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post Mar 30 2007, 11:22 PM
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Here is some pictures of my rock shop in progress.....these pics are the before laugh.gif am still decideing if i want to set it all back up because everything in the boxes in that cornor use to be on those shelfs on the wall....as u can see dad has his lil chopper still in there and that is a hazard ohmy.gif hopefully we will get that out this weekend so i will have more room to play with....the last pic is a pic of my lapidary or (PDQ as it says on the front....not sure yet what that stands for but it is a lil table top lapidary) right now it is setup for faceting (without the disk in the platform) and drilling right below that on the left side and a lil polishing wheel on the left and then the trim saw on the right on the motor. This is just the begining........there will be more dry.gif
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post Mar 30 2007, 11:24 PM
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The Lapidary or PDQ
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post Mar 31 2007, 06:32 PM
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Here is my collection of Floresent Rocks.....the first 3 are the befores and the last 4 are under the UV light..........sorry if the pictures are hard to see......with it being dark the camera don't seem to capture it very well........this first pic is big Florite i think.
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post Mar 31 2007, 06:34 PM
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the rest.......that big white rock is Calcite....it's black under the UV light so i'm not posting that one.
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post Mar 31 2007, 06:35 PM
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The cabnet
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post Mar 31 2007, 06:36 PM
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Ok now for the dark ones.........this is the florite in the dark
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post Mar 31 2007, 06:43 PM
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Willemite & Calcite/Franklin, N. J./Fl. Green & or Red, Hydrozincite/Goodsprings, Nev./Fl. Blue, Halite/Salton Sea, CA/Fl. Red and Scheelite/Shadow Mts., CA/Fl. Blue, Cream, Yellow.
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post Mar 31 2007, 06:54 PM
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Calcite/Tres Hermanos Mts. N. Mex/Fl. Red, Scheelite/Gabbs, Nev./Fl. Blue-Cream-Yellow, Opalite/Barstow, CA/Fl. Green, Aragonite/Crestmore CA/Fl. White-Cream (sorry didn't show up)
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post Mar 31 2007, 06:59 PM
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OK last one.......Calcite (fl. sw & lw) also phos. Terlinqua, Texas.......Wernerite (fl. lw) Quebec, Canada......Scheelite (fl. sw) Tungsten Ore........Calcite Willemite (fl. red & green sw) Franklin, N.J.
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post Mar 31 2007, 10:19 PM
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Lapidary Update
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post Mar 31 2007, 10:22 PM
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Look i just got started and i already have cabs to do lol.........these are cabs that Granny or Granps started and didn't finish so i guess it's up to me to finish them BUT i still need more equipment...this lil lapidary will just be too much to get cabs done...i need a 4 wheeler like Dan and Denise has mellow.gif..........i am getting a good start though I THINK lmao
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post Apr 5 2007, 03:20 PM
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Here is some pics of my winnings from the contest..........THANKS SO MUCH DAN AND DENISE THEY ARE AWSOME.............this first pic is of the cabs.....sorry if the pic is hard to see and the second is of the guitar pick.........you see what we got today DANG SNOW.....EEERRRRR
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post Apr 5 2007, 03:23 PM
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ohmy.gif ERR
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post Apr 6 2007, 08:17 AM
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wow scott. looks like your set to go.now i want to see some cabs by scotty.
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post Jul 22 2007, 11:08 AM
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Here is some updated pictures of my rock shop.......this is how it use to be setup...only thing new is the long desk used to be on the other wall........only thing missing is my cabing machine.......here is a link on one i'm looking forward getting

http://www.4facets.com/diamondpacific_BigFoot.html
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post Jul 22 2007, 11:09 AM
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post Jul 31 2007, 04:28 PM
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Here is a cool site to see what cabs and gemstones are going for
http://www.multicolour.com/single.html

Here is a gemstone for ya........it got Dan's eyes a buggin lmao blink.gif
http://www.multicolour.com/detail/?/detail...line/witm101aa/

