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Post by Tommy on Dec 20, 2021 19:33:45 GMT -5
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Post by brybry on Dec 20, 2021 19:40:48 GMT -5
I'll jump on these. I have Venmo too.
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Post by brybry on Dec 21, 2021 10:06:37 GMT -5
Woohoo , gonna get me some purple cow. Buying rocks is like buying shrooms or weed. Some of these names kill me and have me rollin.
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Post by Tommy on Dec 21, 2021 10:35:25 GMT -5
Buying rocks is like buying shrooms or weed. Oh damn ... we should have discussed a trade  |
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Post by brybry on Dec 21, 2021 11:33:59 GMT -5
Hahahaha, could a done that on at least 1 option.
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Post by brybry on Dec 29, 2021 18:11:45 GMT -5
Your packing is commendable sir! Unfortunately the book you sent me repeats the same 2 lines and the pages are covered in old dried bubble gum wads, lol.  |
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Post by Son Of Beach on Dec 29, 2021 18:27:57 GMT -5
What are your plans with these brybry? It's gorgeous material |
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 29, 2021 18:28:33 GMT -5
Your packing is commendable sir! Unfortunately the book you sent me repeats the same 2 lines and the pages are covered in old dried bubble gum wads, lol. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 29, 2021 18:30:27 GMT -5
What are your plans with these brybry? It's gorgeous material He needs to make something like this...  |
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Post by Son Of Beach on Dec 29, 2021 19:07:55 GMT -5
jasoninsd I'm starting to think you just have a "shiny light" filter on all your photos lol 
How was it to work with?
I have a handful of pieces to tumble. From what I can tell the milky white and pea green won't tumble so well, they seem softer and more prone to cleavage (I think that's the right word).
Of course I'm tumbling mine, so it's a completely different experience....
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Post by brybry on Dec 29, 2021 19:10:42 GMT -5
What are your plans with these brybry? It's gorgeous material He needs to make something like this... Yes, yes I do. The current plan is to get good enough to not dick up perfectly sexy material. Gonna sock it away until I'm comfortable enough to whip some cabs out of it. Definitely want to try fortifying a slab so I can utilize the whole slab instead of trying to work around it. |
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 29, 2021 19:15:26 GMT -5
jasoninsd I'm starting to think you just have a "shiny light" filter on all your photos lol
How was it to work with?
I have a handful of pieces to tumble. From what I can tell the milky white and pea green won't tumble so well, they seem softer and more prone to cleavage (I think that's the right word).
Of course I'm tumbling mine, so it's a completely different experience....
If my camera has filters on it, it better be the coffee making kind of filter... otherwise I have no clue how to use it! LOL With my material, the green area was junk. It would just disintegrate. I don't know the correct technical jargon, but the issue I had with some pieces is the "bond" between the different colored materials wasn't always the strongest...so it was prone to fracturing...unexpectedly a lot of times. If I were tumbling it, I would think a LOT of cushioning material would be necessary, to eliminate as much banging of material as possible. I have FAR less experience tumbling, but that's what I'd do... |
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Post by brybry on Dec 29, 2021 19:19:23 GMT -5
I had a few small pieces of the green break off the edge of 1 or 2. Nice thing is Tommy mentioned the weaker areas so I went into it knowing what I was getting and was already thinking of what I wanted to do.
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 29, 2021 19:19:24 GMT -5
He needs to make something like this... Yes, yes I do. The current plan is to get good enough to not dick up perfectly sexy material. Gonna sock it away until I'm comfortable enough to whip some cabs out of it. Definitely want to try fortifying a slab so I can utilize the whole slab instead of trying to work around it. That's exactly what I did. I've had this material for awhile now...and finally got the courage to work it. I was going to stabilize it as well...but my impatience got the best of me and I just said to heck with it and went for it. LOL I have some pieces that aren't as interesting as this one I know don't need stabilized that I'll work again soon...and I think I have some more pieces like this one that I have set aside for stabilizing down the road... |
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Post by Son Of Beach on Dec 29, 2021 19:23:53 GMT -5
Gotcha, it would be fun to stabilize to get the most out of the colors. I have some epoxy, but I would imagine I need a vacuum setup like Tela had posted about to get the most impact.
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Post by brybry on Dec 29, 2021 19:26:30 GMT -5
Gonna have to make myself wait and do it right. Wife might kill me if I jump the gun and trash a slab or 2, lol.
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Post by Son Of Beach on Dec 29, 2021 19:29:34 GMT -5
Gonna have to make myself wait and do it right. Wife might kill me if I jump the gun and trash a slab or 2, lol. If she kills you over trashing a rock, you picked the right gal. |
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Post by brybry on Dec 29, 2021 19:31:30 GMT -5
Oh I did. I showed her the slabs when I pulled them out and she wanted to claim them for herself.
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Post by Son Of Beach on Feb 16, 2022 18:49:50 GMT -5
brybry Have you messed around with your Purple Cow at all? I'm having much better success in the tumbler than I thought. Not everything is holding together but the ones that are look sharp so far. The purples, dark greens and some of the white/clear the colors doing best. This is in line with the cabs jasoninsd has put forth. The white is as strong as Marshmellow fluff and the light greens are far too brittle.
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Post by jasoninsd on Feb 16, 2022 19:33:50 GMT -5
brybry Have you messed around with your Purple Cow at all? I'm having much better success in the tumbler than I thought. Not everything is holding together but the ones that are look sharp so far. The purples, dark greens and some of the white/clear the colors doing best. This is in line with the cabs jasoninsd has put forth. The white is as strong as Marshmellow fluff and the light greens are far too brittle. Ooooh! I can't wait until you post pictures of that tumble!  |
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