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Post by liveoak on Apr 13, 2022 11:13:40 GMT -5
Thought I'd show a couple that I made awhile back now, as I just stumbled upon the photo & reminded myself how much I liked that one.
I made it for my sister's birthday, she's a school teacher with sometimes unruly kids and she gives them " time out" .
I've seen hourglass pendants on the internet for sale, but none like mine, which is suspended by little sliding yokes on 2 of the pillars, which allow you to flip the hourglass over and start a new time out, without taking it off your neck.
The ends are approx 1" and it's a little over 2" long.
And it's all copper & brass.
I made one for her, and one for me :-)
Thanks for looking . Patty
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Post by jasoninsd on Apr 13, 2022 16:06:18 GMT -5
Patty, those are as awesome looking as they are ingenious! That sliding yolk design really is very clever!!
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Post by liveoak on Apr 13, 2022 17:53:18 GMT -5
Thanks jasoninsd, it was fun to make & a challenge to work out. I specifically like making things that move , makes it more interesting.
Patty
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Apr 13, 2022 18:19:53 GMT -5
Patty that's very cool! Where did you get the little hourglass?
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Post by liveoak on Apr 13, 2022 18:24:15 GMT -5
I believe I got them on e-bay as a 12 pack.
Want one ?? :-)
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Post by MsAli on Apr 13, 2022 18:36:38 GMT -5
Those are really cool!
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Post by liveoak on Apr 13, 2022 19:45:34 GMT -5
Thank you @msali :-)
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Apr 13, 2022 19:54:05 GMT -5
I believe I got them on e-bay as a 12 pack.
Want one ?? :-)
Thanks, but no. I've never looked for them and didn't know you could buy them. I was just curious.
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Post by fernwood on Apr 15, 2022 6:01:06 GMT -5
So cute. Where did you get the hour glasses from?
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Post by liveoak on Apr 15, 2022 6:47:14 GMT -5
My husband, Tom has this thing, he challenges me to try and make something.
And then of course I have to figure it out.
This one was a challenge to work out & he had to help source some of the components, from McMaster Carr.
It actually has small threaded brass rods, hidden under the tubing sleeves, and rounded acorn nuts on the end to bolt it all together.
The end plates have a finish on them, that is a technique he taught me years ago, that machinists use, it's called "engine turning" . I've always liked that. I actually do it with a small round abrasive and a drill press. It comes out looking like fish scales, if you do it right.
Of course, all the individual pieces had to be precise to fit all together & work.
Making small things is certainly more difficult than big ones , at least I find.
I tried to find those hour glass inserts on ebay, but I can't seem to find them anymore.
They are glass though - plastic wouldn't do.
Anyway, thanks for looking .
It was a fun project.
Patty
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Post by Tommy on May 5, 2022 13:07:00 GMT -5
Very cool creations Patty! Sorry I didn't see this sooner!
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Post by rockjunquie on May 5, 2022 15:56:18 GMT -5
I could have sworn I commented on these when you posted them. Must be one of those times that I forgot to hit create post! DOH!
These are very ingenious, but what really impresses me is the quality of your work"man"ship. Very well done! Not only beautiful but useful, too.
We play board games. I have several hourglasses with different times. This is a great solution for using them often.
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Post by liveoak on May 6, 2022 6:17:13 GMT -5
Tela I never thought of board game use - in our house we play Scrabble & I don't think I could come up with a word in a minute, so I'm not telling anyone else your suggestion :-)
The problem with my pendants - they took way too long to make, so to put any kind of reasonable price on to sell is impossible. But I had fun making them & learned things in doing it & that's all that counts
Patty
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Post by rockjunquie on May 6, 2022 6:20:43 GMT -5
Tela I never thought of board game use - in our house we play Scrabble & I don't think I could come up with a word in a minute, so I'm not telling anyone else your suggestion :-)
The problem with my pendants - they took way too long to make, so to put any kind of reasonable price on to sell is impossible. But I had fun making them & learned things in doing it & that's all that counts
Patty
We play Scrabble and Upwords. Upwords is my fav. We have a 3 minute timer for that. We only whip them out when someone is seriously taking too long.
I can see that they would be time intensive to make. I love how you mounted the stones on top with the tab setting.
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Post by liveoak on May 6, 2022 6:29:20 GMT -5
I have to look into Upwords never played that one. Thanks for the tip.
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Post by jamesp on May 9, 2022 18:37:37 GMT -5
Ingenious pendant Patty. I love the industrial look of them. Mixed metals rock. Gives a nautical look too. That went together without solder and then topped with micro-engine turning to boot. Clean scratch free work. Well done.
More to come !
And great photo.
Jim
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Post by liveoak on May 10, 2022 6:08:21 GMT -5
It was a fun one & I thought something different for show & tell :-)
Patty
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Post by jamesp on May 10, 2022 8:18:11 GMT -5
It was a fun one & I thought something different for show & tell :-)
Patty
When scrap metal hunting I grabbed up a lot of copper/brass/german silver/nickel/etc and tinkered with metal smithing due to scheduled ankle surgery that kept me in a wheel chair for an extended period. I had a good time with making funky jewelry. Various home modified hammers and custom anvils were also fun to make. The melted stuff was done with a plasma cutter. Old silver plated plates make a great source of really high grade malleable sheet stock. The base metal was high grade coppers and colored brass alloys, german silver alloys, etc. Rogers was one of the high end manufacturers of that silverplate, some of it 100 years old. I found a whole stack of Nazi German silver trays with the insignia on them(I trashed the insignia's !) People were just tossing silver plate wares. Please don't laugh at the prototypes Believe it or not I had quite good sales success selling some of this stuff at funky urban consignments and collectives specializing in Sci Fi, Steampunk, Industrial, etc themes. Even a funky music bar in Sacramento had me sending a dozen pieces a week. After graduating from the two 5 month wheelchair stints I didn't want to sit down forever again. www.flickr.com/photos/67205364@N06/albums/72157629994994395/page1
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Post by liveoak on May 10, 2022 8:50:20 GMT -5
No laughing at all - looks like you were having fun.
And with the Atlanta market potential, I'm not surprised you sold them.
I always think jewelry is best sold in person.
I mostly use copper, and dabble in numerous mediums -
traditional bezel set stones, enameling, etching, forming, and even machine (lathe) made aluminum that I'm learning to anodize without battery acid. So keeps me busy & happy most of the time.
Here's a link to my outdated website - haven't updated it in a couple of years, but you can see some of the pieces I've made.
Patty
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Post by jamesp on May 10, 2022 9:04:20 GMT -5
To explore the 50' wide creek further up and down the creek the drone is going today. 50 feet is a wide enough gap to fly up the creek between the trees to say 10 to 20 feet above the creek for inspection. And fresh aerial views to see possible ground exposures within a few miles of the site. Getting so high tech lol
(Oops, posted this in the wrong place, please forgive Patty)
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