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Post by jamesp on Jan 18, 2014 21:03:01 GMT -5
Copper roofing double folded with brass shim stock double folded over Copper roofing double folded over a strip of german silver Brass pipe hammered to fit. No seam, just hammered to size(hammering makes it larger) Decoration is the marking on a Rhodesian Ridgeback's back
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Post by pauls on Jan 18, 2014 21:43:23 GMT -5
Hi Jamesp What do you mean by double folded? I really like the look of that and it looks like something the siverworkers at my club might have a go at.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 18, 2014 22:06:14 GMT -5
Hi Jamesp What do you mean by double folded? I really like the look of that and it looks like something the siverworkers at my club might have a go at. The first ring was made out of two strips. First fold the copper strip along the top and bottom and lightly hammer the top and bottom to a firm fold. Lay that on a narrower sheet of brass and fold it top and bottom over the copper. Then gently hammer and mate the two together. Same with the german silver. Except the german silver is not folded but is just a strip. So lay the german silver on the copper and fold the copper over it top and bottom. Then hammer the copper into the silver. They look like this before you hammer the ring shape
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Post by pauls on Jan 18, 2014 22:36:30 GMT -5
Thanks I will have a go at that.
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Post by gemfeller on Jan 18, 2014 23:05:09 GMT -5
Copper roofing double folded with brass shim stock double folded over James, you are an extremely creative guy. Your jewelry is bold, bursting with testosterone and very original. I discover one of your new facets almost daily -- from beaver trapping to jewelry forging to fossil coral-collecting to redneck engineering, humor and much more. OK if I call you a Renaissance Redneck? In the most respectful way, of course, truly. Just for the record, I'm from a similar kind of avant-garde Redneck tradition. My Dad trapped beaver, made knives, was a first class Dutch Oven cook, marketed a line of trolling "pop gear" for trout fishing made of 1940s-vintage car headlight reflectors, sold bird baths made from Idaho Snake River Plains lava bombs and garden fertilizer from aspen leaf-mold, was a gunsmith (and champion rifle shot), made fly-fishing rods (and was a first-class fisherman) etc., etc. He also taught me how to collect and cut rocks and bequeathed me with a touch of his originality and inventiveness. I recognize and respect genuine creativity. Power on! Rick
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Post by jamesp on Jan 19, 2014 8:51:08 GMT -5
That was the ultimate compliment Rick. I just read it to my wife and i thought i was gonna have to give her a barf bag. That is very satisfying(to make her sick) ha ha. May the truth set you free woman !!
I have had a steady plant business for 22 years and had to supplement with other stuff 6 months of the year. The extra time was the key to delving in to so many things.
You are fortunate to have had a father like that. Sounds like you inherited his creative gene. Creativity can be as dangerous though. There is a fine line between it and reality. Thanks for your words. Life is good for me this morning.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 19, 2014 10:42:04 GMT -5
I agree with Rick, James. You are so eclectic and never boring. I also think your jewelry drips with testosterone. In a market that is always trying to tap that consumer, I'm not surprised that you are doing well. You rock.... and hammer.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2014 11:25:51 GMT -5
Maybe he has three testicles. You are also one of my heroes jamesp and I am quite sure that you can still get your hat on. Jim
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Post by steelandstone on Jan 19, 2014 12:52:45 GMT -5
Very nice looking rings.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 19, 2014 12:54:43 GMT -5
I agree with Rick, James. You are so eclectic and never boring. I also think your jewelry drips with testosterone. In a market that is always trying to tap that consumer, I'm not surprised that you are doing well. You rock.... and hammer. I am running out of the testosterone. Where did it go, oh i ran out. That means i used it all up. As for as having 3, seem to have enough difficulty keeping 2 happy.LOL. Most of the clients are gals 30-40 that me and Jim would probably have a problem keeping 'happy'. However, I believe me and Jim would die trying.haha I may have to figure out the tattoos, pale skin and unnatural hair colors. Some tough looking characters. Oh well, the bigger problem would be rejection. Them rejecting me.haha again. They let me in one boutique saying,' oh, male jewelry-big and heavy and masculine'. Not, those punkers, goths, grunge, metalhead ladies buy all my stuff. Ya never know. Thanks you guys for inflating me. It's all fun.
