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Post by frane on Aug 31, 2008 20:39:25 GMT -5
Hello, I finally had some more cabs ready to polish on the "new" felt pad. My first attempt looked fairly good until I took it off the dop. It was in 3 pieces. My second was a green one with white spots. Didn't get as much shine as I would like but it held together. This one was a little black river rock. When it was cut open, it was kind of yellow so I cabbed it. It was fine until the final pass on the lap and it has two little spots on one side now. At least it didn't shatter. This one is a pet wood. I had trouble with the sides but it turned out. This crazy lace did about the best but it did have a pit and crack in the center that gave me a hard time. I never got it to grind out so I gave up on getting rid of it. The last one was soft so I didn't expect it to ever shine but it did. I am not sure what it is. I found this stone while looking for amazonite. The group: Thanks for looking, Fran
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Post by catmandewe on Aug 31, 2008 20:48:53 GMT -5
In the last picture the broken one looks like a broken heart, thats pretty cool. I like the green amozonite substitute alot too. Nice cabs........................Tony
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Post by beefjello on Aug 31, 2008 21:12:30 GMT -5
Nice Fran! I really like the lace.. sweeeet! Too bad about the one that broke, it happens though. Good job on them all!
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Aug 31, 2008 22:48:44 GMT -5
Nice cabs Fran. That Lace is really great as well as the speckled green one. Thanks for posting your work. Steve
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Post by sitnwrap on Sept 1, 2008 0:07:53 GMT -5
Fran, the pit in the green one I think is a vug. If you looked at it with a magnifying glass I bet you would see crystals. That cab is my favorite along with the little orange one.
All is not lost on the broken one, just reshape it in a free form. I see a really cool shape that could come of it.
A very nice group of cabs.
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Post by Tony W on Sept 1, 2008 2:34:49 GMT -5
Way to go, Fran! My first really good shine was on a Crazy Lace too. I've loved them ever since... it was so cool to see that water shine the first time. If you are polishng dry which it sounds like you are you really need to keep the stone cool. A pad, or leather or even canvas belts will heat up a stone so fast your fingers will burn before you can let go, if you use nails like I do. And it crasks stones and puts spots on them. Keep water handy and cool that stone every few seconds, if need be. Tony
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pebblepup
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Post by pebblepup on Sept 2, 2008 17:24:53 GMT -5
I find it frustrating when I work a stone and have it almost finished and it cracks. Many times you can still get a smaller but nice free-form cab out of a broken attempt. Your river rock is interesting. Are the spots on the side flat spots or just different material that didn't take the shine?
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karenfh
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Post by karenfh on Sept 2, 2008 22:17:36 GMT -5
Nice! Here's another idea; for memories sake, haha. Have one of our silversmithers do their thing, so there is silver in between the pieces and around the edges to form a whole. Might look cool, and it will always remind you of 'back when'. I have no idea how they do it, but I have seen jewelry like that; I have a piece w/turq., coral and mother of pearl all stuck together into a pendant. Hey, you are doing great! Wish I could cab!!
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Post by Titania on Sept 3, 2008 10:42:26 GMT -5
Nice batch, I can definitely see shine!
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