Get out your check books people lmao ohmy.gif
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post Aug 3 2007, 03:04 PM
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Rock Shop Update........with the new addition
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post Aug 3 2007, 03:12 PM
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Here is my Big Foot made by Diamond Pacific........this thing is way smaller then i expected.....the wheels on this thing is only 2 3/8" dia. by 1" width belt......TINY but there was no way i was going to spend 2 to 3 times more for the bigger ones mellow.gif The Trim saw and polishing pad are 4".....how does those fit in such a small area......on the right the hood goes out....i took out the wing nut cause it's easyer to adjust that way. They don't make expandable wheels for this thing yet unsure.gif they better hurry before i need new wheels because i really don't want to spend the $$ for whole new wheels.....EXPENSIVE..... blink.gif
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post Aug 3 2007, 03:27 PM
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OK here we go.....1st Cab......this attempt is starting out 20mm x 10mm....will see what the final size will be lol wacko.gif as you can see i cut it really close to the edge......i'm goin to relevel one end and redo the marks........the saw made a big mess and uneven cuts because of my shakeyness ohmy.gif and it took awhile to cut it all but rock saws don't work fast, they take awhile to make the cut.....this lil slab was over a 1/4" thick and that really pushed the saw.....i really need to find atleast a 8" saw and only use the 4" for slabs under 1/4"........oh well it takes practice.....all i'm hopeing is i didn't already ware out the saw blade unsure.gif BUT all in all i'm starting to wub.gif this machine.....what can you expect for the price tongue.gif Supporting it is the dop....next pic will be it all ready to go for the domeing process sleep.gif
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post Aug 6 2007, 05:10 PM
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Here it is dopped and ready to go.........as of right now though i'm more or less done with this cab...only thing left is the 14,000 mesh for the pad that i forgot about lol
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post Aug 6 2007, 05:30 PM
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Here it is finished.....more or less rolleyes.gif also here is my next two projects....the one i just finished was kinda a smokey color (not smokey quartz) when i started with it and it really lightened up (see threw) and it looks like sea monkeys in it lmao....the next two are agate (brown right one) and i think the black one might be Green Onyx (black left one)...why?? well it's black away but when you put it up to the light the edges lighten up and look more green...idk but i know the brown one is agate cuz it has the bands. laugh.gif
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post Aug 18 2007, 10:44 PM
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Here is my next two projects dopped and ready for cabbin.
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post Aug 18 2007, 10:48 PM
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Here is all 3 projects DONE...........i might go back and shave the one end on the agate because it looks more like a jelly bean right now ohmy.gif the black one is see threw and it looks kinda green to me so.......idk.....could be green onyx mellow.gif
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post Aug 19 2007, 11:05 AM
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Fantastic work Scott!! cool.gif

I think the dark one thats green may be Jade?
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post Aug 20 2007, 05:05 PM
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Here is a sample of the slabs i have........#1 think this is more Banded Onyx like #4.........#2 Marked Honey Onyx from Texas.........#3 Agate of some sort and #4 is marked Banded Onyx from Arizona.
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post Aug 20 2007, 05:09 PM
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From the pic above i have decided to start my next two projects.......sorry if the pic isn't the best.........look at the above pic #2 and #3.........one on the right is the Honey Onyx and one on the left is the Agate.
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post Aug 21 2007, 06:34 PM
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Update......here is a update......why?....Denise brought something to my attention about the horse shoe......it's upside down and with it like that all my luck will run out ohmy.gif ......just hope i'm not too late...... unsure.gif
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post Aug 23 2007, 06:14 PM
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Here is a pic of the Vacuum Base Vise i just got today.......has the ring mandrel in the jaws......all ready to stretch, straighten or make rings biggrin.gif
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post Aug 23 2007, 06:16 PM
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Next two projects ready to be cabbed
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post Aug 28 2007, 07:15 PM
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I SEE YOU............BOO........lmao hehehe blink.gif ........here is my new toy for the day tongue.gif
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post Aug 30 2007, 06:45 PM
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Here is some new stuff i got today

Top left is various agate and to the right of that is Pet Wood.

Row two black and white is Dendritic Agate and next to that Royalite.

Row third stating with the green one (doesn't look green but it is lol) Serpentine, lil agate triangle, the black one i'm not sure, and Malachite Crysocolla Mix.

Last Row Turritella, Thunder Eggs, Onyx Marble and Leopard Skin Jasper.
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post Aug 31 2007, 09:18 PM
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Well i got projects #4 & #5 done.......i have some good news and some bad news.....the good news is the Honey Onyx came out really well and did better then expected.....BUT now the bad.....the Agate was a problem cab to start with....the 80 grit really ate it up...expecally the quartz part so i drop the shape two sizes and i finished it and it looked ok but there was some fractures and a crack and when i tryed to get what was left of the dopping wax off look what happened sad.gif....Oh well i guess that's what practice makes perfect is for.
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post Sep 8 2007, 04:56 PM
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Here is what i got for my rock shop today.......should come in handy......ty Wal-Mart...... laugh.gif
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Nice shop setup, I learned a lot reading your thread. I plan on getting organized soon, my shop consists of a 90$ tile saw and an inland 3 in one unit sitting on a large tupperware container! I am now inspired to get organized! Nice material, I especially like the royalite.

