i've been busy making spheres this week..i thought you might like to see how they are made...
first step after cubing the rock is to put it in the lathe
first step after cubing the rock is to put it in the lathe
.give me a bit and i'll take a pic of some of the finished product..i'm not much of a photographer but it will give you an idea of how they turn outInteresting. Are you using some kind of template for your cuts. Surely you're not eyeballing it. Just curious. Any pics of your polished spheres?
i tried to put up a couple videos but cant figure out how to do it
no..i dont have a youtube account...Are you uploading to youtube first?
Thanks Dave. I am curious like Kray is about how the lathe works.
after the grinder it goes to the three head polishing machine ..i use 6 of them...one for each stage of grit
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i've been busy making spheres this week..i thought you might like to see how they are made...
first step after cubing the rock is to put it in the lathe
sort of....it is called block turquoise...man made from turquoise powderIs that a hunk of turquoise?
Dave that is VERY COOL! I love your finished products too, so ditto to the comments on how cool this is! Thanks for sharing it!
I enjoyed them. Only question I have is how big were they.
finished spheres...upper left..red jasper with metallic hematite..next going clockwise,,petrified wood..next is chrysocolla..gem silica..malachite and tenorite from the inspiration mine...next..biggs picture jasper ,,,next onyx from seven springs onyx mine (dick holmes old mine) and last is septerian nodule from utah
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