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Post by 1dave on Oct 21, 2018 18:13:18 GMT -5
Sorry for the bad cell phone pictures, but hopefully everyone can see well enough to follow the tutorial. This is the scalloped bezel wire that I use.  Cut a section of 11 or 13 scallops for each rose you want to make. I used 13 for this and my earrings.  Cut back about half way in each valley between the scallops.  Using round nose pliers begin to roll the strip. The picture shows the nose of the pliers in the center of the silver. But I found that tighter centers look better. So rather than putting pliers in the center and then rolling, bend the first petal and roll around it.  This is what the bottom of the roll should look like when it is all rolled up.  Using a thin blade and the round nose pliers, start pulling the petals down and out. This was the first one I made with the larger center. I forgot to take a picture of this step with the second rose that has the tighter center.  Keep adjusting each petal until you are satisfied with how it looks.  Dip in LOS and use how you like.  Thanks for looking! Ann , Ann, can we get the pictures back? |
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Post by fantastic5 on Oct 22, 2018 8:27:21 GMT -5
Tommy , Ann, can we get the pictures back? , I posted these through TapTalk and I just checked and they are still on my cell phone. Any thoughts? |
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Post by Tommy on Oct 22, 2018 10:38:16 GMT -5
Tommy , Ann, can we get the pictures back? , I posted these through TapTalk and I just checked and they are still on my cell phone. Any thoughts? That's troubling... Hope Tapatalk isn't going to to start dumping photos  Weirdly the photos have a Facebook domain. Well you could upload the photos to a 3rd party like Cloudinary or Flickr and go in and edit the post with the new locations. I can help with this if you want to email them to me and I can plunk them down on our domain and send you the links - or edit the post for you if I could figure out which photo went in what order |
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Post by MsAli on Oct 22, 2018 10:46:48 GMT -5
Tommy , Ann, can we get the pictures back? , I posted these through TapTalk and I just checked and they are still on my cell phone. Any thoughts? I had this issue with tapatalk a few months ago. Email their support team. It was a bug they had |
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Post by 1dave on Oct 22, 2018 13:00:56 GMT -5
About fire scale - I introduced Jay Bown's discoveries on forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/thread/74360/sandcasting-jb?page=1Back in the 70's he experimented with sand casting and discovered using Garnet Sand reduced fire scale. He then began making "Garnet Blocks" - 3 parts garnet sand + 1 part clay - in two shapes * a 3" tall cylinder (in the hand below)and a 6" disk (under the flame in the drawing), and selling them at rock shows around the western states for doing fabrication work and combination casting/fabrication. Mix the clay into a slurry then add the sand. pour into a mold and let dry. You can carve a design into the face, melt silver on top. use the cylinder to flatten the molten silver, remove when cool. Wet the surface and move it flat again.   |
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Post by fantastic5 on Oct 22, 2018 20:04:52 GMT -5
Tommy, I posted these through TapTalk and I just checked and they are still on my cell phone. Any thoughts? That's troubling... Hope Tapatalk isn't going to to start dumping photos Weirdly the photos have a Facebook domain. Well you could upload the photos to a 3rd party like Cloudinary or Flickr and go in and edit the post with the new locations. I can help with this if you want to email them to me and I can plunk them down on our domain and send you the links - or edit the post for you if I could figure out which photo went in what order , you're right. These were hosted through Facebook. The pictures are all still there, I wonder why the links broke? |
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Post by Tommy on Oct 22, 2018 20:15:33 GMT -5
Tommy, you're right. These were hosted through Facebook. The pictures are all still there, I wonder why the links broke? Facebook doesn't even play nice with 3rd party photo hosting. When I open the broken link in a new tab I get the message "URL signature expired." |
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Post by 1dave on Nov 29, 2021 11:45:53 GMT -5
Said I was going to try it. Thanks. Going to throw in the tumble and see if it cleans them up.  BUMP |
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Post by Tommy on Aug 15, 2022 20:28:53 GMT -5
Bump - thank you fantastic5 Ann for sending the photos! The original post has been restored to its original rosy self. rockjunquie |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Aug 15, 2022 21:40:22 GMT -5
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Post by toiv0 on Aug 20, 2022 11:52:49 GMT -5
I am still making these little roses  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Aug 20, 2022 21:12:20 GMT -5
I am still making these little roses Billy, those look great! |
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Post by toiv0 on Aug 21, 2022 15:20:46 GMT -5
I am still making these little roses Billy, those look great! Thanks Robin |
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Weirdly the photos have a Facebook domain.
