Tag: Bench Tips
How to Make a Jack-O-Lantern Cabochon
Jack-o-lanterns are fun for Halloween, and really, any time of year. Here's how I turned a special feature within a plume agate slab into...
Stone-Cutting Techniques for the Best Pattern
Using stone-cutting techniques for the best pattern means less waste and a better product. To get the best-looking slabs, carefully examine the rough rock...
Bench Tips: Working With Ethiopian Opal
Ethiopian Opal has become one of the most available and worked types of opal. It has brilliant colors, minimal fractures and produces fewer problems...
Bench Tips: Getting the Best Pattern
Over the years I have become almost obsessed with working obsidian. It is rather abundant and the varieties that are possible are numerous. Most...
How to Make Cabochon Spaceships
When planning how to make cabochon spaceships, I visualized carving the ships from the back. The milky background would lend itself well to carving.
Finding...
Bench Tips: How to Drill Holes in Cabochons
If you know how to drill holes in cabochons, creating decorative patterns is the next step. Here's how to make a pattern with graduated...
Bench Tips: Finding a New Tool for Carving
By Bob Rush
I have been making more cabs lately that have included some features that involve carving techniques. Much of my carving is done...
Issue Highlights: June 2021
Below is a snapshot of some of the topics and interests you can expect to see in the pages of the June 2021 issue...
Bench Tips: Searching for the Perfect Cab
By Bob Rush
Often, as I am searching my mind for the next project, I get stuck on a certain image that requires a unique...
Tumbling Talk: Unexpected Find Becomes Tumbling Treasure
Editor's Note: The regular Tumbling Talk is sponsored by Kingsley North, www.kingsleynorth.com.
By Bob Rush
I have a 40-pound rotary tumbler and two 12-pound rotary units...
