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Rock Art => Cabochons, Intarsias, Cameos => Topic started by: irockhound on June 03, 2020, 09:48:08 AM
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First serious attempt at an Intarsia cab. I used Opalized wood, Turquoise and Dino bone. I picked the Turq and wood to try and match the vein pattern for interest. The Basenite divider I wanted to make wider on one side to force the pie shape concept. I tried to make it large enough to not look like a mistake but small enough not to detract from the main stones. Had be be a little careful on the mid stage wheels not to undercut between stone cutting speeds.
It's for my sis for her birthday
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Really nice work. I like that a lot better than a lot of intarsia I have seen.
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I agree, really nice work. 330 epoxy?
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Yeah 330 and since I did it late in the day I put a 100 watt bulb in a shop light over it for the night and ground the following day. I thought it was a doomed project. I cut the first wood and lapped the side and then dropped it while checking things and was originally going to use a turq blue chrysocolla piece and dropped that one too. All in all it turned out better than it would have with the previous choices. Fumble fingers makes for tumble mix.
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I think it turned out great! Very interesting but also homogeneous with your stone choices. Are you going to set it for your sis? She's gonna love it!
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Looks wonderful!
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I am sure she will want it set and of course guilt me into making the accent pieces to go with it. Oh to be an only child, lol It would make a very nice center stone on a bracelet. Not sure but if that was the case I would probably make either 2 or 4 outer stones and maybe make them rounds with each being split down the middle and made of 2 stones. Or do the 2 inner stones 50/50 wood and turq and the outer 2 stones be solid Dinos and that would break it up and make it a little unexpected too.
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Great job.