bwalters
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Post by bwalters on Sept 13, 2004 18:38:24 GMT -5
WOW, Sandsman,
From Philly to 'Podunkville, Texas' (Medina) in just 2 days! I'm amazed at this excellent delivery time by our postal service, but I'm even more amazed by your beautiful work and generosity! Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much for the gorgeous pendant and for the chain. I was just expecting the cab with a hole drilled in it. I'm so surprised and delighted that you wrapped it and sent the chain. I'm wearing it right now........and may NEVER take it off!!!
Llana left here right before I asked my son to go check the mailbox. Would have done it myself, but I think I broke my toe Fri night so I'm trying to walk as little as possible. If it weren't for that, I would be running around yelling, "MY NEW PENDANT IS HERE! MY NEW PENDANT IS HERE!" Hope Llana is online cuz I can't call her after 5 pm so she doesn't even know yet that her new pendant is here. I'm dying to open hers and look at it, but I can't do that until she tells me I can, darn it!
Sands, you're absolutely the best!!! This is the nicest thing that anyone has done for me in a very long time. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it! It's beautiful! I hope someday to be able to make something even HALF as gorgeous as my new pendant!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!
BE
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Post by cookie3rocks on Sept 13, 2004 18:39:08 GMT -5
Hey Guys n Gals  On vacation I learned a new trick to make using wire on a stone much easier. At one of the rock shops they had used a dremel to make a groove around the edge of the stone and tapped the wire firmly into the groove. Got cutting wheels today, I'll give it a try tommorrow. I'll let you know. cookie |
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Post by sandsman1 on Sept 13, 2004 19:10:25 GMT -5
hi BE im real glad you liked it like i told KD im sweatin it out hopein everyone likes theres hahahaha im not a pro ya know ,, but i did my best and it makes me feel good you two liked yours,, didnt that sodalite shine up nice allmost a 3D shine i couldent believe it came out that shiny i think im gonna stick with that new polish i need all the help i can get hahaha,, i couldent get my sodalite to shine up in the barrel but with that polish it came out like glass ---- and the new 1200 grit diamond belt helped alot too got all the scratches out well im feelin good now after two of you liked them hahaha seeya-s john
cookie that sounds like a good idea do you mean at the top where the wire holds the chain or around the whole side of the pendent??
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Post by Cher on Sept 13, 2004 19:14:45 GMT -5
Maybe I'll holler tomorrow Sands, it didn't get to Minnesota yet.
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Post by cookie3rocks on Sept 13, 2004 19:16:18 GMT -5
Hi Sands,
Around the whole sides of the pendant. Of course that means the pendant has to be wide enough to allow for that, but the ones I saw were pretty thin. Need a steady hand, I would think.
Sodalite with a mirror shine? WOW! Wish the pics did them justice. Sodalite has been a bugger for me to shine. Guess youv'e found the secret!
cookie
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Post by sandsman1 on Sept 13, 2004 19:34:25 GMT -5
cookie if ya do one try and send a pic id like to see how its done sounds cool
cher as fast as it got to texas you should get yours tomorrow i sent them all together herm didnt say she got hers yet eather prob tomorrow
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Post by sandsman1 on Sept 13, 2004 19:39:14 GMT -5
cookie if you got the drill press for the dremel you can take like a piece of 2x4 and lay the pendent on the wood and lower the blade to where you want it on the pendent lockit in and just turn the pendent on the wood so you get an even line all the way around
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llanago
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Post by llanago on Sept 13, 2004 22:31:59 GMT -5
BE don't you dare open mine! I'll be there tomorrow afternoon after work and we'll open it together!
It's a good thing I came home when I did. Although I did get my sod down and watered without a problem, everything else has been a disaster.
The motor on the vibe tumbler came unscrewed and fell off
The 3 lb. barrel I had obsidian in did something - not sure exactly what happened. It didn't explode, lid was still on it but there was powdery slurry - or what was slurry - everywhere. There was still water in the barrel, the obsidian was still tumbling and nothing on the table was wet, didn't look like it had been wet so I have no idea what happened. It wasn't like that this AM, so whatever happened, happened during the day.
I just got a new color cartridge that I really needed to make up a letterhead that I need tomorrow. Put it in the printer and it prints everything in black! Says it a color cartridge, looks just like the old color cartridge, but doesn't print in color.
And I killed the 10" saw blade this AM at BE's cutting a big rock. The rock slipped, the blade threw it completely off the table and the rock took a chunk out of the blade as it left the saw.