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post Sep 27 2007, 06:23 PM
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Here is my next projects #6-#10.......#1 2nd attempt on Banded Agate 15x20mm oval unsure.gif ......#2 Amethyst 12.74x20.34mm oval......#3 Kansas Pop Rock 11.64x16.50mm oval........#4 Fire Agate 9.86x11.97mm oval.........and #5 Honey Onyx 8x10mm oval. 4 and 5 i'm unsure.gif about the dop, could fly off ohmy.gif......will just have to see what happens..... #'s 2,3 and 4 are cabs that granny or grandps started but didn't finish. I also will be tryin the M5 polish that is on the way right now....hope i will get it by tomarrow unsure.gif

P.S. all the exact measurements are as of right now.....will see what the finish sizes will be.....the other 2 are the patern measurements.
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cool scott,
i'm glad to see that at least someone has the time to do some cabbing.it looks like you are going along just fine.the only thing is that i don't see anything that your ol buddy in mississippi sent you. rolleyes.gif
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Ok here is the projects #6-#10 all done......all in all guess it could of been worse laugh.gif

Banded Agate: Final measurement 13.86mmx19.42mm....Well this one didn't break on me..Whew thank god....it turned out ok but the shine is still kinda dull, maybe that's just because the colors.. unsure.gif

Amethyst: Final measurement 12.18mmx19.20mm...This one is good and looks cool BUT it started with fractures and still have some of them but didn't break on me biggrin.gif ...the white strip at the bottom going up and down is the big one...still looks like it has the M5 polish still stuck in it mellow.gif

Kansas Pop Rock: Final measurement 9.88mmx12.40mm....This one also came out good...probably the best one out the rest.

Fire Agate: Final measurement 10.17mmx11.74mm....This one seemed to be the most problemed....well to start off the bottom is still uneven, started that way...will need to be flattened...as you can see in the measurements it's almost round and don't ask me how it got from 9.86 to start with and got up to 10.17 unsure.gif ...also lost most of the green fire that was in it...but you can't see that in the start pic lol.

Honey Onyx: Final measurement 8.22mmx9.79mm....Now this one didn't turn out that good at all...even more troublesome then the fire agate...as you can see it's also almost round....the sides had a hard time getting even sad.gif not as good as the last one but will work i guess....but it's still within the 8x10mm.....hummmm.

All in all it really could of been worse.....as far as how well did the M5 polish work....well it was kind of a mess....had problems getting started..so i stoped and took off the canvas wheel and spread some M5 on it because the stone just wasn't getting it on....don't really see that much difference but i do see some but sure does beat spending alot of $$$$ for the diamond compound syringe i guess laugh.gif Cabbing is fun and will always enjoy doing it threw thick and thin.
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Scott, nice work! What kind of stone is the pop-rock, I have heard of a type of pyrite called pop-rocks, but that sure doesn't look like pyrite. Keep up the good work!


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post Oct 1 2007, 02:21 PM
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These sites should answer your ?

http://www.luckygemstones.com/pop-rocks.htm

http://www.bojistones.com/boji-stones/information.html
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Scott,
I hate to say this but I am still confused, mybe it is the way the photos came out, the pop-rock looks translucent. The ones I have are definently pyrite, I did not think it could be clear, but I wouldn't be suprised if I was wrong about that. Nice thread by the way, very helpful and you do great work. Thank you for the links as well, the boji stone stuff cracks me up!
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Here is a pic of all the Pop Rocks i have........as you can see looks like i have mostly males and males are harder to find.......that one half looks to be a female....and all the lil ones to the right was polished in the tumbler....you can't really see it in the pic but all them tumbled ones are see threw and do look exactly like the cab i did........i could be wrong about the cab though...it wasn't marked....i took a guess but with the research i just did i'm sure that's what it is...only other rock guess that i can think of that it could be is Apache tear maybe?? unsure.gif

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_tears

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boji_stone

Ok sorry after reading that last article i kinda understand now..... unsure.gif .......so i guess i should have been calling them Boji Stones (maybe)........i just have always called them Pop Rocks.....but "Kansas Pop Rocks" have the exact same mineral make-up or offer the seemingly magnetic properties as true Boji® Stones offer.....soooo i'm not too far off.........here before winter i'm hopeing to go to where they are found...my aunt lives in Scott City and i use to spend some time at the Smoky Hill Chalk Cliffs...can also find fossils there too like sharks teeth....so i know that mound is in that area somewhere. mellow.gif

Here is some sites of the Chalk Cliffs

http://www.washburn.edu/cas/art/cyoho/arch...s/pyramids.html

http://www.naturalkansas.org/monument.htm

http://www.kansastravel.org/monumentrocks.htm
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Scott, thanks for all the great pictures and links, I learned a lot.
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Here is a lil collection i got today....some are marked......still have to mark the rest
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Cool batch of rough material Scott......now get ta' cabbin'!! laugh.gif

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Now it's time to touch basics on wirewrapping.......here is my 1st wirewrap.......this is a basic spiral S............ unsure.gif .........here is some cool wirewrapping sites to help you get started........this first one will teach you how to do these spirals.

http://www.beaducation.com/?p=classes (FREE: Perfecting the Wire Spiral)

I also got this Small Home Business Package to get me started

http://wire-sculpture.com/
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Here is a project i just got done with.....xmas gifts....i got the Cameo's and the settings and set the stones.

