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Post by perkins17 on Mar 13, 2022 21:19:32 GMT -5
Today was daylights savings day, when we lose an hour of our weekend. (Didn't we vote against this?  ??) The upside of this is the extra daylight hours. It was bright when I started cabbing, and bright when I quit. Anyway, here are the cabs. Interesting agate for ID:  IMG_20220313_190438921 by Perkins17, on Flickr  Polish_20220313_190728393 by Perkins17, on Flickr And... #2! This is a nice piece of sodalite I picked up fro 50 cents in San Diego while on vacation. it freeformed this, so I would appreciate some opinions on it.  IMG_20220313_190548020 by Perkins17, on Flickr  Polish_20220313_190654298 by Perkins17, on Flickr Thanks all for looking, and I hope you enjoyed looking at how I spent the last hour.  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 14, 2022 0:31:17 GMT -5
Dang Perk!  I think that second picture is your best picture of a cab yet!  They both took an amazing polish! I'm not known form my preforms...but I think that preform looks really good! |
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 14, 2022 7:51:08 GMT -5
Looking good! Love the shape on the sodalite. I think it looks great!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 14, 2022 8:56:10 GMT -5
Nice cabs, Perk! Killer shine! Love the Sodalite.
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Post by perkins17 on Mar 14, 2022 9:16:57 GMT -5
Dang Perk! I think that second picture is your best picture of a cab yet! They both took an amazing polish! I'm not known form my preforms...but I think that preform looks really good! Thank you! I'm trying to work on my photography. I need to rework the sodalite cab though. I found some scratches near the base I'll get out on the 325. |
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Post by perkins17 on Mar 14, 2022 9:17:49 GMT -5
Looking good! Love the shape on the sodalite. I think it looks great! Thank you! Freeforms are fun. I learned that I like pointy shapes yesterday! |
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Post by perkins17 on Mar 14, 2022 9:18:35 GMT -5
Nice cabs, Perk! Killer shine! Love the Sodalite. Thank you! Somehow I missed a few scratches on the sodalite, so I'll take it back to 325 and get is even shinier! |
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 14, 2022 13:19:49 GMT -5
Here in AZ we are having none of that nonsense. We have enough daylight, don't need to be saving it, and we also know how to get up earlier in the summer if we want more.
To celebrate not changing the clocks I set up a carving station, made a space for the Sesona grinder, cleaned up the shop space, and worked on my contest cab, in addition to cleaning things up in the saw shop and helping with some tree planting. Today I get to bore some perk holes in possible locations for more trees and dig out around the edge of a slam to underpin it for a cover and frame to support an overhead crane and a swing out door/shade for the shop extension.
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Post by perkins17 on Mar 14, 2022 17:44:46 GMT -5
Here in AZ we are having none of that nonsense. We have enough daylight, don't need to be saving it, and we also know how to get up earlier in the summer if we want more. To celebrate not changing the clocks I set up a carving station, made a space for the Sesona grinder, cleaned up the shop space, and worked on my contest cab, in addition to cleaning things up in the saw shop and helping with some tree planting. Today I get to bore some perk holes in possible locations for more trees and dig out around the edge of a slam to underpin it for a cover and frame to support an overhead crane and a swing out door/shade for the shop extension. Must be nice! I would love to celebrate that! This month's contest cab would be nice to work on a flat lap. I worked mine on 8 inch and 4 inch wheels. Tree planting sounds interesting. It's still a little too cold up here for that. |
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Post by brybry on Mar 14, 2022 19:58:31 GMT -5
Nice work.
What is the background?
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 14, 2022 20:21:47 GMT -5
Nice work. What is the background? It's not a dirty white towel, thank gawd! *Teasing Perk! |
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Post by perkins17 on Mar 14, 2022 22:33:30 GMT -5
Nice work. What is the background? Thank you! The background is a very special slab from the virgin river valley found by one of the workers on the original highway there, who happened to be a lapidary artist. It was gifted to one of my friends at the Spokane Rock rollers who gifted it to me a while back, when I got the pixie from him. |
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Post by perkins17 on Mar 14, 2022 22:38:25 GMT -5
Nice work. What is the background? It's not a dirty white towel, thank gawd! *Teasing Perk! I literally laughed out loud at that one! Yeah, it happened. Those are now my cab drying rags, only they aren't dirty anymore. They're stained! |
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??) The upside of this is the extra daylight hours. It was bright when I started cabbing, and bright when I quit. Anyway, here are the cabs.