So, it's been a pretty crappy day! In some ways, in others it has been a good day. Got the 30,000 mile service done on the truck today and thought it would be about $200 to $250, but it was only $78.00! So, I went to Lowes and spent the difference - on new saw blades for both our saws, a 4" tile saw, tile for my bathroom remodel job and some other stuff I need for my RV remodel. So, it was a good day/bad day.
Getting the pendant tomorrow will perk me up for sure!
Hope I don't have to work another 10 1/2 hrs. like I did last Tuesday and am not too tired to drive to town.
Sands, I am sure I will love it. It looked beautiful in the pic you sent and I am sure it is even prettier in real life!
llana
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llanago
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Post by llanago on Sept 14, 2004 8:26:15 GMT -5
I GOT MINE, I GOT MINE! Thanks BE for delivering it! Sands, it is just beautiful! Already have it around my neck, even though it is much too nice to be wearing with my work clothes! Thanks, also, for the chain! You are just too sweet! Sending you big hugs and kisses! What is the stone? I don't think I ever asked you. Looks like picture rock but whatever it's maaaaarvelous, darhling, just maaaaavalous! I love it. Also sets the bar for me on my grinding! Got some big shoes to fill there!  Thanks so much! llana |
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Post by sandsman1 on Sept 14, 2004 10:00:17 GMT -5
llana im real glad ya liked it---thats one of the mystery slabs i got in that big lot from ebay, it is a picture stone but i dont know what kind but i thought it was cool looking with the little flower like thingys in it ---i forget what there called hahaha
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llanago
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Post by llanago on Sept 14, 2004 22:56:17 GMT -5
Sands, I went to my sister's this afternoon and went to find Daniel, my neice's 2 yr. old, for my hug and kiss. I knelt down in front of him and told him to give me a big hug - he reached out and gently touched my pendant, looked up at me and said "Wok". Then hugged me. It was so cute. My neice loves it too!
llana
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llanago
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Post by llanago on Feb 27, 2005 14:10:57 GMT -5
Hey everybody, I am bumping this thread up to the top again.
I don't want it to get lost because I like to go back and look at it for ideas on shapes to cut my rocks. I seem to always end up with the same shapes or very close. I also like to see how Sands has grown his talent for Cabojohns - although he was very good when he started! Gives me hope that someday I can do some as nice as these. Also thought the new folks might like to look through this thread and see some of Sands' work. It's an inspiration to all of us.
Sands, how about posting pics of some of your most recent stuff?
llana
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Post by sandsman1 on Feb 27, 2005 19:08:35 GMT -5
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Post by cookie3rocks on Feb 27, 2005 20:27:21 GMT -5
Sands, what's the second one? I have some and don't know what it it. I sold an earring set of it and one came unglued so I just repaired it. The owner wanted to know what the rock was and I couldn't tell them. Now, when I give it back, maybe I can ;D
Just to fall over and die for, all of them. I was wondering how the Ebay thing was going for you.
cookie
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Post by sandsman1 on Feb 27, 2005 21:29:22 GMT -5
cookie thats succor creek picture jasper--- i havent been puttin any on ebay latly
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llanago
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Post by llanago on Mar 4, 2005 18:48:40 GMT -5
Sands, I recognize the lace and jasper, but what are the others. They are all beautiful, but I REALLY love the third one and the last one!
llana
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 4, 2005 19:06:21 GMT -5
llana the 3rd one is rosarita stone and the last one is snakeskin jasper from aus.
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Post by krazydiamond on Mar 4, 2005 19:14:39 GMT -5
wow, is this thread so big that it can't contain itself anymore or is my ISP acting up? all i get is little red X's but if i right click it will "show picture"..
love the cabs, Sands!
KD
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Post by Original Admin on Mar 5, 2005 23:50:43 GMT -5
Sands - surely not - number two is the Blue Lagoon that I won?
Maybe a slice futher down the main chunk?
Nice pics - cheers for that.
mark
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 6, 2005 8:16:58 GMT -5
mark your right i think that was the next slice from that rock, yours with the people in it was one of a kind those faces didnt show on any other slice--i was working on your others and i broke two and was i pissed they where the two nicest-- the one piece of imperial jasper green with the full designe on it broke and i wanted too cry --it made me sick to my stomech but im gettijn new rock every day and if my new saw ever gets here ill make sure you get the the best picture of each rock because i want them to be special for you ---who knows they may be sittin next to the crown jewles some day hahaha
look back at my (just alittle tease) thread and you will see whats sittin here waitin for the new saw
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