Merry Christmas everyone, and a massive thankyou for everyone’s help and advice over the years :) Hope everyone’s had and having a wonderful festive season :)
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Merry Christmas everyone, and a massive thankyou for everyone’s help and advice over the years :) Hope everyone’s had and having a wonderful festive season :)
Faith :)
Oh perfect thanks Dennis :) I can use the diamond plates I have for that if needed :)
Ta again and merry Christmas
Faith :)
Thanks Dennis :)
Would you bother trying to clean things like radial disks somehow at all?
Ta loads again :)
Faith
Hi all,
Firstly I hope everyone on here is well, and sorry to come on straight with a question having not been on in ages. My work (not Jewellery) has been so busy I’ve not been doing my...
Thanks Dennis :)
From previous posts i was hoping there'd be a few folk, just no one had asked my particular question :). I do have magnification now, but not a microscope, so i was hoping to give...
Hi again,
Well I appear to have asked an impossible question, but i'll have one last go :)
After some leeeenghty googling I think I need (for my 1.5mm stones):
- 0.4mm round graver for...
Morning all,
For a while now I've been seriously considering having a go at grain setting. In terms of tools, I think I will need (extra to things I already have):
A half round scorper for...
Thanks Kathryn :)
Congratulations Lauren! your little elephant is just adorable, I love him!
Faith :)
Thank you Sarah, Wallace & Bob :) I'm definitely glad I didn't give up on them now :)
Faith
Awww thank you both for those lovely comments Dennis and George :)
It took me a while to get the wire shape pleasing, and both the same lol, and practice has definitely improved my bezel setting,...
Hi all,
By way of update I'm finally finished!!!
I ended up having to make a few saw cuts to extract the stone, and made two completely new settings, which seems to have taken forever as I've...
Hi Dennis,
Tourmaline and amethyst are my favourites, as I like the flower shapes, they're all really lovely though. Sounds like a really nice project too, earring making without the stress of...
Thanks Dennis, I wondered if wood might be the answer :)
Yeah I guess the size will be deceptive given the shape. I'm tempted to have a go myself at some point!
Faith
I must have missed this facet of maths, I had to google what a möbius was, and then make one out of paper I was so intrigued!
Just out of curiosity, how would you true it round? I assume you...
Hi Wendy and thankyou, the whole thing was embedded in thermoloc to set, which I figured would support and protect it all, but now you say that of course the dome was round and so could have twisted...
Ooo it probably was that you know Dennis, I'm pretty sure I did overheat the first one, and that's the broken one. I never quench tho at least, I sit poking things impatiently until they no longer...
That's lovely Theresa :)
Faith
Aww thanks Sarah, yeah it could definitely have been worse!
Thanks Theresa :) I didn't burr the hole no, I drilled right thru the dome, emeried both sides, balled the end of the wire, threaded it...
Thanks Dennis, that's a good shout about the wire position, further up would be fine :) Do you reckon the tube foot would be stronger than drilling the dome to solder? I liked the drilling idea just...
Thanks Dennis,
I will try that for sure as it's good practice even if I don't manage to save the dome this time.
I think I have changed my mind about the design too, I think I want integral...
Well not really, but I'm pretty sad right now.
Here lies my first attempt at dome setting:
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That little loop in the foreground had previously been attached, threaded through a hole...
Thanks Bob :)
Sorry Dennis, I didn't spot your block hiding in the corner, it looks similar doesn't it so I guess I was worried bout nothing. Big thanks for taking the photo specially for me too...
Hey talking Dennis :)
Oh no, am I the mug!?
See I don't like grease either, and my "workshop" would otherwise be an upstairs bedroom, heated well and (obviously) indoors. And all my tools,...
Well no ones talkin today, so I'll ask a really dumb question :)
I just treated myself to a disk cutter and steel doming block / punch set, not fancy, just cookies kinda standard ones. They've...