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Post by stardiamond on Jan 25, 2022 17:27:57 GMT -5
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Post by stardiamond on Jan 26, 2022 19:09:07 GMT -5
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saxplayer
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by saxplayer on Jan 27, 2022 9:59:00 GMT -5
The howardite piece is still really cool !
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realrockhound
Cave Dweller 
Chucking leaverite at tweekers
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Post by realrockhound on Jan 27, 2022 11:14:07 GMT -5
How do you guys make those funky shapes? Like how did you manage to get that curve in the morrisonite cab? Are you just doing it on the cabbing wheels? All I can make is your normal shapes. Curves always end up getting screwed up.
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Post by stardiamond on Jan 27, 2022 12:46:37 GMT -5
in curves are made by pressing the edge of the slab vertically into the wheel. The rest is grinding the other sides to line up and that is done by eye.
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Post by jasoninsd on Jan 27, 2022 17:47:14 GMT -5
How do you guys make those funky shapes? Like how did you manage to get that curve in the morrisonite cab? Are you just doing it on the cabbing wheels? All I can make is your normal shapes. Curves always end up getting screwed up.  Stardiamond was correct with how he was saying to do it. It took me a couple times to figure out the angle to work the curve once the initial perpendicular push into the wheel is done. I still struggle sometimes with it as I haven't been doing it long...but best I can describe it is, it's a slight diagonal run on the wheel to get the dome right on the inside curve... |
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realrockhound
Cave Dweller
Chucking leaverite at tweekers
Member since June 2020
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Post by realrockhound on Jan 27, 2022 18:52:01 GMT -5
How do you guys make those funky shapes? Like how did you manage to get that curve in the morrisonite cab? Are you just doing it on the cabbing wheels? All I can make is your normal shapes. Curves always end up getting screwed up. Stardiamond was correct with how he was saying to do it. It took me a couple times to figure out the angle to work the curve once the initial perpendicular push into the wheel is done. I still struggle sometimes with it as I haven't been doing it long...but best I can describe it is, it's a slight diagonal run on the wheel to get the dome right on the inside curve... ahhh… I need to add calgon to my wheels. That’s the trick. |
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Post by stardiamond on Jan 29, 2022 12:15:20 GMT -5
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Post by stardiamond on Jan 29, 2022 18:21:17 GMT -5
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