Here is sites with better pics of the stones

http://wire-sculpture.com/items/B3_1.php

http://wire-sculpture.com/items/B5_56.php

Settings
http://wire-sculpture.com/items/N14_3.php
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Very nice work Scott. Is that a piece of opal that I see? hehe
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Here is my last Xmas Jewelry gift project for the year biggrin.gif Turned out nice.......sorry the spirals didn't turn out well but you should of seen the first attempts to scan it lol.....the black background made it turn up better......the stones anyways wink.gif

P.S. Have tried to post this since the 22nd but because of the server problems i couldn't post it dry.gif mad.gif
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The D's are showing off there Smokey Quartz so i guess i should show off mine..... laugh.gif.....now if anyone asks where did i find these.....i will say i got them from the Spears Rock Shop.......these i got at the sale.....one of very few i got from the sell itself. The ruler is 6 inches..to give a size amount.
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Cool Scott......ya' got some nice smokeys there. biggrin.gif
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It's FINALLY done......here is the Overhead Water System i have been working on.....this first pic is it in it's compact size....... cool.gif
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This 2nd pic it is all setup......now my next project is to get the faceting machine all done and then it will be complete.... wink.gif
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Ok here is my faceting machine more or less all done.....just need to get a few details worked out.......pic one of three.....here is a pic of the overhead water system and the faceting machine.... mellow.gif
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This one is a side view of the two.......one tiny detail for this pic is i need to cover the collar....it's open to the motor so need to find a rubber collar to seal it off.
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This last pic is a top view.....i also need to get a varible speed controler for this......also need a new set of laps.... ohmy.gif will probably crap when i find out how much that will cost me laugh.gif .....i might be missing some details that i need to work out but you really won't be able to really tell in pics. wink.gif
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Here is my first real wire wrapping project......the D's inspired me to make it....You D's are the greatest... happy.gif

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I saw this project in the holidays Step by Step Jewelry and have been wanting to do it....i even got all the jumprings from Hobby Lobby not too long after i got the book......well i finally got around and did it.....i started on it yesturday and spent a good part of the day doing it......i finally got it finished just alil while ago...WOW what a brain teaser wacko.gif.....think i'm going to be cross eyed for awhile lol.....well i made this bracelet 8" long..alil longer then the book said and it's kinda saggy on me ohmy.gif...oh well i can shorten it lol....then i decided to make the pendent....it is small more like the size of a charm and took some work as well.....my pliers kept slipping and probably made nicks in every jumpring on the whole project sad.gif........oh well it was very challengeing but i got it wink.gif
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Scott,

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TY faaus........here is a closeup pic of the project........thought it might be really hard to see or people might think it's part of the mag....The project took 109...6mm Silver jumprings and 71...4mm Gold jumprings to make the 8" bracelet.......i'm also trying to decide if i want to add that Malachite bead in the center of the circle pendent....will either try and string wire threw it or just glue it mellow.gif....what does everyone think about adding that to the project? unsure.gif
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Welp the Malachite bead didn't work out.......tried to glue the jump ring into the half drilled hole but it just didn't stay so i found this pearl fully drilled bead at grandma's and wired it into the pendent. wink.gif
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Here is my latest project i worked on Wed. and Thur. nights....took about 5 hours to make....it is called Starfish Pendent....the outside is Byzantine Chain made out of 4mm gold plated jumprings and the tigereye beads in the center is also 4mm.....i got the step by step project from a book i got....here is a link to who makes it.

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Just got done with the ear rings...took about 2 hours to make the ear rings.......here is the whole set.........hey the star is waveing biggrin.gif
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Well Denise just told me that this post got lost in test land blink.gif .....sigh so here it is again.....these are Stem Glass Charms for like wine glasses or any glass with a stem or handle.......i finished them May 15 but couldn't post them until i gave mom hers at the outting because this was a mother's day gift. I still need to make my set and i made grandma a set too. biggrin.gif
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Here is my next 2 projects.......the first one i will be adding that gold inlay cab i won at the ranch at Fairplay to that scorpion....will have to trim the cab...as you can see in the pic it's alil too big for the scorpion and will have to make a setting for the cab..i took off the setting that was on the scorpion it sat where that lil patch of gray is at on the scorpion's head......the next project is the cab mom won at the ranch...she told me i have to make a wire wrap for it so here is my idea for that project......hope to get these projects done before the big move......hope i can do it unsure.gif
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Ok i just got done doing some cabbing....ohmy.gif....it's about time huh laugh.gif....here is the before shot...kinda hard to see but i will make up for that in the after shot wink.gif....the first cab is the cab i won at the ranch I cut the tip down so it will fit better on the scorpion.
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Here is the after shot...as you can see that' lil pink looking cab to the end on the right side from above post isn't in this pic...that's because it flew off the dop so will have to redop it and try it again but i think it also took a chip off of the cab itself so it will be smaller in size..sigh....oh well the rest turned out good the scorpion cab i think i did a good job but i think the M5 polish left a hairlike haze on it and i tried to take it out but it wouldn't come out....oh well it gives hair on the scorpion's back lol.....the black looking one isn't black in the light..it's really cool..it has kind of a cat's eye band shadow look and it's deep purple and when held up to the light it's totally black or gray clear...really cool and the bigger cab kind of has some mica or abalony shell fire bits to it...it's cool too....it was good to cab again...i think i will try and do more cabs it's not as bad as i make it lol. rolleyes.gif

