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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 19, 2021 20:05:27 GMT -5
Here's some of the cabs I completed this week... Pic 1: Golden Picture Jasper - I couldn't get anything better than a matte finish on this bugger! Pic 2-3: Polychrome Jasper - Another material that gets a good matte finish. This is material from Brian .  Pic 4-6: Nether's Farm Ohio Flint Pic 7-8: Prairie Agate - I thought these looked like Red Brecciated Jasper. LOL Pic 9: Flor de Durazno Lace Agate Pic 10: Crazy Lace Agate Pic 11-12: Graveyard Point Plume Agate - Some undercutting on that first one. You can see it in the light reflection... Pic 13-15: Crazy Lace Agate - These were from a heel cut that I normally would have sent to stephan ...except it was from a rock he sent me to cut...so I couldn't give it back! LOL! I should have taken before pics because the transformation was pretty astounding. Pic 1  Pic 2  Pic 3  Pic 4  Pic 5  Pic 6  Pic 7  Pic 8  Pic 9  Pic 10  Pic 11  Pic 12  Pic 13  Pic 14  Pic 15  |
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Post by HankRocks on Oct 19, 2021 20:24:10 GMT -5
I really like the Nether's Farm Flint, seemingly endless patterns.
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 19, 2021 20:30:05 GMT -5
I really like the Nether's Farm Flint, seemingly endless patterns. Thanks Henry! I totally agree with regards to the variety. It reminds me of George West Pet Wood...there just seems to be a tremendous amount of variety! Maybe that's because I cut a bunch of the GWPW this week! LOL |
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Post by agatewhisperer on Oct 19, 2021 20:52:04 GMT -5
You've been busy! Good work! The contrast on that polychrome jasper is great
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2021 21:30:13 GMT -5
Here's some of the cabs I completed this week... Pic 1: Golden Picture Jasper - I couldn't get anything better than a matte finish on this bugger! Pic 2-3: Polychrome Jasper - Another material that gets a good matte finish. This is material from Brian . Pic 4-6: Nether's Farm Ohio Flint Pic 7-8: Prairie Agate - I thought these looked like Red Brecciated Jasper. LOL Pic 9: Flor de Durazno Lace Agate Pic 10: Crazy Lace Agate Pic 11-12: Graveyard Point Plume Agate - Some undercutting on that first one. You can see it in the light reflection... Pic 13-15: Crazy Lace Agate - These were from a heel cut that I normally would have sent to stephan ...except it was from a rock he sent me to cut...so I couldn't give it back! LOL! I should have taken before pics because the transformation was pretty astounding. Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6 Pic 7 Pic 8 Pic 9 Pic 10 Pic 11 Pic 12 Pic 13 Pic 14 Pic 15 Ya got some great stuff, there, mister. And you did some fine work on them! Didn't you just start using a slant cabber a month ago? Can't believe how fast you have become a contendah! |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Oct 19, 2021 21:41:15 GMT -5
Beautiful cabs, Jason! They are all so yummy, but if I had to pick a favorite it would be #10 Crazy Lace. DRUZY!  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 19, 2021 21:51:09 GMT -5
Here's some of the cabs I completed this week... Pic 1: Golden Picture Jasper - I couldn't get anything better than a matte finish on this bugger! Pic 2-3: Polychrome Jasper - Another material that gets a good matte finish. This is material from Brian . Pic 4-6: Nether's Farm Ohio Flint Pic 7-8: Prairie Agate - I thought these looked like Red Brecciated Jasper. LOL Pic 9: Flor de Durazno Lace Agate Pic 10: Crazy Lace Agate Pic 11-12: Graveyard Point Plume Agate - Some undercutting on that first one. You can see it in the light reflection... Pic 13-15: Crazy Lace Agate - These were from a heel cut that I normally would have sent to stephan ...except it was from a rock he sent me to cut...so I couldn't give it back! LOL! I should have taken before pics because the transformation was pretty astounding. Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6 Pic 7 Pic 8 Pic 9 Pic 10 Pic 11 Pic 12 Pic 13 Pic 14 Pic 15 Ya got some great stuff, there, mister. And you did some fine work on them! Didn't you just start using a slant cabber a month ago? Can't believe how fast you have become a contendah! Thank you so much Jean! Nah...not a month ago. I got the cabber at the beginning of December...so I've had it a little over ten months now.  Beautiful cabs, Jason! They are all so yummy, but if I had to pick a favorite it would be #10 Crazy Lace. DRUZY! Thanks Robin! Yeah...I freaking love that one with the druzy pocket! I used to avoid them when I was planning shapes...now I aim for them on the slab! LOL |
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Post by Son Of Beach on Oct 19, 2021 21:56:03 GMT -5
3,5,6,13 really catch my eye for some reason. They all look like they've had some TLC.
