hulagrub
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Post by hulagrub on Jun 30, 2010 5:48:46 GMT -5
My 1st ever silversmithing attempt.  |
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Post by rockmanken on Jun 30, 2010 5:59:10 GMT -5
Wow! Dave. That is very ambitious for a first attemp. A lot of soldering. Great job and very nice stone.
Ken
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Post by moondragon on Jun 30, 2010 8:04:26 GMT -5
Beautiful DAve:) Hey is that some of that Fischer stone?
Me thinks Mister Dave has lots of natural talent at this silversmithing stuff:)
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Post by Bejewelme on Jun 30, 2010 11:45:59 GMT -5
WOW that is impressive!
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Jun 30, 2010 11:53:54 GMT -5
I'd say that was a fantastic first!
Beautiful pendant:)
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hulagrub
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Post by hulagrub on Jun 30, 2010 20:48:14 GMT -5
Sara, It's turquoise.
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abuelito
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Post by abuelito on Jun 30, 2010 20:52:15 GMT -5
wow,great work there friend,thanks for showing,,,be good ab
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steelandstone
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Post by steelandstone on Jun 30, 2010 22:20:56 GMT -5
Nice job.
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Jun 30, 2010 22:29:20 GMT -5
That's very unique, nice work!
Nate
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dbrealityrocks
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Post by dbrealityrocks on Jul 1, 2010 22:47:12 GMT -5
very nice, I've been fabricating for 10 years now and have never done anything so elaborate
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Post by frane on Jul 2, 2010 9:29:49 GMT -5
First attempt and a great result! Keep it up!
Fran
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spicer m
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Post by spicer m on Jul 2, 2010 20:51:12 GMT -5
Yes Very nicefor your first one. Did You make your own bessel
Mike
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hulagrub
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Post by hulagrub on Jul 2, 2010 21:00:32 GMT -5
Bought the scalloped bezel wire from Rio Grande. The hard part is making the ends match, in the scallop, before soldering.
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Post by sitnwrap on Jul 5, 2010 10:22:32 GMT -5
That pendant is really pretty. You did a great job on it.
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WarrenA
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Post by WarrenA on Jul 5, 2010 10:43:06 GMT -5
How about a picture of the back? what did you make the half round pieces out of? what gauge of wire? you are right about matching up the scallops that is a pain. good job I have been soldering for awhile now but haven't done anything as complicated as your first.
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hulagrub
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Post by hulagrub on Jul 5, 2010 22:34:16 GMT -5
Here are pix of the back and side. 24 ga, for the back, the rings were made of 18 ga round, wrapped around a 16 penny nail and cut as close as I could to halves. The bail is made from 14 ga half round.   |
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Jul 6, 2010 7:09:17 GMT -5
dave
Thats a brilliant attempt Great work the wire work is amazing how ever did you do all that without undoing your previous welds ?
Jack
Yorkshire UK
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hulagrub
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Post by hulagrub on Jul 6, 2010 8:50:10 GMT -5
Used hard solder for the bezel work, and easy for the half rings and the bail.
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WarrenA
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Post by WarrenA on Jul 6, 2010 19:33:33 GMT -5
thanks for the extra pictures and info. Excellent job. Did you buff it with Zam? you can use it on the turquoise also
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hulagrub
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Post by hulagrub on Jul 6, 2010 21:10:45 GMT -5
No just worked down to the 1 micron 3M disc. We have lost our tube of Zam, when moved into our remodeled hobby room.
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