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    It has taken me a lot of looking and cutting to start to figure it out. You have a minor advantage in that you are not entirely exploring new territory. I think my one cast of pile shows how many stone I've turned. The one in the picture represents about 1/3 of my total off casts. I have not found a fool proof method of finding rock in the field that will be free of inclusions. The very small inclusions sometimes don't show until lapping has started. I am starting to get into some predictable spots just by narrowing my sampling to smaller and smaller areas.
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    It arrived Rez....sadly it looks like they played hacky sack with it....love postal workers...

    Got a nice big slurry stone now haha
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    That's not very nice. That leaves about a 5" piece. Sorry about that. I'm at work too and can't cut you another on for three weeks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DennisBarberShop View Post
    It arrived Rez....sadly it looks like they played hacky sack with it....love postal workers...

    Got a nice big slurry stone now haha
    Looks like Jim Carey from ace Ventura delivered the package.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DennisBarberShop View Post
    It arrived Rez....sadly it looks like they played hacky sack with it....love postal workers...

    Got a nice big slurry stone now haha
    Looks beautiful though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RezDog View Post
    That's not very nice. That leaves about a 5" piece. Sorry about that. I'm at work too and can't cut you another on for three weeks.
    Dont worry about it, ill give it a try first, should be enough to work with

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vasilis View Post
    Looks beautiful though.
    Yep, looks really nice wet and makes a milky white slurry....gotta lap it tonight
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    Show me a picture of what it looks like all lapped up
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    Forgot it at work, ill have to try to remember it tomorrow

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    Hi guys, great thread. I've been eyeballing a slate face outside Ouray Colorado. If I remember right from some discussion of the Welsh slates, you get good hones when there's an igneous intrusion fairly close by. That's the case with the Ouray deposit. I've got a couple of chunks of it somewhere, but haven't gotten serious about smoothing and testing them. How do you secure the rocks for smoothing with an angle grinder?
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