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Post by melhill1659 on Feb 19, 2019 9:10:30 GMT -5
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Feb 19, 2019 9:45:05 GMT -5
Is the break straight enough to work in a piece of silver in and make it looked planned as you have the main dividing piece on a diagonal already
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Post by melhill1659 on Feb 19, 2019 9:50:41 GMT -5
Is the break straight enough to work in a piece of silver in and make it looked planned as you have the main dividing piece on a diagonal already I have some thick rectangle silver, let me try that and see if it’s thick enough.
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Post by toiv0 on Feb 19, 2019 10:12:34 GMT -5
Yep my suggestion also with the silver. If that doesn't look right shape a small stone, grind the chipped out put in a patch with silver around it.
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Post by melhill1659 on Feb 19, 2019 10:17:41 GMT -5
Yep my suggestion also with the silver. If that doesn't look right shape a small stone, grind the chipped out put in a patch with silver around it. Those were my two thoughts as well.
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Feb 19, 2019 10:19:11 GMT -5
Chris an I are applying to the Craftsman’s Guild of Mississippi tomorrow! Mel I don't have anything helpful to add from a design element but I just wanted to say that this ^^^ alone is so badass. good luck and good thoughts coming your way.
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Post by melhill1659 on Feb 19, 2019 10:23:35 GMT -5
Chris an I are applying to the Craftsman’s Guild of Mississippi tomorrow! Mel I don't have anything helpful to add from a design element but I just wanted to say that this ^^^ alone is so badass. good luck and good thoughts coming your way. Thank You Tommy! First time making my own feathers, soldering overlay, making hinges an a catch oh and tube settings 😂😂 this piece has been one huge learning curb omg
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zarguy
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Post by zarguy on Feb 19, 2019 10:28:19 GMT -5
melhill1659 - Do you have the little piece that chipped out? If so, you could glue it back in and touch up that stone on the high grit wheels, then polish. Good luck with the Guild! BTW, what's the stone that broke? Lynn
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Post by opalpyrexia on Feb 19, 2019 10:37:14 GMT -5
Is the break straight enough to work in a piece of silver in and make it looked planned as you have the main dividing piece on a diagonal already I have some thick rectangle silver, let me try that and see if it’s thick enough.
I think that this may be what @wwfence is suggesting. Take the piece that fell out and carefully — in the plane of the visible separation break with the rest of the stone — use a flat lap to remove enough material to match the thickness of a small piece of silver sheet to form a separation line. Glue them together and fit it by thinning the silver until the combination fits. Then glue it in.
Sounds easier than reality, but it should work.
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Post by melhill1659 on Feb 19, 2019 10:38:31 GMT -5
melhill1659 - Do you have the little piece that chipped out? If so, you could glue it back in and touch up that stone on the high grit wheels, then polish. Good luck with the Guild! BTW, what's the stone that broke? Lynn I can’t find the piece that broke!!! Thank You It’s Willow Creek.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 19, 2019 12:25:10 GMT -5
This might sound stupid, but have you tried to remove it and cut another? It's gorgeous BTW!
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Post by lpl on Feb 19, 2019 13:00:15 GMT -5
My initial thought was to put a piece of silver in there, but now I'm thinking that rockjunquie might be right, especially given it's a juried panel that is going to go over it. I don't know the logistics of removing the broken piece though and that may prove impossible. It is an amazing piece of work regardless!
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Post by Pat on Feb 19, 2019 14:20:35 GMT -5
Beautiful work! Lots of processes going on.
Good luck with the issue and the application.
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Post by accidentalrockhound on Feb 19, 2019 17:52:47 GMT -5
How about a piece of turquoise. A color that compliments almost anything .if not recur the entire stone. Very nice work and good luck.
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 19, 2019 19:34:33 GMT -5
Dang, Mel, so sorry that happened to you. It's beautiful.
Good luck on whichever way you decide to go on it.
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Kai
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Post by Kai on Feb 20, 2019 14:29:59 GMT -5
So er... uh... how did this go to end? (sorry but I'm really curious what became of that broken part!)
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Post by melhill1659 on Feb 25, 2019 19:16:47 GMT -5
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