Post by NDK on Mar 23, 2021 6:41:57 GMT -5
LoL thanks everyone. Glad I could give y'all a chuckle 👍
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 23, 2021 11:13:14 GMT -5
THAT is an amazing cab!!! Great color and clarity and love the gumdrop shape. Perfect!
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Post by Tommy on Mar 24, 2021 12:00:29 GMT -5
OK here is my entry - Carey Plume agate. I'm undecided if my entry really fits the parameters of the theme - I'm leaning towards not. I put a lot of time into it but in my opinion the result is sloppy and I'm not real happy with it. I thought I could get away with my usual style but taken on down to the bottom with no girdle, and about half way through it sunk in why this style lends itself to a higher dome. With the high dome the bottom edge comes closer to maybe an 80 degree angle where my thin cab has about a 20 degree angle and became quite sharp and inconsistent. When I tried to give it a backside bevel to prevent chipping it the result was it looks like a girdle unless you look real close at the angle. Before I decide what to do with this puppy I will probably clean up my wavy edges with the addition of a girdle. Lessons learned for sure  thanks hummingbirdstones2 for the push. Mission accomplished on getting us out of our comfort zones    |
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Maybe you can post some pictures here