riverrock
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Post by riverrock on Mar 26, 2014 9:48:50 GMT -5
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Mar 26, 2014 9:56:10 GMT -5
wow, what a variety on the heart wraps. Bottom row second from the left is hands down my favorite out of this batch.
Chuck
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TByrd
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Post by TByrd on Mar 26, 2014 10:07:54 GMT -5
Tighter loops come with practice and tiny round nose pliers. Good luck.
I agree, my fav is the bottom row, second from left, love it.
Tammy
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 26, 2014 11:20:54 GMT -5
And the last three are tommy style wraps my stones.
 Got to work on making tighter loops. Great batch of wrapped hearts, even if you didn't grind them yourself.
I love the term for the style of wrap on those last three - "Tommy style wraps!" Everyone knows what you mean, it says it all!
I like all of them, but I think I love that last wrapped stone the best. Jean
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Post by mohs on Mar 26, 2014 11:50:13 GMT -5
hello rivrock!
lots of cool techniques
I've often consider doing
a center wire up the middle of the heart
its got a certain charm
yet the heart by its nature is such a finicky shape
the diagonal on tiger iron as lots possibilities
I like
keep on wrap’n !
Ed
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Post by mohs on Mar 26, 2014 11:51:17 GMT -5
o I wanted to add
how would a cross diagonal
work on the heart ?
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Mar 26, 2014 13:16:47 GMT -5
Very nice! Jean's favorite is mine as well - the last graveyard point - that's a really nice contrasting pattern between the dark and the light. I've got one thats similar and I've struggled on how to wrap it - vertically like you've done or horizontally and let dark and light divide from top to bottom.
Glad someone is taking the plunge with me :-) the prongs take practice - my little technique I learned the hard way is to strongly tape the rear binding to the stone so it's not moving around then fold ALL of the prong wires around the edges until they are all sticking up in the air. With that in place I can measure and cut them all the same length before flattening them against the face of the stone and looping the ends.
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Post by drocknut on Mar 27, 2014 13:25:57 GMT -5
Cool bunch of hearts and "tommy wraps".
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 29, 2014 21:25:15 GMT -5
Nice! I like that square MT - nice piece all around, but they are all nice.
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