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stardiamond gets rocks for Christmas Member since July 2007 Posts: 6,086	Another four hour cab… Aug 1, 2021 16:46:35 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stardiamond on Aug 1, 2021 16:46:35 GMT -5 Beautiful job. It looks like something I saw at the aquarium.
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Another four hour cab… Aug 1, 2021 17:00:04 GMT -5

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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 1, 2021 17:00:04 GMT -5

The precision is amazing on this! I can't say I've ever seen a cab shaped like this. When I first started reading your description, I wasn't too sure it wasn't going to be an incorporation of the Golden Ratio...

I really do love it! And I'm still going back and forth looking at the precision with regards to the symmetry and angles. Great job!

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Another four hour cab… Aug 1, 2021 17:17:17 GMT -5 via Tapatalk

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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 1, 2021 17:17:17 GMT -5

Aug 1, 2021 17:13:22 GMT -5 @jadedvision said:

Aug 1, 2021 17:00:04 GMT -5 jasoninsd said:

The precision is amazing on this! I can't say I've ever seen a cab shaped like this. When I first started reading your description, I wasn't too sure it wasn't going to be an incorporation of the Golden Ratio...

I really do love it! And I'm still going back and forth looking at the precision with regards to the symmetry and angles. Great job!

Thank you. Thanks for jogging my math memory too, I hadn’t thought about the golden ratio in years.

I've been curious as to how that could come into play or be utilized with a cabochon design...

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"It always seems impossible until it is done." - Nelson Mandela
"Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got." - Robert Brault
"You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy." - Nightbirde (RIP 2/19/22)

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stephan still telling self it's just a hobby Member since March 2015 Posts: 4,559	Another four hour cab… Aug 1, 2021 17:33:39 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by stephan on Aug 1, 2021 17:33:39 GMT -5 Very cool
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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: 18,436	Another four hour cab… Aug 1, 2021 20:18:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jasoninsd on Aug 1, 2021 20:18:58 GMT -5 What are you picturing as the "finished" product? Wire wrapped? Bezel setting? I could see this shape being used in a silver bezel setting pendant along the lines of what brotherbill or lpl does...
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perkins17 driving up their electric bill Member since July 2021 Posts: 2,337	Another four hour cab… Aug 1, 2021 22:09:00 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by perkins17 on Aug 1, 2021 22:09:00 GMT -5 Great job @jadedvision! My cabachons don't turn out that good yet.
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rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 35,007	Another four hour cab… Aug 2, 2021 9:05:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Aug 2, 2021 9:05:18 GMT -5 Gorgeous work!

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Another four hour cab… Aug 2, 2021 9:37:47 GMT -5

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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 2, 2021 9:37:47 GMT -5

Aug 2, 2021 9:31:24 GMT -5 @jadedvision said:

Aug 2, 2021 9:05:18 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

Gorgeous work!

Thanks! It felt like work by the time I finished with the hard wheels. I thought I was on easy street after that, then the cab slipped off the first soft wheel catching the side of the wheel and flying off the dop. This shape seemed to want to slip and slide all over the place with the soft wheels, like I was cabbing greased ice lol!

Well, your persistence paid off handsomely.

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Another four hour cab… Aug 2, 2021 9:39:40 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by perkins17 on Aug 2, 2021 9:39:40 GMT -5

Aug 2, 2021 8:46:37 GMT -5 @jadedvision said:

Aug 1, 2021 22:09:00 GMT -5 perkins17 said:

Great job @jadedvision! My cabachons don't turn out that good yet.

Thanks! If you have any questions I’m happy to provide info on how I go about it.

Thanks!

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Another four hour cab… Aug 2, 2021 12:51:40 GMT -5

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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 2, 2021 12:51:40 GMT -5

Aug 2, 2021 8:36:37 GMT -5 @jadedvision said:

Aug 1, 2021 20:18:58 GMT -5 jasoninsd said:

What are you picturing as the "finished" product? Wire wrapped? Bezel setting? I could see this shape being used in a silver bezel setting pendant along the lines of what brotherbill or lpl does...

I didn’t really have a thought on a setting, and I gotta admit it seems silly to be cutting cabochons without any jewelry making experience lol!

I don't think it's silly...that's how it was for me when I started making cabs...I had NO clue where I was heading with it. I just wanted to do it...so I did!

Favorite Quotes:
"It always seems impossible until it is done." - Nelson Mandela
"Life becomes easier when you learn to accept the apology you never got." - Robert Brault
"You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy." - Nightbirde (RIP 2/19/22)

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