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Post by vegasjames on Dec 26, 2021 16:51:31 GMT -5
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Post by perkins17 on Dec 26, 2021 17:22:14 GMT -5
Those are awesome! Great job on them. I really like all of the colors.
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 26, 2021 17:26:24 GMT -5
Those are awesome! Great job on them. I really like all of the colors. Thanks. Been trying to do a large variety as I have been sending cabs off for trade to have some wire wrapped. Send off around 200 recently. |
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catskillrocks
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Post by catskillrocks on Dec 26, 2021 17:52:34 GMT -5
I love the variety in the colors and
patterns. Nice set of cabs. What are
the three in the last picture, please?
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 26, 2021 18:19:46 GMT -5
I love the variety in the colors and patterns. Nice set of cabs. What are the three in the last picture, please? The last three are Nevada Wonderstone. |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Dec 26, 2021 18:37:32 GMT -5
That's a lot of cabbing! Nice bunch of cabs! Gotta love those copper complex cabs.  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Dec 26, 2021 18:51:53 GMT -5
I love 'em!  I was paging down collecting my thoughts...then I realized I was going to say the same thing Don did...so I changed it...and then it was the same thing Robin posted! LOL I've been looking at a lot of different copper complex materials here lately. There is a real beauty in a LOT of that material! |
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Post by lpl on Dec 27, 2021 12:52:18 GMT -5
The Nevada Wonderstone cabs are awesome! The others are not too shabby either!
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Post by holajonathan on Dec 28, 2021 12:33:52 GMT -5
Is that all? Why don't you quit being so lazy and get something done.  What is your process? Do you use a cabbing machine, or do you shape and vibe-tumble to finish? That's a lot of cabs regardless, but if you're hand-cabbing them all through polish, it reflects an enormous amount of work. Is the purple group Tiffany Stone? I really like the colorful swirls in the last group. Wonderstone (rhyolite)? |
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 28, 2021 13:28:16 GMT -5
Is that all? Why don't you quit being so lazy and get something done. What is your process? Do you use a cabbing machine, or do you shape and vibe-tumble to finish? That's a lot of cabs regardless, but if you're hand-cabbing them all through polish, it reflects an enormous amount of work. Is the purple group Tiffany Stone? I really like the colorful swirls in the last group. Wonderstone (rhyolite)? I do use a cabbing machine. Have a 6 inch Genie I was using, but recently got an 8 inch Titan so using it now.
Yes, the purple group is Nevada Tiffany stone. Like the Utah material it is a conglomeration of different minerals predominated by non-fluorescent fluorite.
And yes, the last cabs are Wonderstone rhyolite from Nevada.
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Post by holajonathan on Dec 28, 2021 13:49:18 GMT -5
Is that all? Why don't you quit being so lazy and get something done. What is your process? Do you use a cabbing machine, or do you shape and vibe-tumble to finish? That's a lot of cabs regardless, but if you're hand-cabbing them all through polish, it reflects an enormous amount of work. Is the purple group Tiffany Stone? I really like the colorful swirls in the last group. Wonderstone (rhyolite)? I do use a cabbing machine. Have a 6 inch Genie I was using, but recently got an 8 inch Titan so using it now.
Yes, the purple group is Nevada Tiffany stone. Like the Utah material it is a conglomeration of different minerals predominated by non-fluorescent fluorite.
And yes, the last cabs are Wonderstone rhyolite from Nevada.
Do you like the Titan better than the Genie? Bigger wheels certainly last a lot longer, and if you've got one of the older Genie's with the 1/4 hp motor, then I'm sure your Titan is much more powerful. I work with both 6" and 8" wheels. I really like using 8" hard wheels, and an 8" 220 or 280 grit resin wheel sure is nice as well. For the 600 through 3000 grit resin wheels, 6" wheels seem to work about as well for my purposes. With that said, if the Titan had only cost a little more than the Genie, that is what I would have gotten when I bought my Genie a little over a year ago. |
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Post by vegasjames on Dec 28, 2021 14:40:48 GMT -5
I do use a cabbing machine. Have a 6 inch Genie I was using, but recently got an 8 inch Titan so using it now.
Yes, the purple group is Nevada Tiffany stone. Like the Utah material it is a conglomeration of different minerals predominated by non-fluorescent fluorite.
And yes, the last cabs are Wonderstone rhyolite from Nevada.
Do you like the Titan better than the Genie? Bigger wheels certainly last a lot longer, and if you've got one of the older Genie's with the 1/4 hp motor, then I'm sure your Titan is much more powerful. I work with both 6" and 8" wheels. I really like using 8" hard wheels, and an 8" 220 or 280 grit resin wheel sure is nice as well. For the 600 through 3000 grit resin wheels, 6" wheels seem to work about as well for my purposes. With that said, if the Titan had only cost a little more than the Genie, that is what I would have gotten when I bought my Genie a little over a year ago. Overall I do like the Titan more, but hard to compare since the wheels on the Genie were more worn and the pump was going out. The Titan does have a much larger motor and the wheels were in pretty new condition. It does have the geysers, but two doubles, which is nice having the more water on the wheels especially when doing the opals. Also like having the two lights so i can angle them in different directions. Only drawback is that the pans and parts of the top are all ceramic on the Titan. So they are much heavier and harder to get in to place compared to the Genie. I am going to hold on to the Genie as well though as I have various extra wheels and belts for it. So I may fix it up with a water system since it is plastic and can be drilled, then use it for the softer stones like the copper-silver ore, Nevada Tiffany stone and opals. Then use the Titan for things like agates and jaspers. |
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What is your process? Do you use a cabbing machine, or do you shape and vibe-tumble to finish? That's a lot of cabs regardless, but if you're hand-cabbing them all through polish, it reflects an enormous amount of work. 
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