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Post by wampidytoo on May 21, 2016 10:23:50 GMT -5
I have never been a fan of turquoise but I do like the inlay of chips with both glues.
And thanks for the idea. I have a small piece of turquoise that I bought just to help out a failing rock shop that I have not had a use for until now. Crush it and add an inlay to my new stick. I may do the same with some other stones to fill major cracks in the wood. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 21, 2016 10:01:48 GMT -5
You are new here so I will teach a little bit about most of the people on here. Very simple really. Good people give away good rocks for the good of the community. If they say they do not want or need anything in return it is a gift and you should view it as such. Then sometime down the road you will have the opportunity to pay it forward, expecting nothing in return.
A "trade" is decided in advance and stuff goes both ways. If you are like most people on here you will try to sweeten the pot so your trade stuff is better than their trade stuff. Catch 22, yes, so it is not necessary to go WAY overboard, just a little extra is nice.
Simple dimple, easy peasy. Enjoy your stuff, pay it forward. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 19, 2016 7:57:59 GMT -5
I had no idea that malachite could be found in the USA. Now there are only 1000000000000000000000000000099 things I don't know.
Gotta love the blue and purple stone no matter where it comes from and that is lovable stuff there.
Maybe a small umbrella would make Miss Doggie happy and I don't think it would add much weight but I am not the one that has to carry the load either. Maybe with a little ingenuity Miss Doggie could carry her own shade on her back. I used to have an umbrella that folded and slid into a package about 1 1/2" in diameter and 8" long that would be easy to carry. Just my thoughts on this, not criticizing. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 18, 2016 10:28:21 GMT -5
THIS IS STARTING TO DRIVE ME CRAZIER BUT YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY I scrolled up after posting and the pics were there. Tommy has to be messing with the troll block button. JIm
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Post by wampidytoo on May 18, 2016 10:24:46 GMT -5
GGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I can not see Tommy 's pics again and coming back later is not working here. rockjunquie will you ask tommy if he has troll block turned on. hahaha Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 18, 2016 9:34:28 GMT -5
My daughter likes large jewelry, especially long and slim pieces so anything that is not way to heavy will sell especially crystals. I sell a few cabs to a local lady and she will jump on every piece I come up with that has crystals on it. She told me that crystals are really popular now and crystal and druzy pieces sell instantly.
Artists seldom sell their work for much more than what it costs them to make it and location can play a big part in the price. Small town Wyoming isn't a place to sell art but if you can establish a customer base over time in a city or on the net you can charge more.
I hate selling but someone that is good at it (determined) it helps too. I give most of my stuff away and just sell to the one lady. I don't really need the money so I sell cabs for $12.50 to $20 and she does the wrapping. That way we both make a few bucks and are happy with it. Another lady I met buys her cabs from China for $3 and looked at me like I was in a clown costume when I said $12.50 for my pieces.
Lots of variables and differences of opinion so toss out the negative, set a price you would like to get and go for it. If what you try at first (remember the time to establish customers) try a different route, different prices or whatever it takes and you will find out whether you have a sellable product or not. I can not stress enough the time it takes to establish yourself so don't give up too quick. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 18, 2016 8:55:22 GMT -5
Amazing what you can find at garage sales. One stop clean cloths and a pile of rocks. I don't know if you bought a change of cloths or not but you hit the jack pot with the rocks. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 18, 2016 8:44:03 GMT -5
I buy mine at the local auto parts store. The number is PT NPS012-RPC. I can not remember what I paid for them but I don't think they were very expensive. That is a 3/4" shaft insert for a pillow block so take your pillow block to make sure it will fit in the hole because I have no idea whether or not my bearings are standard. Actually, any pillow block for a 3/4" shaft will work as long as the bolt holes are close and the base to center of shaft is somewhere in the ball park because that determines whether or not the shaft will fit through the hole in the side of the box. If the blade is moved an eighth of an inch in any direction it will not hurt anything as long as it is square with the movement of the carriage. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 17, 2016 8:20:18 GMT -5
It is mostly a hockey puck with a bad man standing above it ready to whack the poor thing. Puck lives matter too. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 16, 2016 13:23:32 GMT -5
Thank you @shotgunner and spiceman but the way I see it I have nothing to leave behind. I was labeled a troll by a ............................... and I kind of like it. I get to live under a nice bridge and help people across that are afraid of falling off into an abyss. I charge them a rock to cross my bridge but I give them a rock from the abyss in return. Plus, trolls do not allow others to make them live by their rules and beliefs and trolls are not swayed by friend or foe. This troll (me) truly believes that there is not one person or troll better than any other. Every human being either takes down their pants or pulls up their dress to make a little poop. If everyone considered themselves equal we would not need leaders, everyone would work for the common cause and get things done because they need to be done. Ancient peoples, with some exceptions, lived by this rule even to the almost unheard of and despicable idea that women were equal to men and sometimes ranked above men. Getting a little off subject (it is a troll thing, especially this one) but in closing I want to say that when the current system fails everyone that is my equal is welcome under my bridge. We can even have a conversation now because thanks to the VA I have hearing aids so I am no longer guessing what people are saying. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 15, 2016 21:10:52 GMT -5
sshhhhhhhhh @shotgunner, you are going to ruin my troll status. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 15, 2016 20:50:33 GMT -5
Look at the big picture. Tela thousands, rocks a few. There is always a good side. If I had your odds I would be tickled blue. Jim
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Bummer.
