Finished my first set of cabs
Feb 9, 2022 14:33:35 GMT -5
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Post by goldfinder on Feb 9, 2022 14:33:35 GMT -5
Howdy fellow rock people!
Well a few weeks ago I finally finished my first set of cabs on my homebrew dual wheel slant cabber. I practiced with a few handful of rocks/preforms trying to figure out how each grit lap behaved on different materials but this is the first few I took all the way to polish.
I've learned a ton on this forum and y'all have set the bar very high with the awesome cabs always getting posted on here. These are my first meager offerings lol. Looking forward to any advice or opinions!
This first one is a Moroccan Agates:
Another Moroccan: I really like the pattern on this one
Similar pattern to the above Moroccan but experimented with a different shape and much higher dome: Still has a bit of cerium oxide left in some of the pits on the upper left, thinking sonication might help?
This is 2 and 3 showing the difference in dome height I tired:
Showing the tapered dome on 3, this started with a miscut preform and I just went with it lol:
The last one (4) is this Brazilian agate, I tried keeping the "rine" on it experimenting with sort of a live edge. It ended up making a really cool orb/cloud effect around the outside:
Thanks for looking and have a great day everyone!!
Well a few weeks ago I finally finished my first set of cabs on my homebrew dual wheel slant cabber. I practiced with a few handful of rocks/preforms trying to figure out how each grit lap behaved on different materials but this is the first few I took all the way to polish.
I've learned a ton on this forum and y'all have set the bar very high with the awesome cabs always getting posted on here. These are my first meager offerings lol. Looking forward to any advice or opinions!
This first one is a Moroccan Agates:
Another Moroccan: I really like the pattern on this one
Similar pattern to the above Moroccan but experimented with a different shape and much higher dome: Still has a bit of cerium oxide left in some of the pits on the upper left, thinking sonication might help?
This is 2 and 3 showing the difference in dome height I tired:
Showing the tapered dome on 3, this started with a miscut preform and I just went with it lol:
The last one (4) is this Brazilian agate, I tried keeping the "rine" on it experimenting with sort of a live edge. It ended up making a really cool orb/cloud effect around the outside:
Thanks for looking and have a great day everyone!!
I like everything I see. Thanks for the great pics. The difference in dome heights are pretty big. Great job! You chose some beautiful material and composed it really well. 
