Don
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Post by Don on Jan 23, 2019 11:18:06 GMT -5
Old mexico fire agate, carved on matrix.
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Post by MsAli on Jan 23, 2019 12:30:37 GMT -5
Love it! I love looking at the little worlds inside of them
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Post by fernwood on Jan 23, 2019 16:10:52 GMT -5
Very beautiful.
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Post by beefjello on Jan 23, 2019 18:41:30 GMT -5
Wow that's pretty dang cool!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 23, 2019 19:20:13 GMT -5
That is a honking fire agate! How big is it?
Beautiful job on it.
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Post by vegasjames on Jan 23, 2019 20:06:33 GMT -5
Beautiful.
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Kai
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Kai on Jan 24, 2019 0:06:57 GMT -5
I looks like honey! Very beautiful.
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Post by johnw on Jan 24, 2019 1:51:54 GMT -5
Don now that's what I call "Eye Candy"..... So how did you get such a fine polish and can we get dimensions and weight? Congratulations on such a really fine job. Cheers, johnw
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Post by johnw on Jan 24, 2019 2:02:04 GMT -5
Love it! I love looking at the little worlds inside of them MsAli yeah but, do you know how many faces there are? Utterly Fantastic. Bottom picture, next to the cute doggie with the white face, the fire agate blob. Do a micro zoom and see there are many, many people just staring out. Awesome to the extreme. Cheers, johnw
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Don
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Post by Don on Jan 24, 2019 13:26:40 GMT -5
That is a honking fire agate! How big is it? Beautiful job on it.
It's about 6" long, 3" wide and probably weights about a half lb.
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Don
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Post by Don on Jan 24, 2019 13:37:18 GMT -5
Don now that's what I call "Eye Candy"..... So how did you get such a fine polish and can we get dimensions and weight? Congratulations on such a really fine job. Cheers, johnw Hi John, I used a couple of different tools and techniques to get the polish. I started by carving out the nodules and layers with diamond plated burrs, about 220 grit. Once I have everything where I want it I use a thin diamond embedded-rubberized disc from VH technologies called "diathin" to smooth out the cuts as much as possible. I couldn't get into all of the small spaces with just the disk, so I used 325g diamond paste to get into the tight areas and worked it with stiff brushes and sometimes a wooden dowel shaped into a point to smooth out the cuts in the areas that I couldn't reach with the diathin. As this piece was so complex, I couldn't just run it through sucessive grits of diathin discs to polish, so I had to do it the old fashioned way: diamond paste and firm/medium/soft brushes. I worked it through 600g, 1200g, 3000g, 8000g, 14,000g 50,000g and finally 100k. The slow progression of diamond pastes results in the liquid shine. I estimate the work took me about 12 hours from start to finish. Hope this helps
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Post by johnw on Jan 24, 2019 16:09:20 GMT -5
Don now that's what I call "Eye Candy"..... So how did you get such a fine polish and can we get dimensions and weight? Congratulations on such a really fine job. Cheers, johnw Hi John, I used a couple of different tools and techniques to get the polish. I started by carving out the nodules and layers with diamond plated burrs, about 220 grit. Once I have everything where I want it I use a thin diamond embedded-rubberized disc from VH technologies called "diathin" to smooth out the cuts as much as possible. I couldn't get into all of the small spaces with just the disk, so I used 325g diamond paste to get into the tight areas and worked it with stiff brushes and sometimes a wooden dowel shaped into a point to smooth out the cuts in the areas that I couldn't reach with the diathin. As this piece was so complex, I couldn't just run it through sucessive grits of diathin discs to polish, so I had to do it the old fashioned way: diamond paste and firm/medium/soft brushes. I worked it through 600g, 1200g, 3000g, 8000g, 14,000g 50,000g and finally 100k. The slow progression of diamond pastes results in the liquid shine. I estimate the work took me about 12 hours from start to finish. Hope this helps Hi Don , wow, you have a great deal of patience. Thanks for the detail on the process. Can we get dimensions and weight? Really magnificent work, congrats. BTW, do you have a name for the dude in the second picture with the red face with goggles and a snazzy looking helmet, about two o'clock right hand side? This guy, he seems like he is a VIP of sorts, being he is on top of the heap n' all. Cheers, johnw
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Don
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Post by Don on Jan 25, 2019 19:19:58 GMT -5
Hi John, I used a couple of different tools and techniques to get the polish. I started by carving out the nodules and layers with diamond plated burrs, about 220 grit. Once I have everything where I want it I use a thin diamond embedded-rubberized disc from VH technologies called "diathin" to smooth out the cuts as much as possible. I couldn't get into all of the small spaces with just the disk, so I used 325g diamond paste to get into the tight areas and worked it with stiff brushes and sometimes a wooden dowel shaped into a point to smooth out the cuts in the areas that I couldn't reach with the diathin. As this piece was so complex, I couldn't just run it through sucessive grits of diathin discs to polish, so I had to do it the old fashioned way: diamond paste and firm/medium/soft brushes. I worked it through 600g, 1200g, 3000g, 8000g, 14,000g 50,000g and finally 100k. The slow progression of diamond pastes results in the liquid shine. I estimate the work took me about 12 hours from start to finish. Hope this helps Hi Don , wow, you have a great deal of patience. Thanks for the detail on the process. Can we get dimensions and weight? Really magnificent work, congrats. BTW, do you have a name for the dude in the second picture with the red face with goggles and a snazzy looking helmet, about two o'clock right hand side? This guy, he seems like he is a VIP of sorts, being he is on top of the heap n' all. Cheers, johnw I've spent so much time looking at this thig, all I can see are the flaws. I should probably weigh it. My guesstimate is about half lb and 6" × 3".
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Post by johnw on Jan 25, 2019 20:01:42 GMT -5
Hi Don , wow, you have a great deal of patience. Thanks for the detail on the process. Can we get dimensions and weight? Really magnificent work, congrats. BTW, do you have a name for the dude in the second picture with the red face with goggles and a snazzy looking helmet, about two o'clock right hand side? This guy, he seems like he is a VIP of sorts, being he is on top of the heap n' all. Cheers, johnw I've spent so much time looking at this thing, all I can see are the flaws. I should probably weigh it. My guesstimate is about half lb and 6" × 3". Don: Well, your readers do not see flaws, we see really "in awe workmanship" on a hard subject to polish and you pulled it off. Every master craftsman always know where there are less than perfect areas in there work because they live and breath their craft. But, when they are finished, they have the ability to pull back and see what they have really created and they understand nobody else has one exactly like it. And so it apply's to you. It's a one of a kind and oh, BTW, it will never fade, rot, burn, turn to dust or die and will last for an eternity. Just think about that for a minute. Take the compliments you are getting, you deserve it. Cheers, johnw
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