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Post by lunker on Jun 15, 2022 17:56:24 GMT -5
I cut this awhile ago and finally got around to polishing a piece. It's not really a cab I guess, just a broken piece of a slab. I polished both sides flat with just a slight bevel to keep it from chipping. It's not easy to photo with my garage lights and phone but I think I did ok. What do you folks think. The original slab is one of the ones on the right. All of the orange lines are fractures and are pretty weak. I did the ol' drop test and got a bunch of mini chunks.  The cab   Thanks for looking. |
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Iris
Jun 15, 2022 19:33:06 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2022 19:33:06 GMT -5
That’s really cool, especially under the light!
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Post by realrockhound on Jun 15, 2022 19:35:02 GMT -5
I love iris and have a ton of it. My problem is that I have no clue what to do with it other than polish the pieces because they are so thin. Is yours super thin too? If so, how did you work it?
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Jun 15, 2022 19:50:18 GMT -5
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Post by lunker on Jun 15, 2022 19:50:18 GMT -5
That’s really cool, especially under the light! Thanks |
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Post by lunker on Jun 15, 2022 20:00:41 GMT -5
I love iris and have a ton of it. My problem is that I have no clue what to do with it other than polish the pieces because they are so thin. Is yours super thin too? If so, how did you work it? It's a cool effect. That one is on the thick side of 1/8" so yeah it's pretty thin. It was about 1/4" when I started and I worked it on my homemade flat lap. I dopped it at first but got impatient for the other side and went dopless. I'm gonna try tumbling some pieces and see how they turn out. I wonder how it would look in a Tiffany style lampshade. |
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Post by Peruano on Jun 16, 2022 6:48:22 GMT -5
Let it do what it does best, i.e. show off with light behind it. I've been known to hang even small slivers as sun catchers in a window,or to mount a larger slab in front of a night light. Working stones into glass type situations is certainly a good option. Slamming stones is stone abuse. I try to let stones break on their own motivation -- many will hold.
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Post by liveoak on Jun 16, 2022 6:51:56 GMT -5
With the cool effect of the light, it might be one you could drill a hole in and hang it in a sunny window. But the light shade is a way cool idea (just a hell of a lot more work ! :-) Patty
EDIT- Looks like Tom and I had the same idea with the window :-)
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Post by jasoninsd on Jun 16, 2022 7:49:37 GMT -5
I love iris and have a ton of it. My problem is that I have no clue what to do with it other than polish the pieces because they are so thin. Is yours super thin too? If so, how did you work it? It's a cool effect. That one is on the thick side of 1/8" so yeah it's pretty thin. It was about 1/4" when I started and I worked it on my homemade flat lap. I dopped it at first but got impatient for the other side and went dopless. I'm gonna try tumbling some pieces and see how they turn out. I wonder how it would look in a Tiffany style lampshade. That's super cool!!! I love the "Tiffany" style lamp shade idea!!! |
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