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Outrageous Cab Contest April 2017
« on: April 01, 2017, 04:10:50 PM »

Rules:
1) Cab must be made by you.
2) Cab must be made within the time period of this contest.  Contest begins on the first of the month and ends on 11:59 p.m. on the last day of the month.  NO pulling old cabs from your storage baskets!
3) As long as the basic shape is considered a cab it's golden.  You can enter intarsias and carved top cabs such as cameos etc.  After all, this is the OUTRAGEOUS cab contest!  We love free form cabs!  Pull out the stops and give us the best you have!
4) One entry per person please!
5) Please show photos of your slabs and preforms if you can so we can see your thought process and how you did things.
6) No finished jewelry pieces.  Just the cab.
7) Cab sets are OK.
8) This is only for bragging rights and your cabochon photo posted up top in the forums unless someone posts a lapidary related prize and wants to ship it to the winner of the contest.

Let the games begin!!!   :toothy10:
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Re: Outrageous Cab Contest April 2017
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2017, 05:37:59 AM »

I'll go first! I've been on a golf trip but managed to get back for the last day of the rock & gem show last weekend. Picked up a piece of Noreena Jasper.
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Re: Outrageous Cab Contest April 2017
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2017, 07:03:09 PM »

Here is my composite cab entry.  I start with a composite rock that I prepare - stack of slabs.  Cutting this at angles across the boundary lines produces curved lines.  On this cab, I cut through a black jade section and reversed half to produce curved lines in opposite directions.  Further information on method can be found in the Cabs et al. section in a post I made July 09, 2016.
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Re: Outrageous Cab Contest April 2017
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2017, 01:04:31 PM »

My entry is a scenic "Gary Green"
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Re: Outrageous Cab Contest April 2017
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2017, 03:15:31 PM »

I had a Dead Camel Jasper entry ready for sanding yesterday but halfway through it broke on a hidden fracture.  Oh well.  So, since the month still had a few hours left I scoured my slabs this morning and found a piece of Brenda Red Top jasp-agate I'd been wanting to cut.  Here's the progression from slab to cab.  (Slab photographed dry). 

Good luck to all entrants!

 Slab
Brenda Red Top 2.jpg
*Brenda Red Top 2.jpg (221.74 kB . 600x411 - viewed 303 times)

Preform
Red Top Preform.jpg
*Red Top Preform.jpg (237.49 kB . 600x494 - viewed 283 times)

Finished Cab
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Re: Outrageous Cab Contest April 2017
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2017, 02:18:00 PM »

Hi Shawn,

Please repost your entry on May's contest thread.  Thanks!
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Re: Outrageous Cab Contest April 2017
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2017, 02:28:53 PM »

Not a problem. Heck I might have a chance to cut into another rock or two

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Shawn
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