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Let's Rock => Rough and Slabs => Topic started by: Kaljaia on October 08, 2016, 12:54:26 PM
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Last night's cuts (and a green mossy cube from a few days ago)
The new saw blade did great (once I figured out that one should always check the bushing rather than trust the company to get it right.) There was an old bushing hanging out on the arbor for reasons unknown and that one actually fit. The one that came with the saw was too big for the arbor and a loose blade is no fun.
Mossy cube:
(https://67.media.tumblr.com/90cdaa195328fd71a786392bb3fc3c08/tumblr_oequltO7U61spns93o2_1280.jpg)
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/e71d31e324fa2c0cf77d51ad5314e29c/tumblr_oequltO7U61spns93o1_1280.jpg)
Same location as the cube, but a different rock- too fractured and soft for cabbing, but going to go back (once I find it. I kick myself every time I think 'no, I don't need to GPS this place. I'll find it again easy) for more material.
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/c2a0546c5fa7ee507dd80545b7a36cf7/tumblr_oequltO7U61spns93o3_1280.jpg)
Banded agate from a vein that was mostly calcite; too fractured for further cutting, but again will go back and look for more.
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/6d8f879b4158f0064793d90245d3065c/tumblr_oequltO7U61spns93o4_1280.jpg)
This is from a large surprisingly solid nodule. Hard material at the top but gets progressively softer into the brown. The piece is big and still in the saw and I'm curious to see what it looks like the rest of the way through. Far as I can tell everything is healed on the breccated part. For once a rock that isn't frost-fractured into frustration.
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/722615733ef73397a92f4747c04dc31d/tumblr_oequltO7U61spns93o8_1280.jpg)
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Picture #3: Stabilize it, and it won't be to soft for cabbing and the fractures will no longer be a problem. I see some killer cabochons hiding out in there if it were stabilized.
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Wow that mossy cube stuff is sweet. Love the fine banding and mossy tubes. Go find more! :)
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Wonderfull slab, I am sure you'll find a way to make the most of them! :glasses9:
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Way to go. Rock butcher!! Isn't cutting rocks fun!
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Yes it sure is fun! With having a table top-type project in mind for the first go around, I feel a little more free to just munch up rocks and learn more about the saw and orientation of the material, rather than worrying about capturing the best slabs from each rock. There's always more material out there. The rock that the last slab is from had some really interesting material. I sliced it down the line of cream-colored rock and found some nice dendrites hidden in it.
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Man I wanna come hound with you for a day sometime next summer! You always have the most fun rough to oogle over! :-)
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Man I wanna come hound with you for a day sometime next summer! You always have the most fun rough to oogle over! :-)
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Not pictured are all the cracks that become visible once it dries XD Will you be at Prineville or Madras shows next summer?
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I can drag his bony carcass down there to either show and spend money at Richarson's Ranch.It is incredibly nice to see you with this freedom to cut up your rocks.
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I can drag his bony carcass down there to either show and spend money at Richarson's Ranch.It is incredibly nice to see you with this freedom to cut up your rocks.
Haha yep sounds like I'm gonna get dragged down there one way or another :-P
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