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Post by holajonathan on Nov 3, 2021 16:34:05 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 3, 2021 17:06:52 GMT -5
Another fantastic batch of cabs Jonathan!  I really like the shape you worked on that Mexican Moss! The Bloodstone photos are awesome! Love the reflections! LOL The Blue Tiger Eye looks like it has an electrical charge running along the right side! I tried to work some Red Tiger Eye a little while ago, but the material just shredded...literally. I talked with Stephan about it and we think it may have gone through too quick of a temperature change - whether too hot too fast, or too cool to quickly. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Nov 3, 2021 17:37:17 GMT -5
Wow! That material never ceases to amaze me in variety and polish. I LOVE that black one- so much going on! The first moss is pretty killer, too. Love the shape.
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Post by holajonathan on Nov 3, 2021 18:03:44 GMT -5
Another fantastic batch of cabs Jonathan! I really like the shape you worked on that Mexican Moss! The Bloodstone photos are awesome! Love the reflections! LOL The Blue Tiger Eye looks like it has an electrical charge running along the right side! I tried to work some Red Tiger Eye a little while ago, but the material just shredded...literally. I talked with Stephan about it and we think it may have gone through too quick of a temperature change - whether too hot too fast, or too cool to quickly. Thanks, Jason. You like my superman cab shape? The two longest sides are the width of the wheel (1-1/2"). I do that sometimes on the geometric free forms since it gives me some point of reference for trying to make it symmetrical. I've never even heard of red tiger's eye. Sounds interesting. Wow! That material never ceases to amaze me in variety and polish. I LOVE that black one- so much going on! The first moss is pretty killer, too. Love the shape. The black one is even better in person. The left side has pink druzy micro-quartz. I don't know the technical name, but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about -- druzy quartz crystals that are so small they look like tiny pieces of glitter and sparkle from across the room. The middle has the same sparkle but white instead of pink. It's my favorite kind of druzy because the surface is smooth, so it's both shiny and druzy. |
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Post by Jugglerguy on Nov 3, 2021 18:43:21 GMT -5
Those last two flint cabs are awesome. You did a nice job on them. That reminds me, I need to get back out to the garage and take another slab off the saw.
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Post by holajonathan on Nov 3, 2021 20:13:25 GMT -5
Those last two flint cabs are awesome. You did a nice job on them. That reminds me, I need to get back out to the garage and take another slab off the saw. You'd better dust off your cabbing skills to take advantage of those nice slabs you're cutting. It would be a crime to tumble the good ones. If your new cabbing machine plans work out I could see you cabbing a lot more. It seems like the natural progression for someone who loves perfect tumbles. Speaking of tumbling, did you get a barrel full of the flint rolling yet? |
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Post by holajonathan on Nov 3, 2021 20:38:47 GMT -5
JugglerguyYou're not the only one slabbing flint on a Wednesday night. 
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Nov 3, 2021 20:56:22 GMT -5
I love, love, LOVE that black cab! Stunning. Druzy is druzy, but I call that really small druzy sugar. 
Blue Tiger Eye is also called Hawks Eye. Your cab is beautiful. Heating gold Tiger Eye makes the red variety. Most of it is heat treated, but you can sometimes find natural red in a stone that has been through a forest fire or such. Usually there will be gold with the red when that happens. Variegated Tiger Eye has both blue and gold and sometimes all 3 colors in it.
Great cabs all around and yeah, you got a mirror polish on those fancy jaspers.
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Post by holajonathan on Nov 3, 2021 22:42:16 GMT -5
I love, love, LOVE that black cab! Stunning. Druzy is druzy, but I call that really small druzy sugar.
Blue Tiger Eye is also called Hawks Eye. Your cab is beautiful. Heating gold Tiger Eye makes the red variety. Most of it is heat treated, but you can sometimes find natural red in a stone that has been through a forest fire or such. Usually there will be gold with the red when that happens. Variegated Tiger Eye has both blue and gold and sometimes all 3 colors in it.
Great cabs all around and yeah, you got a mirror polish on those fancy jaspers.
