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Post by stardiamond on Apr 14, 2020 11:18:56 GMT -5
Paul sent me a box of goodies about two months ago. There was a heel with knife edges and nuclear craters in the middle. Finding a relatively flat area with a pattern was going to be a challenge, Since it was the good stuff and my trim saw was still set up, I thought I would give it a try.  35x18 freeform through 280 soft.  |
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Post by fernwood on Apr 14, 2020 14:28:31 GMT -5
That is a beauty.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2020 14:45:34 GMT -5
Paul sent me a box of goodies about two months ago. There was a heel with knife edges and nuclear craters in the middle. Finding a relatively flat area with a pattern was going to be a challenge, Since it was the good stuff and my trim saw was still set up, I thought I would give it a try. 35x18 freeform through 280 soft. killer sliver!! |
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 14, 2020 15:02:54 GMT -5
There's a special satisfaction when something can be made when it looks like there is nothing. When I have a lot of particular material, I don't bother with the problem child. Scarce material shouldn't be wasted unless a person has a lot.
Making a cab from the piece can be done, but getting a good pattern requires luck. I cut out a fairly even section with interesting attributes. Cleaned up the edges and ground of vugs before I could even consider framing the pattern. I need to make some minor adjustments but I could never expect to get the pattern close to centered.
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Post by RocksInNJ on Apr 14, 2020 18:34:04 GMT -5
Nice job and a cool pattern to boot.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Apr 14, 2020 18:46:59 GMT -5
That's going to be a killer cab!
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Post by drocknut on Apr 14, 2020 18:54:53 GMT -5
Great cab.
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 15, 2020 13:45:43 GMT -5
Completed. Polish is less than I was hoping for.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2020 21:46:10 GMT -5
Completed. Polish is less than I was hoping for. Way to go Steven, That is nice and sharp the way i like ‘em! I have had my best luck Shining that stuff up using only diamonds. 3k/5k Cerium or any other kind of oxide seems to have sn adverse effect. Just my 2 cents |
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 15, 2020 22:12:59 GMT -5
I usually polish with diamond paste 100k. I pre-polish with 3k and 14k wheels. I have another canvas pad with 50k paste.
I tried it and it didn't improve the polish. I made another cab with some other MH I got recently and the polish was the same. I bought a big piece of MH that is not like the old stock. A lot of quartz and vugs and it takes a great polish.
I generally polish all material to 100k so I didn't pay much attention to how the cab looked coming off the 14k.
I have cut a lot of freeforms with sharp points, but given choice I like symmetrical
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Post by stardiamond on Apr 16, 2020 13:06:39 GMT -5
I left the cab in the freezer over night and the cab wouldn't come off the dop. So I did some experimentation. I started with the 3,000 wheel and the polish might have been better than the 100k. I went to the 14,000 wheel and the polish is better than the 100k. Thanks Paul.
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