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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2014 10:19:26 GMT -5
Beautiful cabs. Love that rock. I messed up in Q this year and sold two gorgeous slabs for way less than what they were worth. I made a profit on them but the person I sold them to got the real deal. One of my few regrets. Jim
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Post by beefjello on Sept 27, 2014 10:42:46 GMT -5
Those are some gorgeous cabs Rich! I've only done a couple of those but I remember them melting like butter against the wheels, especially when you're used to working up agates.
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Post by roy on Sept 27, 2014 11:31:12 GMT -5
did a awesome job on those ! nice pattern
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Post by Pat on Sept 28, 2014 18:44:30 GMT -5
Beautiful!
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Post by jamesp on Sept 28, 2014 18:56:27 GMT -5
They have flavor. Real pretty stuff there Mr. Rich.
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The Dad_Ohs
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Sept 28, 2014 20:05:08 GMT -5
The cabs look great, really nice work there!!
As far as losing the shine as you went past 3k..... I would suggest trying this;
Get a spray bottle of water and an old tooth brush and with the grinder running spray the offending wheel with water while holding the tooth bursh against it. You may have some contamination on the wheel that is dulling the surface instead of polishing it.
I won't guarantee that this is the cause, but it sounds like it. If this corrects the problem, you may have to change out the water, if you are using a spritzer/spitter before changing wheels to remove the courser grit. if you are using a drip feed check the wheels anyways... there may be something there causing the problem.
Either way best of luck with it!!
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Post by pghram on Sept 29, 2014 13:24:22 GMT -5
The cabs look great, really nice work there!! As far as losing the shine as you went past 3k..... I would suggest trying this; Get a spray bottle of water and an old tooth brush and with the grinder running spray the offending wheel with water while holding the tooth bursh against it. You may have some contamination on the wheel that is dulling the surface instead of polishing it. I won't guarantee that this is the cause, but it sounds like it. If this corrects the problem, you may have to change out the water, if you are using a spritzer/spitter before changing wheels to remove the courser grit. if you are using a drip feed check the wheels anyways... there may be something there causing the problem. Either way best of luck with it!! Thanks for the suggestion. This is actually a leather lap (disc) w/ diamond paste, so I can't rinse it. It could be contaminated though. My plan is to see if it happens on harder cabs, If so, I'll have to replace it with a new one. Rich
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The Dad_Ohs
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Sept 30, 2014 13:56:59 GMT -5
Thanks for the suggestion. This is actually a leather lap (disc) w/ diamond paste, so I can't rinse it. It could be contaminated though. My plan is to see if it happens on harder cabs, If so, I'll have to replace it with a new one. Rich You can try this.... take an old plastic scraper or one of those fake credit cards you get with offers and spray the lap down till it's WET!!, then use the card to scrape the surface clean (while spinning of course) I have done this with my leather polishing wheel to remove old polish with great success. If it doesn't work you can use it as a dedicated wheel for a courser grit paste, and get a new one for after the 3k. anyways, just a suggestion.
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Post by pghram on Sept 30, 2014 14:46:54 GMT -5
Thanks, if the problem persists I'll give that a try.
Rich
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