spokanetim
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Post by spokanetim on Dec 18, 2009 0:16:50 GMT -5
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Post by superioragates on Dec 18, 2009 0:19:03 GMT -5
Oh wow! Those turned out awesome! Love that look! Marie
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Post by Toad on Dec 18, 2009 8:16:25 GMT -5
Be interested to know the process. They did turn out nice.
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Post by Tonyterner on Dec 18, 2009 9:25:33 GMT -5
Vance does a great job. I was one of the lucky winners last year in his 12 days of Christmas contest. I know the thrill of having your own cabs made into real jewelry. They are all beautiful.
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lparker
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Post by lparker on Dec 18, 2009 17:47:38 GMT -5
Wow...electroforming made them all darker Nice batch! Lee
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Post by frane on Dec 18, 2009 20:31:10 GMT -5
Wow! They really turned out great! Fran
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brent
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Post by brent on Dec 18, 2009 20:35:56 GMT -5
I love that style. Very unique.
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agatemaggot
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Post by agatemaggot on Dec 18, 2009 20:55:44 GMT -5
Those look pretty cool, I would like to try that with a couple of the points I have knapped.
Vance, if you catch this post , could you send me a P.M. with a # I could reach you at ?
Harley
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Dec 18, 2009 22:17:11 GMT -5
Harley, he has a post in the buy and sell area I believe. (just in case he doesn't see this.)
Spokanetim, these look fabulous! You did a great job on them, and now you get to show them off!
Vance, you did an excellent job on the electroforming. I really like the look.
Nate
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agatemaggot
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Post by agatemaggot on Dec 18, 2009 23:03:21 GMT -5
Thanks Nate,
I sent him a P.M.
Harley
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Post by stonesthatrock on Dec 18, 2009 23:15:45 GMT -5
i also have had him make me several cabs, he does a wonderful job. I love his work. You can see them on my site.
mary ann
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spokanetim
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Post by spokanetim on Dec 19, 2009 1:42:34 GMT -5
Thanks for the nice comments. I'll I can say is I believe my cab's are so so for now as I learn and start to use better material. That said and in my opinion Vance took a so so cab and really made it something to be proud of and worn in public. He does a great service and at great price. My second pic's are darker. I'm trying to take better pics to represent the actual look of the material. I have to learn to cab and take a proper photo at the same time.
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free4rms
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Post by free4rms on Dec 19, 2009 9:45:40 GMT -5
Thanks for all the kind words about my electroforming, guys. First of all, let me say that it is a pleasure to electroform cabs that are well done in the first place. Tim has only been cabbing for a very short while, but the quality of his work is excellent for that amount of time. Someone mentioned that electroforming makes the pendants darker but this is not the case. The difficulty of photographing electroformed pendants makes them look a bit darker sometimes, I think. Photographing electroforming pendants can be a bit tricky. It can be tough to illuminate the stone itself and the electrofomed edge without getting too much light on the photo. I am taking the liberty of adding these photos of some of Tim's pendants with a little bit more light on the electroformed edge: Vance
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lparker
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Post by lparker on Dec 19, 2009 11:54:59 GMT -5
Hey Tim and Vance....I was kidding about making it darker...that's why the . Still, a great job by both of you. Lee
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free4rms
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Post by free4rms on Dec 19, 2009 14:24:31 GMT -5
Oops, sorry about that Lee! I let that emoticon slip right by me. That'll teach me to pay attention.
Vance
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brent
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Post by brent on Dec 20, 2009 16:36:59 GMT -5
Who makes a good electroforming system for home use?
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free4rms
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Post by free4rms on Dec 20, 2009 18:18:52 GMT -5
There are a few companies who sell them, but Dalmar Plating is probably the best known on the internet.
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brent
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Post by brent on Dec 20, 2009 21:34:40 GMT -5
Thanx, I already have them bookmarked.
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