Thanks, glad you like it. Sugar is a good name for the small druzy. I broke out a new felt polishing pad and charged it with some super cerium. I've messed around with the super cerium in my Lot-O tumbler, but I've never used it for polishing cabs. That stuff sure does lay down the shine, but it just about ripped every cab out of my fingers. I'm used to some gripping and tugging with sub-micron AO on rawhide (my normal polish routine), but the super cerium on felt was a whole new level of gripping, grabbing, tugging, and pulling. I had to remove the polishing disc from my Genie (way too fast for the cerium + felt) and spin it on my flat lap. I turned the speed way down -- probably to about 500 rpm, and it was still really grabby, but somewhat more manageable. When I sprayed a little water it would be less grabby for about two seconds, and then go right back to grabby. They were grabbing so hard o the felt, I thought for sure I had overheated the cabs and cracked them, or done something bad to ruin the finish. But after I washed them down with dish soap and water... wow, what a shine. Probably one notch higher on the shiny scale than I have ever gotten with the sub-micron AO. |
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Post by stephan on Nov 3, 2021 23:33:06 GMT -5
That hawk’s eye is the bomb.
I use super cerium (or I did before I misplaced my rawhide pad). You’re right about the tug. But on a well-glued cab it holds. Also, without a geyser, it heats up quickly and that works really well for jade and obsidian.
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Post by Rockoonz on Nov 3, 2021 23:40:55 GMT -5
Very nice. The flint is very cool, and I have always had a weakness for the India bloodstone/fancy jasper material.
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Post by holajonathan on Nov 4, 2021 0:22:44 GMT -5
That hawk’s eye is the bomb. I use super cerium (or I did before I misplaced my rawhide pad). You’re right about the tug. But on a well-glued cab it holds. Also, without a geyser, it heats up quickly and that works really well for jade and obsidian. I don't use dop sticks, so it was hot finger tips for me. Maybe I should super glue the cabs to my fingers? |
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Post by holajonathan on Nov 4, 2021 0:23:53 GMT -5
Very nice. The flint is very cool, and I have always had a weakness for the India bloodstone/fancy jasper material. Same here regarding the bloodstone/fancy jasper. (The difference being bloodstone is solid green with drops of blood, and fancy jasper has other colors? I'm never sure...) It is really solid, hard, and takes a shine like no other. Looks cool, too. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Nov 4, 2021 1:29:53 GMT -5
That hawk’s eye is the bomb. I use super cerium (or I did before I misplaced my rawhide pad). You’re right about the tug. But on a well-glued cab it holds. Also, without a geyser, it heats up quickly and that works really well for jade and obsidian. I don't use dop sticks, so it was hot finger tips for me. Maybe I should super glue the cabs to my fingers? I've done that...inadvertantly...as well as the metal dopstick! LOL *The layer of flesh still attached to the freeform grinds right off...the same is when the flesh is (was) attached to your finger and it hits the grinding wheel! LOL |
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Post by NDK on Nov 4, 2021 6:00:00 GMT -5
That is a beautiful set of cabs. I absolutely love the variety in the flint & the others ain't too shabby either. And finally here's another + vote for that amazing polish!
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Post by greig on Nov 4, 2021 6:35:08 GMT -5
Outstanding! Love the cabs and quality of the pictures
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Nov 4, 2021 9:45:04 GMT -5
Super Cerium is my go to polish. I love it. It does the grabby thing real good when the polishing pad starts drying out. That's when the polishing actually happens.
Years ago there was this huge controversy over the Bielby layer. Don't know if you've heard of it or not. Anyway, one side said it was bunk and the other side swore by it. Turns out it actually does happen, just not how Bielby thought it did.  |
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Post by knave on Nov 4, 2021 10:05:47 GMT -5
Super Cerium is my go to polish. I love it. It does the grabby thing real good when the polishing pad starts drying out. That's when the polishing actually happens.
Years ago there was this huge controversy over the Bielby layer. Don't know if you've heard of it or not. Anyway, one side said it was bunk and the other side swore by it. Turns out it actually does happen, just not how Bielby thought it did. Robin, way to dangle a teaser. I will have to google. |
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Post by knave on Nov 4, 2021 10:06:31 GMT -5
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Nov 4, 2021 10:29:50 GMT -5
Super Cerium is my go to polish. I love it. It does the grabby thing real good when the polishing pad starts drying out. That's when the polishing actually happens.
Years ago there was this huge controversy over the Bielby layer. Don't know if you've heard of it or not. Anyway, one side said it was bunk and the other side swore by it. Turns out it actually does happen, just not how Bielby thought it did. Robin, way to dangle a teaser. I will have to google. I'm not scientific enough to be able to explain it. I do remember the flame wars that happened over it though. The Bielby layer also happens on metal, and there is more information about that out than on stone because of industrial purposes. |
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