Tom
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My dad Tom suddenly passed away yesterday, Just wanted his "rock" family to know.
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Post by Tom on Apr 24, 2016 12:32:00 GMT -5
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icatz
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Post by icatz on Apr 25, 2016 5:55:50 GMT -5
i love what you did with the granules! How the hell... ? Lovely ring.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2016 7:21:44 GMT -5
Very nicely done Tom.im going to have to get me those texturing blocks.in fact!im not doing another granulation till I have a set. Dave
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Tom
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My dad Tom suddenly passed away yesterday, Just wanted his "rock" family to know.
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Post by Tom on Apr 25, 2016 7:40:45 GMT -5
Thanks Dave, I just am now realizing how bad these pictures are, they are really bad. Will try to get a better one. As much as I hate to recommend them I bought them from Indian Jewelers. I had a nightmare expensive experience getting them, you won't have a problem being in the states but their out of country service was something else. Long story short I won't spend another penny with them. But for the shot plates you don't have alot of options. They are made by Tucker tool company and you can get them direct from them but apparently they are not all that reliable either.
Boo to Indian Jewelers customer service (ya I know there is another place for this)
New pics coming.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 25, 2016 9:19:00 GMT -5
Now that's nice!!! Colors are awesome!
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metalsmith
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Post by metalsmith on Apr 25, 2016 17:06:52 GMT -5
Careful Tom! Those accents are stealing the show.
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Post by Pat on Apr 25, 2016 23:21:34 GMT -5
Dagnabit?!! : D
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Tom
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My dad Tom suddenly passed away yesterday, Just wanted his "rock" family to know.
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Post by Tom on Apr 26, 2016 6:49:35 GMT -5
Thanks everyone, for some reason this seemed hard to get a good picture of with my phone.
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Tom
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My dad Tom suddenly passed away yesterday, Just wanted his "rock" family to know.
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Post by Tom on Apr 26, 2016 6:53:54 GMT -5
You have never heard of dagnabit Pat, Might be the spelling or its a Canadian thing. Ok thanks to google I did spell it wrong. Dagnabbit(exclaimation) Oldcootism used during great consternation or surprise. Used by 1890’s prospectors, cantankerous old farmers, and young people playing old people on TV in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s. Its actually relevant to RTH as it was used by prospectors LOL. Oh my it also shows my age!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2016 7:30:00 GMT -5
You have never heard of dagnabit Pat, Might be the spelling or its a Canadian thing. Ok thanks to google I did spell it wrong. Dagnabbit(exclaimation) Oldcootism used during great consternation or surprise. Used by 1890’s prospectors, cantankerous old farmers, and young people playing old people on TV in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s. Its actually relevant to RTH as it was used by prospectors LOL. Oh my it also shows my age! I believe Yosemite Sam used to say it as well,or maybe it was dadburnit Dave
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Post by rockjunquie on Apr 26, 2016 8:45:19 GMT -5
Those shotplates are pretty cool. Use some ear protection, though. My ears rang for 2 days the first time I used it.
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Post by Pat on Apr 26, 2016 9:23:44 GMT -5
You have never heard of dagnabit Pat, Might be the spelling or its a Canadian thing. Ok thanks to google I did spell it wrong. Dagnabbit(exclaimation) Oldcootism used during great consternation or surprise. Used by 1890’s prospectors, cantankerous old farmers, and young people playing old people on TV in the ‘60’s and ‘70’s. Its actually relevant to RTH as it was used by prospectors LOL. Oh my it also shows my age! I believe Yosemite Sam used to say it as well,or maybe it was dadburnit Dave I know DAGNABIT. I hadn't heard it for ages. Lots of variations on the word; it's a good one! Has more zing than DRAT!
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metalsmith
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Post by metalsmith on Apr 26, 2016 13:37:41 GMT -5
Dagnabit ... hehehe - it even made it here over the pond, probably with Yosemite Sam
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Don
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Post by Don on Apr 26, 2016 15:36:57 GMT -5
Thanks Dave, I just am now realizing how bad these pictures are, they are really bad. Will try to get a better one. As much as I hate to recommend them I bought them from Indian Jewelers. I had a nightmare expensive experience getting them, you won't have a problem being in the states but their out of country service was something else. Long story short I won't spend another penny with them. But for the shot plates you don't have alot of options. They are made by Tucker tool company and you can get them direct from them but apparently they are not all that reliable either. Boo to Indian Jewelers customer service (ya I know there is another place for this) New pics coming. This was also my experience with IJS.
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Tom
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My dad Tom suddenly passed away yesterday, Just wanted his "rock" family to know.
Member since January 2013
Posts: 1,557
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Post by Tom on Apr 26, 2016 18:36:37 GMT -5
Those shotplates are pretty cool. Use some ear protection, though. My ears rang for 2 days the first time I used it. Hmmm I didn't use hearing protection, I really did not find it that noisy. I was more tapping than really hammering though, because the time I hammered the He** out of it I had to drill out the silver bead because it was sooooooo stuck. Now I use a drop of oil and soft tapping, the larger ones are not a problem though. Now could 10 years in the army shooting machine guns and many years in construction have made me hard of hearing dagnabbit. Apparently old coots say dagnabbit, I like it:)
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Tom
fully equipped rock polisher
My dad Tom suddenly passed away yesterday, Just wanted his "rock" family to know.
Member since January 2013
Posts: 1,557
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Post by Tom on Apr 26, 2016 18:39:31 GMT -5
What should have cost me about $100 CAN ended up costing me about $150 plus, and that was after a long battle. Funny thing is that that $50 CAN Likely cost them tons of dollars of profit in the next few years. I must admit Rio has been super to me.
New pics coming.[/quote]This was also my experience with IJS.[/quote]
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Post by Pat on Apr 27, 2016 0:14:13 GMT -5
I like dagnabit , too.
I think I will retire DRAT, and use DAGNABBIT instead . Sometimes I just need a little more zing.
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