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Post by Pat on Jan 19, 2014 14:59:44 GMT -5
Think I'll try that as a cuff bracelet. Great technique folding over the sides. Thanks for posting!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 19, 2014 16:13:42 GMT -5
Think I'll try that as a cuff bracelet. Great technique folding over the sides. Thanks for posting! This was my first. I learned to hammer texture or chemical color the brass. It has a great bow, big on the top and bottom and a slender waistline in the center to assist install and keep it from digging in. This one is ugly but i have done better ones Pat.
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Post by 1dave on Jan 19, 2014 18:07:12 GMT -5
Big at the little and bottom at the top? (that was an old country song)
I don't see a drift pin welded to your anvil for enlarging rings.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 19, 2014 19:29:25 GMT -5
I just have straight grade 5 bolts Dave. Is a drift pin tapered? I think yes. I just steer by hammering on one side or the other.
But sometimes the darn thing won't behave and it gets i free ticket back to the salvage yard.
I know that hammering any ring perpendicular makes them bigger.
I cut stainless, brass and copper pipe, then tumble it and then hammer till it gets big enough to fit. But those pipe rings are cheating. But they are also continuos whack is nice. Anything to avoid solder.
The name of that song causes mind distortion.
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Post by 1dave on Jan 19, 2014 20:14:59 GMT -5
NO HELP WANTED Writer Bill Carlisle
Now I've got a gal from New Orleans She's the cutest little thing that you ever have seen She's got a cute little walk with a hippity-hop She's *big at the little and bottom at the top* (Do ya need any help?) No help wanted (Do ya need any help?) No help wanted (Do ya need any help?) (Do ya need any help?) I can handle this job all by myself Well, I love my baby, she's a little lovin' hugger Cute as a button and sweet as sugar I'm gonna buy her a diamond ring And we'll get married in the Spring (Do ya need any help?) No help wanted (Do ya need any help?) No help wanted (Do ya need any help?) (Do ya need any help?) Well, I can handle this job all by myself Well, she calls me her "little piggy-wiggy" And I call her my "little thinga-ma-jiggy" Every time I ask her for a kiss I can hear her voice sound somethin' like this (Do ya need any help?) No help wanted (Could you use a little help?) No help wanted (Do ya need any help?) (Could you use a little help?) Well, I can handle this job all by myself (Do ya need any help?) No, sirree (Could you use a little help?) Not for me (Just call on me if you need a little help) I can handle this job all by myself Well, I'm gonna take her honky-tonkin' tonight We're gonna do everything up right When the music starts we'll swing and sway We're gonna dance till the break of day (Do ya need any help?) No help wanted (Could you use a little help?) No help wanted (Do ya need any help?) (Could you use a little help?) (Do ya need any help?) (Do ya need any help?) (Could you use a little help?) (Could you use a little help?) I can handle this job all by myself There's no help wanted!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 19, 2014 20:20:13 GMT -5
Sounds like he has his hands full ! Lucky dog
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Post by pghram on Jan 19, 2014 22:50:39 GMT -5
Those rings are beautiful, as everyone has said, you are multi-talented.
Rich
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Post by jamesp on Jan 20, 2014 9:20:04 GMT -5
Those rings are beautiful, as everyone has said, you are multi-talented. Rich I tried silver and decided it was demanding of skill and money. So i practiced on base metals Rich because they are easy and cheap. Experimenting is expensive too. So raw materials are more affordable for the failures of experimenters. After a couple of years of tinkering i am probably ready to graduate to silver. But the base metals are popular so there i stay. I have a younger client base for my plant business like landscapers and yard decorators and they have kept me dialed in to their styles, whims, popular shops, culture, etc. In Atlanta there is a trend in food. Foods that lower income people eat. The theory is that these people put great emphasis on their food, lacking in other pleasures that the well to do enjoy. So, the expensive restaurants in Atlanta are serving turtle, gator, wild game. And soul, cajun, barbecue, southern fried, ethnic and others are high on the menu. I think this generation is buying cheaper jewelry too. They face a difficult economy and struggle a bit. So why not cater.
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Post by pghram on Jan 20, 2014 10:08:53 GMT -5
Catering, as you call is is filling a true need, so it's very good, it's mutually beneficial.
Rich
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Post by jamesp on Jan 20, 2014 11:13:23 GMT -5
Catering, as you call is is filling a true need, so it's very good, it's mutually beneficial. Rich If your going to make something to sell be sure the demand is there....
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