A friend on another forum sent some T-eggs to me so I could more or less carve them. The whole truth is that I am just removing the matrix so I can polish the agate in it's natural form.
So far things have not gone well but I am just getting started on the lower end of the learning curve. I was hoping that I could do most of it with hammer and chisel but I went to far and broke the first one.
Got quite a bit removed from two of the eggs.
The first one that broke. It had a lot more matrix than what I thought.
Holding the agate together. It has one side that is perfectly flat.
Two halves.
Second one. Chipped the agate in a couple of places before I stopped.
Guess I gunna halfta work on my patience just a bit. Next I will try making slices with the rotary then chip pieces off. I would like to try one of the little chisels that attaches to the rotary but they are pretty expensive and will have to come later.
Not sure when I will get back to it because that much rotary will require outside work.
Jim
