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Post by snowdog on Dec 7, 2005 0:02:45 GMT -5
 here is another slab--is a brazilian agate |
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Post by Cher on Dec 7, 2005 0:04:59 GMT -5
Cool pic, looks like a candle flame. That's really neat, don't you just love the brazilian agates!! I can see this is going to be fun, some yummy eye candy to look at.
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Post by snowdog on Dec 7, 2005 0:11:18 GMT -5
ok ---that was one slab --hopefully this will be the rest of the rock  |
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Post by joe on Dec 7, 2005 0:11:58 GMT -5
I liked the first one, but this is better!
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Post by Cher on Dec 7, 2005 7:11:50 GMT -5
Wow, you got a lot of nice slabs out of that. What are you going to do with them, are you able to polish them as they are? That's got to be about the prettiest brazilian agate I've ever seen.
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Post by snowdog on Dec 7, 2005 9:32:16 GMT -5
here is another view of some of the slabs  |
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Post by creativeminded on Dec 7, 2005 9:46:05 GMT -5
Those are so beautiful, you did a great job on them. They are so thin.
Tami
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Post by snowdog on Dec 7, 2005 9:49:15 GMT -5
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Post by creativeminded on Dec 7, 2005 9:51:16 GMT -5
I broke in a beautiful pattern, just put the pieces in your tumbler. You will be amazed at how it keeps its shape I have a couple of thin pieces similare to that in my tumbler with sodalite and it is shaping up well.
Tami
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Post by snowdog on Dec 7, 2005 9:55:28 GMT -5
I will make a lamp out of them --hopefully-- if I quit dropping them. I have it started but am not done yet . Will post a couple of pic of one side that is done ---notice that it gets taken apart and redone ---just didn't look right to me after I started--- I do them like stained glass only use the rock slabs instead of glass ---takes alot longer to cut and shape!!
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Post by snowdog on Dec 7, 2005 10:05:44 GMT -5
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Post by snowdog on Dec 7, 2005 10:06:45 GMT -5
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Post by snowdog on Dec 7, 2005 10:11:05 GMT -5
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Post by snowdog on Dec 7, 2005 10:14:31 GMT -5
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Post by rockyraccoon on Dec 7, 2005 10:17:00 GMT -5
snowdog that is going to be too cool. please keep us posted as you go along.
kim
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Post by snowdog on Dec 7, 2005 10:21:01 GMT -5
It will be similar to this one when I get it done --only will have a straight bottom on it----oh --tami --it has already been thu the tumbler --was already polished   |
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Post by Cher on Dec 7, 2005 10:28:37 GMT -5
OMG and WOW, that's stunning, what a beautiful job you did on that. Have you been making these for very long?
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Post by snowdog on Dec 7, 2005 10:49:04 GMT -5
I've been messing with this stuff for almost 30 years ---BUT----it takes so long to go from rough rock to finished product ( sometimes up to 3 years ) that I haven't made too many. this is the third small one --(just happens that I have three daughters), two large hanging ones, and some mini-houses. I am retired now and thought I would have alot more time but it doesn't seem that way---maybe I just slowed down that much --as an example = some slabs take 2-3 hours to cut
6-8 months to polish (alot longer for flat sides)
then to get enough for the project (you can never tell if they are going to break )
and each piece takes about 1 hour to cut and fit to the next (so if a side has a dozen pieces it takes about 12 hours to put together after they are polished)
soooooooooooo , it's not something that you can hurry thu--and two years has already gone by just in the time that it took you read all this --hehe
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Post by stefan on Dec 7, 2005 12:27:44 GMT -5
So cool- What a great idea
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Post by xenaswolf on Dec 7, 2005 12:47:06 GMT -5
Mr. Tiffany ain't got nothing on you! What a cherished heirloom that will be! Its too bad it takes so long because you could make some SERIOUS cash selling those. But then they wouldn't be near as special if you could do them fast.
That is absolutely gorgeous!
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