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Offline Majuba Tom

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Progression of some slabs
« on: March 29, 2015, 06:23:40 pm »
A friend of mine sent me some slabs to play with. 3 of the slabs were of the same type of material. Here are some before and after pics.
1st one is the heat treated slabs. the next 2 are how the smaller pieces turned out.  The rest of the pics will be next post.
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Offline Majuba Tom

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Re: Progression of some slabs
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2015, 06:30:36 pm »
The next shot is what I wanted to make out of the largest slab. Then a shot of what happens when the slab already has a crack in it. :(. Then a shot of all 3. I do not know what type you would call the last one I made but I was trying a dog leg type notch. I added in another necklace for fun. The last shot was just to show translucency.
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Offline Chippintuff

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Re: Progression of some slabs
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2015, 08:31:53 pm »
All of them look very fine. That necklace is a really nice design. Thanks for posting.

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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Progression of some slabs
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2015, 09:39:13 pm »
Nice work Tom.
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Offline Sasquatch

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Re: Progression of some slabs
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2015, 01:44:28 pm »
Sorry about the big one.  I saw a gut on youtube use a razor blade to pull off any step fracture before he proceeded to the next flake.   Your edge work is really good.  Nice shapes
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Offline JackCrafty

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Re: Progression of some slabs
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2015, 05:40:27 pm »
Very cool.  It takes a patient hand to work slabs... that's why I don't work 'em.   :-[
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: Progression of some slabs
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2015, 11:04:11 pm »
That looks like some very fun rock to work
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Offline cowboy

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Re: Progression of some slabs
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2015, 09:37:06 am »
Those worked out nicely! Another cool necklace.
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Offline Knapper

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Re: Progression of some slabs
« Reply #8 on: April 03, 2015, 03:46:40 pm »
The one in two pieces looks like some of my handy work :o
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Nice points all the way
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