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Post by Tweetiepy on Oct 2, 2005 16:10:09 GMT -5
As promised... here is what cam of my cabbing class today. Not much as there were 7 of us, 3 saws and 4 machines (double sided) but somehow we managed. I had this piece of Graveyard Plume from Banjo (thanks again Banjo it's awesome!) Cuts for slabs are usually $2 a cut but cuz this was for class they were free! Yeah! I got 2 cuts - the butt end I cut into small teardrop or oval shapes - pictures to follow Here is the piece that is my favorite piece of the graveyard Plume  Here is a closeup of my favorite part - if I can, I'm gonna double cab this one and make a pendant for myself - if I can get the wrapping down at some point - I'm hoping to work on this one next time  Here is another slab of Banjo's graveyard Plume  This is what I'm gonna make with the butt end - one of the pieces..  This is the other - the white is water on the surface  Here is what I got finished while we were there - it looks like it has a butterfly in the centre and another white one in the bottom right - I'm not sure what it is but it's hard as a rock hihi  Anyone know what this stuff is? it,s not obsidian, I only got it through the 100 belt and I worked my butt off for this one as it had a crater in the centre and once I got that evened out, there is a vug in the lower right - where it looks polished (I had to fill the vug with epoxy and will have a go at it next time  Cher, I hope I've done my part in relieving your boredom I can do a quick go through of what I learned in class so far and start a new thread if anyone's interested in what I did. Thanks for looking |
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Post by Cher on Oct 2, 2005 16:24:56 GMT -5
Wow Tweet, you have been a busy girl today, I love your butterfly rock, that is too cool and the colors are awesome. You are getting very good at this, when do you get to go back again? I'd want to be there everyday working on them! That plume agate is pretty too, I had some once that I got off ebay. Broke one slab but it didn't polish very well so sent them to KD. It was really pretty stuff though, lots of blue gray in it.
Thanks a bunch for the pics!!
Cher
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Debs
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Post by Debs on Oct 2, 2005 17:38:51 GMT -5
Cool Tweet. I really like the one with the butterfly look! Neat! Very unique.
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Post by krazydiamond on Oct 2, 2005 17:49:33 GMT -5
all good pics, Tweet, but i love the butterfly too! great work!
KD
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Tellfamily
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Post by Tellfamily on Oct 2, 2005 18:22:33 GMT -5
They came out looking real good. Where are you taking your classes?
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BillE
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Post by BillE on Oct 2, 2005 19:04:40 GMT -5
Excellent job. What is a "vug" (a hole I presume?) and what kind of epoxy do you use to fill it.
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Post by Tweetiepy on Oct 2, 2005 19:56:34 GMT -5
Thanks guys - my daughter turned the cab sideways (clockwise) and found an owl as well - it's my "wilderness cab" you could also see a sitting teddy bear too (wonder if that one has pellets in his butt?)
Tellfamily - the classes are given by my local lapidary silversmithing club (which I'm a part of) it's in Ottawa Canada (a little too far for you I presume)
BillE - yes a vug is a hole or fissure in my case - the epoxy I used was 2 part epoxy - the fissure will still be there but it won't fill with polish or grit, it'll be like it had quartz in it - the epoxy just fills the hole - kinda like cheating...
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rollingstone
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Post by rollingstone on Oct 2, 2005 19:58:28 GMT -5
Nice cabbin! In that 4th picture down, if you rotate the circled area 90 degrees counterclockwise, then it looks like a white kitten sitting on a ledge or a boulder.
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Post by rockyraccoon on Oct 2, 2005 20:48:47 GMT -5
tweetie i love the graveyard slices and can't wait to see the finished results. the butterfly cab turned out great. could the last one be petrified wood?
kim
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Post by cookie3rocks on Oct 2, 2005 20:56:02 GMT -5
I gotta know, What is the white stuff you are sticking the stones in to photograph them? Well done, lots of potenial in those.  cookie |
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Post by Tweetiepy on Oct 2, 2005 21:09:17 GMT -5
Cookie, it's bubble gum! No I'm just kidding it's... crap... CRS - it's "something" tack or "tack it" - it's like gum but it's made for holding up posters & stuff (my daughter use to chew it at the daycare thinking it was gum...
Found it - it,s called Fun-Tak - an adhesive reusable putty
RS: I see the kitty too - too bad I didn,t see him before I coulda made him the centre of my cab! - May not be too late - I'll probably do that
Kim - it could be pet wood - it's very nice I can't wait to see it polished up
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tinman
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Post by tinman on Oct 2, 2005 21:12:54 GMT -5
I wish I had that kinda help here localy but no luck for me you are lucky to have that club
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Post by rockds on Oct 2, 2005 21:37:18 GMT -5
Good looking pics, man I gotta get me a saw
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fatrichie
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Post by fatrichie on Oct 3, 2005 0:19:10 GMT -5
Great stuff Tweety! Good choices of stone. Show us more!
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Post by joe on Oct 3, 2005 0:49:17 GMT -5
Too cool Tweetie! That looks like a lot of fun. Too much fun.  Enjoy every bit of it. Joe |
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Post by creativeminded on Oct 3, 2005 8:46:12 GMT -5
That is some pretty rock, I know you will do it justice.
Tami
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textiger
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Post by textiger on Oct 3, 2005 12:43:58 GMT -5
You're new at this? Could have fooled me. Nice work. And I was thinking like Kim that the last piece may be pet wood. Beautiful even if it isn't.
If you do start a thread on what you learned, I'd surely read it. In fact, I'm wondering right now, how hard is cabbing?
Again, nice work. Can't wait to see what you do with those slabs.
matt
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stefan
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Post by stefan on Oct 3, 2005 13:38:33 GMT -5
Nice job there tweet- where is the tutorial? I'm waiting? BTW watch out for the red parts in that Plume Agate- they undercut something aweful (at least for me!)
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Oct 4, 2005 4:00:27 GMT -5
Hi Tweety,
Great I enjoyed the photo .
The Rock is wonderfull how did you pick such a interesting piece?
Have you seen "did anyone see this" on the general board.?
Your on your way to being a Millionair!! ;D
Many thanks for sharing ,
Jack
Yorkshire UK
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Enjoy every bit of it.
