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Lapidary
First attempt at malachite
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<blockquote data-quote="Lefty" data-source="post: 109064" data-attributes="member: 2976"><p>She's soft all right, just like turquoise. The slabs suddenly part very easily when being run through the trim saw. Luckily nothing I had traced out was split. Made the cabs deliberately thick because of my fear of how easily damaged the stuff could be. Ended up doing a fair bot of work on this one just by hand with bits of wet/dry, creating lots of thick green eyeshadow <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> . Finished it with a very worn piece of 2000 grit diamond paper on the lap and it actually took on a bit of a buff just from that. Will finish it off with the rouge at the club on Wednesday night.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3929/14943039503_5940bfa9e7_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5601/14943134863_461cc074ff_c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lefty, post: 109064, member: 2976"] She's soft all right, just like turquoise. The slabs suddenly part very easily when being run through the trim saw. Luckily nothing I had traced out was split. Made the cabs deliberately thick because of my fear of how easily damaged the stuff could be. Ended up doing a fair bot of work on this one just by hand with bits of wet/dry, creating lots of thick green eyeshadow :) . Finished it with a very worn piece of 2000 grit diamond paper on the lap and it actually took on a bit of a buff just from that. Will finish it off with the rouge at the club on Wednesday night. [img]https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3929/14943039503_5940bfa9e7_c.jpg[/img] [img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5601/14943134863_461cc074ff_c.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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First attempt at malachite
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