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Post by perkins17 on Oct 19, 2021 22:29:06 GMT -5
Ya got some great stuff, there, mister. And you did some fine work on them! Didn't you just start using a slant cabber a month ago? Can't believe how fast you have become a contendah! Thank you so much Jean! Nah...not a month ago. I got the cabber at the beginning of December...so I've had it a little over ten months now. Beautiful cabs, Jason! They are all so yummy, but if I had to pick a favorite it would be #10 Crazy Lace. DRUZY! Thanks Robin! Yeah...I freaking love that one with the druzy pocket! I used to avoid them when I was planning shapes...now I aim for them on the slab! LOL You did THAT with a FLAT LAP??? Wow! That is probably better than I could do on a brand new 6 wheeler! Great job! |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2021 22:50:20 GMT -5
Thank you so much Jean! Nah...not a month ago. I got the cabber at the beginning of December...so I've had it a little over ten months now. Thanks Robin! Yeah...I freaking love that one with the druzy pocket! I used to avoid them when I was planning shapes...now I aim for them on the slab! LOL You did THAT with a FLAT LAP??? Wow! That is probably better than I could do on a brand new 6 wheeler! Great job! Sorry, you misunderstood, perkins17 . jasoninsd currently is producing cabs with a slant cabber. Previously, ten months ago, he was using a Dremel to shape cabs, then tumbling them! No flat laps involved, that I am aware of. ETA - Unless you are calling the slant cabber a flat lap? As opposed to wheels? |
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Post by stephan on Oct 19, 2021 22:51:39 GMT -5
Here's some of the cabs I completed this week... Pic 1: Golden Picture Jasper - I couldn't get anything better than a matte finish on this bugger! Pic 2-3: Polychrome Jasper - Another material that gets a good matte finish. This is material from Brian . Pic 4-6: Nether's Farm Ohio Flint Pic 7-8: Prairie Agate - I thought these looked like Red Brecciated Jasper. LOL Pic 9: Flor de Durazno Lace Agate Pic 10: Crazy Lace Agate Pic 11-12: Graveyard Point Plume Agate - Some undercutting on that first one. You can see it in the light reflection... Pic 13-15: Crazy Lace Agate - These were from a heel cut that I normally would have sent to stephan ...except it was from a rock he sent me to cut...so I couldn't give it back! LOL! I should have taken before pics because the transformation was pretty astounding. Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6 Pic 7 Pic 8 Pic 9 Pic 10 Pic 11 Pic 12 Pic 13 Pic 14 Pic 15 Dude…    There… now that I’ve composed myself… those are… I’m speechless. That is great work, regardless of how long you’ve been cabbing. Month… 10 months… we have seriously entered a time warp, and you have put it to good use. I have 15 favorites in that batch. ‘That Crazy Lace, though… jiminy crickets! I’m going to have to take another look! It’s making me wish that rock had been bigger. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 19, 2021 22:51:56 GMT -5
Thank you so much Jean! Nah...not a month ago. I got the cabber at the beginning of December...so I've had it a little over ten months now. Thanks Robin! Yeah...I freaking love that one with the druzy pocket! I used to avoid them when I was planning shapes...now I aim for them on the slab! LOL You did THAT with a FLAT LAP??? Wow! That is probably better than I could do on a brand new 6 wheeler! Great job! Thanks Perk! Yep...all on a flat lap.  I tried for the first month (last November) to use a Dremel like MikeT. I could do it, but knew I wanted something easier. So I went with the flat lap (slant cabber). I want to get a cabbing machine, but I'd have to learn techniques all over again! LOL |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 19, 2021 22:52:42 GMT -5
You did THAT with a FLAT LAP??? Wow! That is probably better than I could do on a brand new 6 wheeler! Great job! Sorry, you misunderstood, perkins17. jasoninsd currently is producing cabs with a slant cabber. Previously, ten months ago, he was using a Dremel to shape cabs, then tumbling them! No flat laps involved, that I am aware of. Slant cabber is the same as a flat lap...just on a slant. |
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Post by perkins17 on Oct 19, 2021 22:54:55 GMT -5
