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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 23:31:48 GMT -5
Holly molly I am so proud of this ring I am going to have to go buy a new hat. It would not have been possible without the assistance of Tommy (supplied the feather ridge nephrite) and Scott (furnished the Turkish purple jade). Thank you both. I have a new lady and we are already engaged to be friends (gave a ring a while back) but her big 50 is coming up the end of this week so I made her a special ring. I showed her the slabs to see what she thought of the color match and she loved it. Glued it up yesterday and made the ring tonight. I am pretty happy with the way it turned out. The slabs glued together.   Drilling.  The blank. I did not drill the center all the way through then ground the center out with the rotary.   Taadaa Drum roll please. I can be such an ass.    Thank you for putting up with me and my antics because I am having fun here. Jim |
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Post by rockjunquie on Aug 20, 2014 23:40:28 GMT -5
Very nice!!!! She'll love it! Go ahead and be proud, you deserve it.  |
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Post by snowmom on Aug 21, 2014 5:51:14 GMT -5
so nice! the pieces look great together. well done, she is gonna love it.
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Post by RockIt2Me on Aug 21, 2014 7:43:41 GMT -5
Outstanding!
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Post by rattlehead on Aug 21, 2014 14:10:34 GMT -5
That's awesome.
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Post by Sabre52 on Aug 21, 2014 15:07:01 GMT -5
Wow! That ring is a stunner Jim!.......Mel
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Post by Pat on Aug 21, 2014 16:20:48 GMT -5
That's a winner for sure!
Jim, what do you do with all those little cores? I keep mine. They could make good matching earrings.....
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Post by Tom on Aug 21, 2014 21:51:50 GMT -5
That is a nice ring
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Post by orrum on Aug 22, 2014 5:30:58 GMT -5
Whoohoo congrats on da lady friend! Must be very special to get that super nice ring! U r a lucky man Jim!
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Post by tkvancil on Aug 22, 2014 9:11:29 GMT -5
Very nice ring. An inspirational piece ... you should be proud!
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Post by drocknut on Aug 22, 2014 9:53:29 GMT -5
Very nice indeed, she will love it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2014 16:15:52 GMT -5
I have to go to Turkey to get the purple jade. Dude wont do escrow. Frack.
Nice ring Mr. Jim!
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you are welcome.
yeah, you should slab and cab the center cuts!
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Post by Fossilman on Aug 23, 2014 15:51:26 GMT -5
Awesome Jim...
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Post by Pat on Aug 24, 2014 10:00:20 GMT -5
@wampidy what kind of glue do you use? I'd like to try that.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 10:53:34 GMT -5
@wampidy what kind of glue do you use? I'd like to try that. The first attempt I used Hxtal with bad results. It takes so long to set up that some of it ran out and left voids. Flatter slabs may work better but I did not want to take the chance with the Hxtal again. The only dries clear epoxy at Ace hardware is Devcon Home 5 minute epoxy so I gave it a shot. It seems to hold real good and I had no voids this time because of the thicker glue I have the means now to flatten the slabs better. Not perfect (100 diamond flat lap I bought has higher diamond at the edge and center) so I need to find a flat lap with no hole and diamond all the way across. Jim |
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Post by Tom on Aug 24, 2014 11:54:41 GMT -5
I don't think you could go wrong epoxy 330, I have glued slabs together for doublets and triplets and its always worked well. Drys clear and seems to stay that way too. Tom's humble opinion:)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 19:10:35 GMT -5
@wampidy what kind of glue do you use? I'd like to try that. The first attempt I used Hxtal with bad results. It takes so long to set up that some of it ran out and left voids. Flatter slabs may work better but I did not want to take the chance with the Hxtal again. The only dries clear epoxy at Ace hardware is Devcon Home 5 minute epoxy so I gave it a shot. It seems to hold real good and I had no voids this time because of the thicker glue I have the means now to flatten the slabs better. Not perfect (100 diamond flat lap I bought has higher diamond at the edge and center) so I need to find a flat lap with no hole and diamond all the way across. Jim |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2014 8:24:46 GMT -5
Thanks all.
Sorry about the multiple post. RTH was not working so I ended up trying many times not knowing that each one was going out. lol
Tom, I knew there was a better choice out there but I needed something right away. I had plans a while back to get the 330 but never got around to it. Thanks for the reminder.
Jim
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Post by Tommy on Aug 25, 2014 10:24:29 GMT -5
It would not have been possible without the assistance of Tommy (supplied the feather ridge nephrite) and Scott (furnished the Turkish purple jade). Thank you both. You're welcome Jim! - sorry I'm late to the party I just found this post. That's a real nice ring! It's Feather River not that it matters much. If I wasn't already spread way too thin in this hobby I think I could find a new obsession in core cutting. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2014 12:07:58 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up on the name Tommy. I still have two pieces left that will make 2 or 3 more rings depending on how many layers I use it on.
I did make one huge error on this ring. The word being huge. My friend tried it on and it looked like she had a boulder stuck on her hand. I am going to grind it down way thinner and if that isn't enough I have three choices. 1. I can take some off of both ends. 2. I can take one end off. 3. I can cut it in half so she has two in case one breaks. It is pretty tough rock so I do not see it breaking unless I get it way too thin.
Jim
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