jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 14, 2016 9:10:35 GMT -5
Yes and it is not fair. I feel the grip of indebtedness. Strangled. She is certainly a beauty radio. One thing I have learned is flat rocks make better subjects for mounting. That was a curved yet thin rock. Glad you braved grinding it flat Arlen. I just showed her the finished product. She said something about buying her affection and mission accomplished. Gonna have to have a talk with that girl LOL. May try to get a fine wheel for my rock grinder and doll those up for flat backs before tumbling. That is the best time to perform such preps.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 14, 2016 9:15:18 GMT -5
Arlen, would your epoxy process work on bots ?
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Post by radio on Feb 14, 2016 11:06:19 GMT -5
Arlen, would your epoxy process work on bots ? Absolutely! I use Devcon plastic steel for backing on everything from Turquoise to the Ammonites. The only reason I didn't back the Bot above was simply due to the hardness of it. I felt confident it wouldn't break, but in hindsight, it would have helped tremendously just to level the back on it. I did the old Navajo trick of using very fine, wet sawdust in the bezel cup to level it and raise it to the best height for rolling the bezel over the edges
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Post by radio on Feb 16, 2016 12:04:26 GMT -5
It's on the way. I sent you an e mail with the tracking number.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 16, 2016 15:00:25 GMT -5
Lot of the bots are too thick to do this streamlined slender piece. Many have an 'inward towards center' bow in them. Enough bow that it would break in the center if ground more flat on the back. They rarely are bowed convex when looking at them from the front. The bondo approach makes perfect sense.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 16, 2016 18:28:36 GMT -5
Arlen, would your epoxy process work on bots ? Damn nice Ammi.........................
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