P.S. the last three was cabs that Granps or Granny started but didn't finish..they was still on the dops so i finished them.... biggrin.gif....if you look at post Mar 31 2007, 10:22 PM in this thread(1st page)...that is all the cabs that Granps or Granny started but didn't finish....these last 3 cabs are in that pic still on the dop and that lil pink one is in that pic too.
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Your lapidary work is looking good Scott! Keep up the good work. cool.gif

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Welp i just got done setting up the station to drill some holes in the Scorpion's back so i can add the stone with the setting.....if you look really hard in the bottom left corner you can see that i have started on the setting for the stone itself them were made with a sheet of brass....the strip of brass there is for the bezel to set the stone in the base and the lil sheet there with a trace mark of the stone is the base itself......after drilling two holes on the Scorpion then i need to drill one small hole in the setting for a total of 3 holes....will see how it turns out unsure.gif
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Just got done cutting and sizeing the bezel....it's the ring right beside the stone at the bottom right of the pic.......i used the Thing-A-Ma-Jig (that clear peg board with the purple pegs) to size the bezel and then used the saw to trim it down to size......now i need to start soldering....first i need to solder the bezel ring shut and then solder it to the base. tongue.gif

P.S. The drilling turned out ok....will see how it works out after it is all inline with the scorpion's back...after the bezel is complete.
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Here is my next project....Blue Agate from Washington..someone at work used to live in Washington and we talked rocks and he gave me this rock so i could make some cabs for him and also for me too....here is one link to the Blue Agate site and also here is a video of me cutting the slabs ohmy.gif.......Sorry the camera moved on me and i didn't notice that...see what happens when i hit a fracture lol but it's ok.... laugh.gif

http://www.myspace.com/scottgalyardt Click on the play button in the clip window called Cutting Blue Agate Slabs on the right side of the screen...you might have to scroll down just a tad.

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Here is the next two steps i just got done with today in makeing the Blue Agate Cabs.

Cutting Blue Agate Slabs Into Cab Shapes (watch as i hit another fracture sad.gif )

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Dopping Blue Agate Slab Cabs

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Cool Scott. cool.gif Video of you in action in the Rock shop......hehe
Blue agates are very pretty! Cant wait to see your finished pieces.
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Welp Sunday i got to cabbin.........Here is the process of makeing Cabochons....in this video i'm makeing Blue Agate cabs......this is the final process of this blue agate project....this video is only one cab...being the free forming cab because the original video is about a hour long with all 5 cabs ohmy.gif ....the ending pic is all the cabs done and 3 are in settings.

This was a fun project with not too many disappointments but there was some fractures in makeing the slabs but i got past it all......whew biggrin.gif


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Just got my Scorpion Project all polished and it's all done.......i also got mom's projects done the 4th of September because they was her b-day gifts and she was suppose to send me a picture because my scanner couldn't capture the detail very well..... rolleyes.gif....oh well when i get to Colorado i'll post a pic.......i want to thank the D's for giveing me the opportunity to win the cab for this project.....it had it's problems...like soldering... mad.gif.....but it's done and it turned out ok......i added that turtle pendent to a chain and added that chain to the chain of the Scorpion.....turned out nice biggrin.gif
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Looks really cool Scott, but the pic is a wee bit fuzzy. biggrin.gif
Nice work. Looking forward to see the pics ya' post later too. Glad you were successful with that gold inlay cabochon and you are very welcome.

