A few off the new homemade cabber
Jul 7, 2022 21:14:06 GMT -5
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Post by goldfinder on Jul 7, 2022 21:14:06 GMT -5
Howdy all,
Finally got the homemade wheeled cabber up and running a little while back. It is so much faster and more efficient than the old dual wheel slant cabber (flat lap) I was using before. It's currently setup with a standard set of 6" JB supernova wheels but there is plenty of room to add a couple more wheels or try 8" wheels at some point. Here's a few interesting ones I've cut so far.
This first one was a nasty looking end cut of a Brazilian agate I'd been kicking around the garage for a while. It had about a 1/4" of thick nasty white "rind" on the outside and figured it'd be great to break in the wheels with. I was pleasantly surprised to see the nice orb's and pattern start to appear so I didn't grind it too far to save some of that sweet pattern. The colors sort of reminds me of the starry night painting or something.
Laguna lace: sort of mellow colors and pattern on this one
Another Laguna, this one had a few surface fractures and almost tossed it after the 220 wheel but it held together just fine.
Kaily agate
Agua Nueva seam agate: started to try an inside bend but chickened out, figured I should practice that on some junky material first lol.
Another Laguna lace, I really like this one. It was hard to photograph. One is with flash the other without.
Thanks for looking!
Finally got the homemade wheeled cabber up and running a little while back. It is so much faster and more efficient than the old dual wheel slant cabber (flat lap) I was using before. It's currently setup with a standard set of 6" JB supernova wheels but there is plenty of room to add a couple more wheels or try 8" wheels at some point. Here's a few interesting ones I've cut so far.
This first one was a nasty looking end cut of a Brazilian agate I'd been kicking around the garage for a while. It had about a 1/4" of thick nasty white "rind" on the outside and figured it'd be great to break in the wheels with. I was pleasantly surprised to see the nice orb's and pattern start to appear so I didn't grind it too far to save some of that sweet pattern. The colors sort of reminds me of the starry night painting or something.
Laguna lace: sort of mellow colors and pattern on this one
Another Laguna, this one had a few surface fractures and almost tossed it after the 220 wheel but it held together just fine.
Kaily agate
Agua Nueva seam agate: started to try an inside bend but chickened out, figured I should practice that on some junky material first lol.
Another Laguna lace, I really like this one. It was hard to photograph. One is with flash the other without.
Thanks for looking!