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Post by wampidytoo on May 15, 2016 20:34:32 GMT -5
Just my opinion but I would reverse the order of your cuts next time and get everything finished before making the deep cut in the center. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 15, 2016 8:22:20 GMT -5
As you know I can loose my mind when it comes to indifference toward the ancient peoples so it makes me happy when I see the preservation of their work. We could have learned so much from them (not just here) but when they were branded as savages they were doomed. These people were intelligent enough to live on this planet for hundreds of thousands of years but modern man is going to kill themselves quickly in comparison because they think they are intelligent but all they are is destructive.
Thanks for showing your piece of history Mel. I have a box packed with a few goodies for you and it will probably go out Wednesday. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 14, 2016 22:48:09 GMT -5
When I repair busted Ammonites,I find small busted Ammonites,crush them into a fine powder and or very small pieces,add adhesive,than the crushed Ammonite,into the seams,than add more adhesive......Let it dry,sand it down ...(it polishes up great).... I might start doing that with the cracks,on the diamond willows too......... In China the wood carvers do that and it works quite well. Especially after they dark stain it then add 15 or 20 coats of clear lacquer. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 14, 2016 15:35:08 GMT -5
Hey Jim,liking the Diamond Willow stick! Never thought of cutting a bend out of a stick(great idea)! My next step in making these walking sticks is the carving too...I'm sure,its practice,practice,practice,huh....LOL Are you going to seal it all with a clear polyurethane or linseed oil??? Two thumbs up.... Thanks fossilman. I have done my practice on stone but I am rusty and doing the learning curve with wood because of the grain lifting when you do not want it to. Really have to be on top of sharpening the tools too. What I really need is a fine curved rasp and some nice weather so I can get outside to do some power sanding and rasping. I have a small bottle of really old gun stock oil that I used on the butterfly base and really liked it so I am going to use it on the stick too. It dries really hard so maybe the stick won't get beat up so bad from use. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 14, 2016 11:46:57 GMT -5
Started carving a new diamond willow walking stick and have finally gotten far enough along to show some of my work. No stones have been added yet but there will be some opals and red agate added later mostly for eyes because there is going to be many animal heads carved into the wood. This is a very tall stick and about a foot from the bottom end there was a bad curve so I cut it then put it back together much straighter. I then strapped it with thin slabs of mahogany, I think. When everything was set I worked epoxy putty in and around the strips. There are two hand holds carved into the stick, one is arm pit high which works good for normal walking and the other is upper shoulder high which works well for walking and leaning more weight on the stick. Lower hand hold. Upper hand hold. First animal is called a False Killer Whale which I had not heard of but it matched the mouth best. Will be much better when eye is placed. Second animal is a dolphin that is a little different than the common ones and I need to go back to get the name. I hope I can turn this into a lizard with a comb on it's snout. Back side of lizard that I hoped to be a flamingo but that might be a stretch. Other down branch I hope to turn into a mallard duck in the round but the placement of the eyes could be a big problem. Another bird. There are 40 diamonds on this stick and it weighed 2.68 pounds when I started but I hope to get that down to 2 pounds. The grip points feel very natural and it does not feel heavy but I have not carried it around for hours either. I have drawn two lines from top to bottom which will be a groove all the way. It probably took me an hour to figure out a way around all the diamonds but I think it will add a lot of visual to the stick plus it will take off some weight. When my dad was carving canes he cut holes all the way through the stick between diamonds but I do not have diamonds anywhere on both sides that I can carve the center out of. With the extra weight on the top end of this thing I could probably swing it like a club and knock a bear silly enough to give me time to whack my partners legs and make my getaway. A two handed jab with the dolphin would probably put an attacker down long enough to get away too. Both of which have about a zero percent chance of happening but it is good to be prepared. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 14, 2016 8:22:00 GMT -5
I bought some of the Arizona black jade from Young Arizona and it is not jade. I did not send it back, even though I paid way too much for a rock that was not jade, because some of the people on here wanted to have a piece to look at and I thought maybe I could use it for backing. One thing led to another and I did not get around to sending out pieces then forgot about it. I am amazed that this came up because a few days ago I was digging around and came across a fist sized piece (there is more somewhere) so if I get a chance to cut it I will make the offer again. I used the stone to make a couple of pieces because I needed a black sky to mount an opal moon and some opal stars. I did not want to cut my black jade for an experiment that may turn out to be junk. As it turned out this experiment worked because this stone is easy to polish to a luster finish (the sky does not shine). This is the finished pendant. Anyone who pays jade prices for this stone is getting ripped off. When I get some slabs cut I will make the same offer as before and send out samples if the people will pay just the postage. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 13, 2016 19:28:30 GMT -5
Are you sure the bearings are good? A bad bearing will cause chattering. Jim
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Post by wampidytoo on May 13, 2016 19:08:48 GMT -5
I did not see the previous post before I posted. Offer still stands if you still need it. Jim
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