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Sigh.....yes i know......that's why i'm not posting the scanned pic of mom's projects.....you should see the pic blink.gif ........i'll post a pic of all my won cab projects....all 3 of them wink.gif
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Ok here is all 3 of the projects cool.gif ........Thanks to the D's for giveing me a chance to win all 3 of the stones arms.gif
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Here is my lastest projects and this one is for mom.......we got all the findings and beads.......mom designed it the way she wanted it and i helped her do that and i put it all together.....here is a pic of the necklace and earrings.....and a closeup pic of the toggle clasp (seeings you can't really see it with the project and i hope everyone can see the silver dolphin links) biggrin.gif emoticon-object-009.gif ......hehehe
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Welp i finally did some cabs today....it's about dang time huh...lol....well the heat here lately hasn't helped any and seeings i don't have a AC in the rock shop i just really haven't wanted too but today was much cooler so i decided to do it. Here is pics of the before and after...these are cabs that either Granny or Gramps started but didn't finish chores041.gif. Now to identify them...i'm not sure what the purpleish or black ones are....that one big black one is black but while cabbing it i saw bands on the sides only and was kinda wondering if maybe it might be blue tigereye but the top is pitch black with no bands so idk unsure.gif. Now the last two i think i know.....lol.......iron tigereye and the last one is abilony i'm pretty sure tongue.gif.....all in all it was good to get back into the groove of things biggrin.gif.....mostly here lately i have been trying to get my jewelry stock up to start selling...i have been ordering things like the case below to display and travel jewelry....i also made another jumpring braclet and matching earrings just like the pearl one but gold instead of silver and tigereye instead of pearls (still need to wire in the beads lol) mellow.gif
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Wow it's been awhile....so what's new.....Well i have been trying to fill that jewelry case....i have items mostly from Spear's Rock Shop Collection for sale....i made some more of them Rose Pendants and made some new ones too....only thing left to do is measure sizes and price the tigereye rings...then list everything on my sheet....lol smiley-laughing021.gif.....then i'm in the money greensmilies-007.gif....ya right...lol happy088.gif

Here is a picture of all the jewelry being cleaned.....my cleaning station smiley-shocked003.gif
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Here is my latest project.....I call it Dolphin Sea Life Necklace with Hematite Dolphin Pendant....tongue.gif.....Yes mother this one is yours (Late Birthday and some of X-mas Gift)...lol....i will make some more to sell. unsure.gif biggrin.gif
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Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween smiley-shocked003.gif smiley-laughing021.gif....here is a project i made a couple of weeks ago for Halloween to sell...one is mine...the other one is to sell and it didn't but good thing about skulls is they don't have to sell only for Halloween...they can sell all year long...i made them because i didn't know what to do with the cord from the Sea Life projects so i made some one size fits all Plastic Skulls Bracelets....i will probably make more because i have alot more plastic skulls left and have more Sea Life Necklaces to make.

Also the 22nd i made my first sales...made $32 greensmilies-007.gif...sold to family and friends at a get together at grandparents...sold the Snowflake Obsidian Pendant Necklace, The Green Flower Earrings, One Blue Butterfly Cameo Silver Pendant Necklace and One Silver Tigereye Ring...I will try and get most if not all of these back in stock someday smileywaving.gif
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So what's new in Scott's Rock Shop so far this month?

I got this watch repair kit setup.....have already paid for it for the most part...took out a link on one watch and replaced two batteries in a watch of dad's...dad told me that one time he had to take one to a jeweler because Wally World wouldn't replace it...dad's is screw off not pop off so i had to use the tool at the very top...so maybe that's another reason Wal Mart couldn't replace it...that and it was a Fossil and this one i repaired was too...it costed him like $13 to change just one battery....i replaced two and it didn't cost him anything except for the batteries of course...lol...so i really think in the long run i will pay for this over and over.....(seeings it only cost me like $6...lol) The stuff to the right is cotter pins and spring bars (for the band part of a watch) them cost me way more $40 and when i got it the cotter pins was a mess...had to redo it all and put the pins back in the right compartments.....that took a couple days....sigh smiley-shocked003.gif.....but you know you have to spend money to make it and better spend it while i still have it greensmilies-007.gif smiley-laughing021.gif seeings it won't last long....lol

Links: seeings the picture didn't turn out very good....lol

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I added these shelfs right by the arcade to display rocks...i'm wanting to add lights to the center shelfs and display slabs....sun catchers us rockhounds call them...lol. I got these shelfs from grandma and she got them from her mom (granny...Spear's Rock Shop) These selfs are still work in progress so there will be more pics of it someday...lol

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Ok last but not least poke.gif.....I started a batch of rocks today (WOW..it's about time) if my records are right the last time i did a batch was 10/21/2003 jawdrop.gif Yes you heard right...just over 6...i said it 6 years ago.....Wow...mostly i think the reason it's been so long is because it takes a constant month of being around the tumbler...you just can't leave it's side and it's hard to determine if your going to be around for a month with no vacation trips. 4 weeks on the first 4 grits and this is the first load that i get to try the NEW M-5 Fast Deep Shine Polish...so 5 weeks with this last step. All of these rocks are Apache Tears/Obsidian from the Burro Creek AZ trip last year (just think a year ago i was just heading back from there) wow how time flys. What makes this load different...not only the M-5 polish but i'm going to grab one rock after each grit so people can see the step process excited.gif I can't wait to see the results.....Isn't Rockhounding FUN signs021.gif

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its plainly shown that the only limits you have are the limits of your imagination! nice work!
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Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving......Soooo what's new in Scott's Rock Shop to finish out the month of November?? Well alot so brace yourself emoticon-object-009.gif lol

Made some matching earrings for mom's necklace and gave her the gift...i took off the Hematite Dolphin Pendant and added a dolphin that i got mom in Wisconsin (will post a pic when mom sends me one...lol)

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I got my string of lights put in and also got the Kingsley North package so i can display the Sun Catchers and i also displayed other rocks (still work in progress.....need more miniature easels because as you can see i have more slabs to display (on bottom self)) biggrin.gif smiley-shocked003.gif...There's the Mallard Duck (2nd pic...bottom self and to the right) that was also posted in this thread http://www.coloradoprospector.com/forums/i...t=0&start=0 Mar 11 2007, 06:10 PM.

