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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 27, 2013 19:20:53 GMT -5
I cut this one special order!! Pretty much a rock slinger for hire lately!!
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 27, 2013 18:39:44 GMT -5
Cut a little Bots today 54mm x 30mm I SEE YOU!!!
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 27, 2013 18:37:43 GMT -5
Super size the order! LOL Chris do u ever slab the white and brown area without fire and cab it? I have cut a few like this in the past. I like it. Some of it has a killer lacy look to it.
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 27, 2013 12:39:50 GMT -5
This one was huge, over 50mm tall!! I cut this one from material that I collected last month out at our claim I was going to re-cut it to remove a few areas I did not like but it found a home before I could do anymore to it.
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 26, 2013 3:25:54 GMT -5
One of the best I have seen lately!!!
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 26, 2013 3:24:54 GMT -5
Well done!!
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 26, 2013 0:40:10 GMT -5
I cut on a Genie and a Pixie so wet wheels for me!!
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 25, 2013 19:59:46 GMT -5
Nice, is there any rough available?
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 25, 2013 17:43:43 GMT -5
I like that bottom one the best!!
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 25, 2013 17:41:29 GMT -5
It cuts like Rhodochrosite.
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 25, 2013 13:44:09 GMT -5
Nice material, but I am more curious about the backing lol. You backed it with JB weld?? Yes I did back it with JB Weld. If you look very closely you can see a thin line of grey on the bottom and a little dot at the tip. This material is soft. Every time I tried to cab it the cab would break on the 1200 wheel (why there I have no idea). Since I like the color so much I thought to myself " hey they back turquoise with JB Weld, why not try that with this stuff", so that is what I did. By backing it the material stays together. I just take a bunch of the smaller pieces, from the material I recently mined, and flatten the bottom. Once I get a half a dozen or so of them like that I clean them off real good then let them dry. Once they are totally dry I mix up a batch of JB Weld (or the metal epoxy they carry at Harbor Freight for 1/2 the price)and spread some on the bottom of each cab. I set them on a piece of wax paper and let them set overnight. Once that is done I cab in the usual fashion.
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 25, 2013 13:32:57 GMT -5
I agree Tommy.
Scott,
I have been out to the Cady's and Lavic area several times. I do not claim to know it well though. In fact last time I was out there I took Susan and Larry on a ride to the Christmas Tree agate area and took wrong turn and got stuck in the sand. Nevertheless, I have been out there and there is tons of material to collect and many areas worthy of exploration.
John of JSGems lives pretty close and if I remember right Mike Spicerman (I am sure I spelled his last name wrong) is a member of one of the clubs out in that area.
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 25, 2013 2:16:08 GMT -5
Pretty cool idea...
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 25, 2013 2:10:01 GMT -5
This could grow into something fun!!
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 25, 2013 2:02:31 GMT -5
Yep looks like Stone Canyon
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 25, 2013 2:01:29 GMT -5
Sweet Bob. We don't get to see your work too often so it is a treat every time!!
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 25, 2013 1:57:42 GMT -5
I cut this one today. This one has a really high dome. I backed it with a super thin layer of JB Weld as this is the softer material of the stuff I recently mined 26.6mm x 15.7mm x 11.25mm Thanks for looking, Christopher
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 24, 2013 1:29:05 GMT -5
Thank you Bobby. I might go as a vendor this year. I have to wait and see how thing pan-out.
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 24, 2013 1:10:51 GMT -5
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Post by christopherl1234 on Jun 24, 2013 1:03:08 GMT -5
Nothing like the blue though!! That burgundy looks good in gold. A friend of mine cut some and put it in gold and it looked really nice.
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