Ever the one to give myself ridiculous challenges I decided to mount this almost egg shaped rutile quartz. Having never riveted before I thought I'd share a few pics in case it all goes pete tong tomorrow. It's also my first time working with tube which i have to say got some eff's and jeff's trying to balance tube in an engineers square to cut, giving up and filing square by eye. (That's a mitre jig on the shopping list).
Anyway, following my love of constructed/mechanical stuff I threw this design together on the hoof. I had seen this way of trapping a stone and wanted to have a go myself. This is what developed. Just two rivets and remake that bale and it's good to go.
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