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Here's the rest of the Kingsley North package....Portable Folding Flip Lamp....Extra Tumbler Barrel and Stainless Steel Shot for jewelry and coins (will try it with coins and see what happens smiley-shocked003.gif) and a Inland Dopstation.

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I went to my aunt's house for Thanksgiving Day....Took pics of some cool rocks that came from Spear's Rock Shop (Front and back of what's called "A Donkey" and "A Lady"...lol...do you see it??) and sold some more jewelry...Big Agate Necklace and Rose Quartz Heart Earrings wink.gif

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Took a pic of rock cleaning station for the tumbler....On grit #3 right now....will post a pic when finished cool.gif

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And finally i thought i would post this......Does anyone remember Creepy Crawlers??(In the early 90's)....lol...Well when i was younger i made them....i still have my plates and oven (I'll post them sometime)....i got these plates for it...these are older tho...1964 (didn't know they been around that long)....but will work with my oven.....i'm going to buy more.....What does this have to do with jewelry and my rock shop you ask?? lol......well i'm gong to try and make jewelry out of them....like insert wire within the rubbery creature. Someday i'm going to get my Casting Station and use these molds to make silver and other metal casts of these for like pendants and charms but not until i get the station that costs around $2,500 smiley-shocked003.gif but until then i'm just going to get goop and make rubbery ones for jewelry.....hahaha!!!

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Here is my Creepy Crawler Station....lol

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All Molds and Creepy Crawlers made in the past (younger days...lol) also is new goop i just got Sat. at Toys R Us wink.gif

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Creepy Crawlers made so far with new Goop and Molds (1964 Molds so older then the rest but new to me...lol)

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Had problems with the yellow showing with the older style molds....the shovel and the yellow in that group is much brighter....maybe the older molds are thicker and burnt them to make them look more brown....idk lol

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New molds.....these are abit newer then the other ones....1966 lol (2 years) I cleaned these up....should see the before....lol

Before (2 pics)

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After lol much better....lol Love that Shrunkin Head ohmy.gif (first mold on the bottom row..lol)

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Oh i about forgot....told Dan i was going to post the Casting Station (still need to get..lol)...that is mostly the reason why i'm getting all these molds...lol

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Hope everyone had good holidays and lets make this new year good too (lets find lots of gold and rocks this year lol)....I'm hopeing this year is better then last year smiley-shocked003.gif.......Sooooooo......What's New In Scott's Rock Shop.....it's been about a month since the last post smiley-laughing021.gif

Made more Creepy Crawlers...These was something i added to the gifts for Christmas (String and card ones only...the rest i kept...lol) The shovel is on one side of the string and then the creepy crawler on the other end...The string is elastic and you put the shovel end on your finger and fling the creepy crawler to scare people lol....I think my brother did a good job of doing that to the kids...lol.....his was the only one being used and was the first one to break but was fixed by putting the string around it's neck (Orange Card)....lmao

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Here is my Shrunkin Head Creepy Crawler Necklace smiley-shocked003.gif...SEE this stuff can be made into jewelry and will be much better once i can cast these greensmilies-007.gif

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Here is all the rocks finished....turned out really well happy088.gif

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Here is something cool i made with my new label maker (Christmas gift...Thanks Mommy and Mike...Thanks Grandma for the pill container biggrin.gif).....Do you all remember what i said before i started the bach (What makes this load different...not only the M-5 polish but i'm going to grab one rock after each grit so people can see the step process....I can't wait to see the results.....Isn't Rockhounding FUN) Nov 15 2009, 11:35 PM .........Welp i made this happy088.gif

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New Stuff for the Rock Shop

More Creepy Crawler Molds....did some wireing to make legs for the Ant and Wolf Spider tongue.gif

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Here is something i got from ebay.....I call them a Light Box.....now takeing photos shouldn't be a problem (just as long as it fits in the box...lol) happy088.gif http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=270510430090

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It's been almost a week ago but last Saturday i went to Wichita and went to Ebersole's......I have never been there before and have always wanted to go.......Granny and Gramps (Spear's Rock Shop) did alot of business with this company and i asked the owner and he said he remembers them........i was told that this company has been trying to sell out for 5 years now but it's still open...just don't know for how long sad.gif.......there's still alot i want from them so i will do more business with them (until they close the doors)....they said that most of the venders (settings/findings mostly) are about all out of business.....they wouldn't tell me who they are.....i don't know what i'll do about stone settings if Ebersoles does close the doors.....i guess i just need to buy them out....lol ya right.....like i can afford that smiley-shocked003.gif

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Here is all the stuff i got......Over $300 worth all for alil less then $100.....good thing everything was 75% off...jawdrop.gif (i'm keeping these two pics the original pic size so the items can maybe be seen better laugh.gif...just click on the pic )


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Closeup of one of everything....If anyone is ever in the area go check out Ebersole's....they have rocks.....a rockhounds dream...lol http://www.ebersolelapidary.com/


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Here is some projects i'm working my way up too....i cut these slabs to get everything up to the same step which is dopping and then cabbing.

