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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 13, 2013 6:04:09 GMT -5
thought the sphere makers on here would get a kick out of this one. came across this while searching for some Chrysocolla. Entry door knob set $650!  Chuck |
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Post by riverrock on Mar 13, 2013 8:30:56 GMT -5
Now i like that idea.
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Post by johnjsgems on Mar 13, 2013 8:37:17 GMT -5
I would love to have a $650 lockset on my $60 door. Somebody would steal the lockset and not even come inside.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2013 12:06:49 GMT -5
Nice idea. I wanna see if I can do this on my door! I can use a regular lockset and add the spheres. Might be a nice product to sell to rockhounds.
John ur to cool. Steal the lock and not even break into the house!! classic!
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 13, 2013 12:36:45 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 13, 2013 13:24:28 GMT -5
Pretty to look at, but wouldn't want to accidentally bump up against it if you're nekked... After stealing the door knob, they wouldn't bother coming in to my house, either! Jean
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Post by Noosh9057 on Mar 13, 2013 13:25:57 GMT -5
Those are cool.
Roger
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2013 16:25:31 GMT -5
I followed your link hoping for ideas. That website is another charletan. He is selling "left twist liquid water crystals". Well... what is it? Water or ice? They also sell some "water purifying shungite stones". They looked like activated carbon (which is water purifying) so I googled shungite, it is carbon! $118/lb! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShungiteThese people could not exist if people did not buy their products. Oh my god. |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 13, 2013 16:29:14 GMT -5
yeah I wouldn't think of buying anything there at all. I just liked the ideas for using spheres on the pot and pan lid handles and the door handles.
Chuck
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Post by NDK on Mar 13, 2013 17:12:47 GMT -5
There was a local jeweler in a renovated industrial building here that had labradorite sphere door handles on the entry door for her shop. They were gorgeous!
I've loved the idea, but that's pretty spendy.
Nate
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2013 19:32:19 GMT -5
I am going to the hardware store tomorrow for a client. I am looking at door handles to see if I can replace my knobs! Way cheaper when you make your own spheres!  NDK, I love that! A jeweler with a sense of detail beyond most. |
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 13, 2013 20:00:12 GMT -5
Scott - I kinda thought you might be the one to give it a try!
Any idea how the sphere is held onto the hardware?
Post back after you get more info.
Chuck
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2013 22:15:41 GMT -5
Thanks for the complement Chuck!
Justin and Tim are just as or more capable than I! Until I disassemble a a knob I wont know how it will attach. I am going to guess: drill a hole in the sphere and epoxy it to the fixture.
My wifey really likes it. I have some red stone creek jasper that is a color of burgundy she loves. So I will look into putting in our bedroom/bathroom. Need four matching sphers for that! If I have to fabricate metal, then I am SOL unless we have a member here who might like to trade (Hint to Jean!!!) lol
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Post by usaret on Mar 14, 2013 0:26:31 GMT -5
Those are awesome ,what a great idea !
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Post by aimeesrockworks on Jan 3, 2014 12:20:33 GMT -5
Oooh... has anyone found the bases they use for these door knobs?? I found the original manufacturer - www.stonesetc.com/ - and while they sell the sets much cheaper, they won't sell the metal bits without a rock. I've been looking at retrofitting a Home Depot/Lowes door knob set but I don't think I can get a nice finished look. |
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Post by panamark on Jan 3, 2014 17:47:21 GMT -5
Pretty to look at, but wouldn't want to accidentally bump up against it if you're nekked... Jean, so you answer the door often nekked? Or just stumble against it occasionally? LOL |
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 3, 2014 17:57:31 GMT -5
Now that's cool..............
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Post by jamesp on Jan 4, 2014 7:23:57 GMT -5
Pretty to look at, but wouldn't want to accidentally bump up against it if you're nekked... Jean, so you answer the door often nekked? Or just stumble against it occasionally? LOL I still think Jean is a member of a nudist rock collecting colony..... I think that is where she has been for the past week. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jan 7, 2014 14:09:01 GMT -5
panamark Uh, not really. Fortunately for me, I have a chain link fence (albeit a short one) across the front of my property, with a beware of dog sign on it, and no doorbell for someone to summon me to the door. So, generally, I never have to answer the door, nekkid or not. Works for me! Only have had a few stoopid souls actually open the gate and venture in. Lucy would not hurt a flea, but the salesmen don't know that! And James, you know where I was for the past week and a half. Right here: N 32.84842 W 114.50199. Nudist rock collecting colony, okaaaay...
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Post by frane on Jan 7, 2014 16:32:19 GMT -5
WOW! Those are really cool!
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