You did THAT with a FLAT LAP??? Wow! That is probably better than I could do on a brand new 6 wheeler! Great job! Sorry, you misunderstood, perkins17 . jasoninsd currently is producing cabs with a slant cabber. Previously, ten months ago, he was using a Dremel to shape cabs, then tumbling them! No flat laps involved, that I am aware of. ETA - Unless you are calling the slant cabber a flat lap? As opposed to wheels? My bad, I think of slant cabbers as flat laps. Sorry to be confusing. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 19, 2021 22:56:03 GMT -5
Here's some of the cabs I completed this week... Pic 1: Golden Picture Jasper - I couldn't get anything better than a matte finish on this bugger! Pic 2-3: Polychrome Jasper - Another material that gets a good matte finish. This is material from Brian . Pic 4-6: Nether's Farm Ohio Flint Pic 7-8: Prairie Agate - I thought these looked like Red Brecciated Jasper. LOL Pic 9: Flor de Durazno Lace Agate Pic 10: Crazy Lace Agate Pic 11-12: Graveyard Point Plume Agate - Some undercutting on that first one. You can see it in the light reflection... Pic 13-15: Crazy Lace Agate - These were from a heel cut that I normally would have sent to stephan ...except it was from a rock he sent me to cut...so I couldn't give it back! LOL! I should have taken before pics because the transformation was pretty astounding. Pic 1 Pic 2 Pic 3 Pic 4 Pic 5 Pic 6 Pic 7 Pic 8 Pic 9 Pic 10 Pic 11 Pic 12 Pic 13 Pic 14 Pic 15 Dude…    There… now that I’ve composed myself… those are… I’m speechless. That is great work, regardless of how long you’ve been cabbing. Month… 10 months… we have seriously entered a time warp, and you have put it to good use. I have 15 favorites in that batch. Thank you my friend! I really do like all of these materials. I have a ton of the Graveyard Point Plume Agate...and all the preforms are cut thick...so there's plenty of material to "waste" to get past any bad spots... |
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Post by perkins17 on Oct 19, 2021 22:56:34 GMT -5
You did THAT with a FLAT LAP??? Wow! That is probably better than I could do on a brand new 6 wheeler! Great job! Thanks Perk! Yep...all on a flat lap. I tried for the first month (last November) to use a Dremel like MikeT. I could do it, but knew I wanted something easier. So I went with the flat lap (slant cabber). I want to get a cabbing machine, but I'd have to learn techniques all over again! LOL Wow! That is really impressive. If I tried a Dremel, I would end up with holes in my hands! 😂 |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 19, 2021 22:57:26 GMT -5
Sorry, you misunderstood, perkins17 . jasoninsd currently is producing cabs with a slant cabber. Previously, ten months ago, he was using a Dremel to shape cabs, then tumbling them! No flat laps involved, that I am aware of. ETA - Unless you are calling the slant cabber a flat lap? As opposed to wheels? My bad, I think of slant cabbers as flat laps. Sorry to be confusing. You and I are thinking alike... |
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Post by jasoninsd on Oct 19, 2021 22:58:23 GMT -5
Thanks Perk! Yep...all on a flat lap. I tried for the first month (last November) to use a Dremel like MikeT. I could do it, but knew I wanted something easier. So I went with the flat lap (slant cabber). I want to get a cabbing machine, but I'd have to learn techniques all over again! LOL Wow! That is really impressive. If I tried a Dremel, I would end up with holes in my hands! 😂 Oh...I had some pretty messed up fingers a couple times! LOL |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 19, 2021 23:00:20 GMT -5
Sorry for the confusion on my part, jasoninsd. I have both a flat lap (8" Ameritool) that I use all the time (when the urge strikes me, lol), and a used slant cabber that I have never used. Didn't realize the terms were interchangeable. I know miket uses a Dremel, I thought you used to as well? |
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Post by stephan on Oct 19, 2021 23:00:25 GMT -5
Thanks Perk! Yep...all on a flat lap. I tried for the first month (last November) to use a Dremel like MikeT. I could do it, but knew I wanted something easier. So I went with the flat lap (slant cabber). I want to get a cabbing machine, but I'd have to learn techniques all over again! LOL Wow! That is really impressive. If I tried a Dremel, I would end up with holes in my hands! 😂 I think that’s what inspired jasoninsd to buy the slant crabber. He got tired of smelling his own charred flesh. |
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