Here is the collection.....the black whole rock in the center will be cut in half as slabs then cabbed for the Cabbin' Fever Contest http://www.coloradoprospector.com/forums/i...amp;#entry18459 wink.gif

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Here is the aftermath.....all the top stuff is the leftovers....as you can see one didn't make it....fractures are the worse things that can happen to cabbing cry.gif .....only thing to do is move on....sometimes it can be worked around....like just use the same slab but make the cab much smaller....well in this case i can't do that...not much there to work with (unless i do a free form....i might do that or little bits you can throw in the tumbler and make beads and such with them) chin.gif....now i have stuff to cab....many projects.....if you look above when i got my dopping station there is more cabs (Page 6....Nov 30 2009, 02:04 AM)(All these slabs are in that pic too).....sooo...i won't be cutting for awhile....next stage is dopping smile.gif

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Dopping Time....1st time with this New Dop Station...it worked ok...might be a easyer way to do it tho...lol....that round strip below the slabs is a heating pad to heat the slabs to make the wax bond to the dop stick...it works but the stone is hot and i almost burnt myself....lol...so once you put the stick on it you can either grab the stick and hurry to flip it over (if not fast enough the slab will fall off and make a mess) or i found out that tweezers and holding on to the stick can be done to move it to a steel block for cooling (the wax has to cool some to make the stick stay and it can't do that on the heating pad lol...so i found out that tweezers is kinda a must because the other way is a mess lol)...will take some time to get use too...it's kinda safer then the old candle dopping station that i still have....lol....soooo anyways.....i picked 6 stones to work....i only do so many at a time.....don't want to over do it by doing abunch at one time.
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P.S. Remember one of these stones (Top Right) is in the Cabbin' Fever Contest wink.gif http://www.coloradoprospector.com/forums/i...t=15#entry18572
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Ok Cabbing is all done and each stone had it's share of problems....first off you don't see the tiny lil tigereye cab (bottom right corner from pic above)...well it came off the dop...sigh...so i replaced that one and did the kite shaped one and let me tell you it turned out really good.....i gave it a faceted edges look and no dop...polished all around by hand except the keyhole of course...lol...can't really tell in the pic but can see a facet if you look really hard on the left corner....the heart one came off the dop too but i superglued it back on and it stayed ohmy.gif...oh boy hearts are not a easy task...inside point is hard to get the edge of the wheel in and really them wheels aren't made for that...ohmy.gif but what else can one do confused0082[1].gif. Everything else didn't do so bad...the big triangle turned out good and was easy to do...one corner is shallower domed then the rest (Top corner). That Obsidian did ok except them potholes...more info in the Cabbin' Fever Contest....one thing about some of these obsidians and like two rocks from tumbleing is the rings or swirals....i'm starting to think that these are Rainbow Obsidian confused0082[1].gif....maybe greensmilies-012.gif

All in all this was a good learning experience thumbsupsmileyanim.gif

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P.S. this pic is scanned and trust me it's alot better then the light box pic smiley-shocked003.gif....so cabs maybe scanned only from now on (mostly because my cell phone don't take good pics...pixals you know....lol)
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Here is the Drill Station that i setup last Sunday to make the holes for the two beads for the Cabbin' Fever Contest

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The Cabbin' Fever Contest Project is done.....check it out thumbsupsmileyanim.gif
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Scottinski,

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Silver Mouse Pendant with Iron Tigereye Cab....been done for awhile but couldn't post this until the person i made it for got it (cousin in Chicago). wink.gif thumbsupsmileyanim.gif...And Thanks mom for takeing this pic....that's why it turned out this well....wish my cell phone would take pics like this lol

P.S. This cab is in my last group cab post Posted Mar 1 2010, 01:35 AM

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P.S. Lol Denise i changed it on ya.....mom thought it was cool but she isn't a mouse lover soooo.....lol she might of felt left out this time tho cry.gif
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That turned out really cute Scott! Im sure your mom really likes it and is very proud of the great work you do. smile.gif


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Ok Denise this one is for mom thumbsupsmileyanim.gif

Mom's Dolphin Bookmark Project (Completed 12-01-10...Upgraded & Repaired 12-11-10)...Couldn't post this until i gave it to mom...happy112.gif
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This Pic show's the bookmarks better..but not so much on the beads..that's why i post this one tongue.gif

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