Post #275283 by Tamapoutini on Thu, Dec 28, 2006 12:31 PM

On 2006-12-28 11:34, Queen Kamehameha wrote:
I am not sure if it is just this perticular piece of jade I bought on ebay...b]

**Silly me; I thought it was one of the pieces I sent you... In this case Im not familiar with the stone in question & it may very well be a difficult/chippy piece. If so you may be better to treat it as a learning piece &/or abandon if its really giving grief.

You did an amazing job of the profile considering it was achieved with the handpiece cutting discs (I have heard of diamond bandsaws but most hardstone carvers use a diamond tipped 'trimsaw' blade set up similar to a regular wood/sawbench with 1/2 of the blade sticking up out of a 'bed')

Try some of the stone I sent for comparison; I would be keen to hear your findings using the same techniques. If all goes well, you will know that it was indeed the eBay stone.

Dont be discouraged just yet. Its all experience.

Tama :)