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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 14:03:53 GMT -5
The granulation looks a bit better on this one.lol thank god!! Thanks for looking Dave
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Post by fireforged on Feb 24, 2016 16:53:41 GMT -5
very nice. Wow.
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Post by fireforged on Feb 24, 2016 17:39:56 GMT -5
I keep coming back to look. I don't think you can get much better than this. Looks perfect to me. Nice rock, great polish on cab, fab design, superb setting, top notch photography. I run out of superlatives.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 24, 2016 17:47:59 GMT -5
Very nice! Love the stone and the pendant. A friend of mine does a lot of bead work. She has figured out how much wire it would take to make each size bead, so she never has to guess.
Did you solder onto the bezel?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 18:42:13 GMT -5
Very nice! Love the stone and the pendant. A friend of mine does a lot of bead work. She has figured out how much wire it would take to make each size bead, so she never has to guess. Did you solder onto the bezel? nthank you rockjunkie,no I left the back a little proud and soldered them to that than trimmed with the jewelers saw close to the beads and file,file,file Dave
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2016 18:52:32 GMT -5
I keep coming back to look. I don't think you can get much better than this. Looks perfect to me. Nice rock, great polish on cab, fab design, superb setting, top notch photography. I run out of superlatives. dude!!you rock.its responses like that,that get my creative juices flying I really appreciate it. Dave
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 24, 2016 19:44:25 GMT -5
yep I better get busy I can see, cool piece
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Post by icatz on Feb 26, 2016 7:09:08 GMT -5
Outstanding! Well done.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 8:19:25 GMT -5
thank you.im glad I figured out the whole bead thing.now I'm going to granulate everything.lol Dave
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Post by drocknut on Feb 26, 2016 10:18:22 GMT -5
Beautiful. You did an outstanding job on it.
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 26, 2016 11:33:51 GMT -5
Very very nice work!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2016 12:31:02 GMT -5
Thank you all again!!i am inspired by the works of art I am blessed to witness on here daily.LONG LIVE RTH!!!!! Thanks again Dave
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Post by icatz on Feb 28, 2016 5:24:49 GMT -5
thank you.im glad I figured out the whole bead thing.now I'm going to granulate everything.lol Dave They do create a certain air of class (as well as a Native American or Southwest theme) to jewelry.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2016 7:35:20 GMT -5
They do,I feel as though they add some umph,to such a light weight setting,what a difference from using 6 ga. half round for bezel. Thank you for your compliments Dave
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Post by radio on Feb 28, 2016 8:53:57 GMT -5
Beads are looking great, and love that Chrysocola! A tip for doing beads in the future is hold the bead firmly in a pair of needle tipped pliers and file a bit of a flat spot on the bottom.. They blend in the piece better in addition to being easier to place and solder. Depending on the piece, I sometimes also file a small flat on one side of the bead and place that against the bezel
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Post by Tom on Feb 28, 2016 13:26:27 GMT -5
That looks great Dave, I agree with Radio, a small flat can really help with the solder job. Did you sweat solder them on?
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Post by metalsmith on Feb 28, 2016 16:39:47 GMT -5
That's an amazing pendant, all told.
I just took delivery of some chrysocolla, but its too good to cut; can't complain tho'!
Volume for volume gives accurate sizing for granules / granulation.
Wire vol = pi r squared x length granule vol = 4/3 pi r cubed ... sorted!
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