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Post by liveoak on May 28, 2022 16:27:18 GMT -5
OK, I get it, but maybe you should only add 2 or 3 bolos to your inventory, vs 300 , and see how they fly :-) Variety is never a bad thing.
Patty
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Post by jasoninsd on May 28, 2022 16:30:19 GMT -5
OK, I get it, but maybe you should only add 2 or 3 bolos to your inventory, vs 300 , and see how they fly :-) Variety is never a bad thing. Patty I totally agree. I do however tend to overdo things...so it wouldn't have been out of the question for me to have closer to 300! LOL It's too late for the show this time...but I do plan on getting some into the inventory at some point.
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Post by jasoninsd on May 28, 2022 22:07:24 GMT -5
Here's the ones I finished up today. I reworked the turquoise one. I felt the stone was too thick...so I cut it basically in half (carefully!) on the trim saw. I hadn't wanted to use the prongs, so I had the stone thick enough to be as high as the prongs. It really looked too bulky. Now that I've redone it, I actually like the look of the prongs holding the stones. LOL Gold Tiger Eye Teepee Canyon Agate Crazy Lace Agate on the last three The last picture shows the slices I took off the 3rd and 4th cabs...they're 2.04mm thick! I used one of them in the 5th buckle. The other one's waiting to get done...pretty much a flat face as there's no dome to speak of...
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2022 23:19:58 GMT -5
jasoninsdYou did a really great job as usual Jason! Thanks for showing the “outtake” of your broken one, showing some of the reality of things and not just the nice shots! Enjoyed the title lol!
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Post by jasoninsd on May 28, 2022 23:28:31 GMT -5
jasoninsd You did a really great job as usual Jason! Thanks for showing the “outtake” of your broken one, showing some of the reality of things and not just the nice shots! Enjoyed the title lol! Thanks Ashley! I thought about tagging you when I posted the pictures a little bit ago. I wanted you to see what a trim saw with a fence is capable of doing (the last pic I posted). In your other thread, I think someone had mentioned their trim saw wasn't precise. I thought getting 2mm evenly thick cuts off an already worked cab was pretty precise. I went slow and was very careful. I'm definitely not meaning this in a bragging way...I just wanted you to see what a trim saw "can" do...
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Post by fernwood on May 29, 2022 7:13:41 GMT -5
Great re-work. I think, originally, the buckles with the round settings were meant for coins. Putting flats in them makes a whole lot of sense. It appears your flats are about the thickness of a quarter, right?
BTW. I love the Tigers Eye one. The double setting is awesome.
I have a couple of vintage belt buckles that were designed for a silver dollar. Some day, I will put a flat rock in them. Just not today, lol.
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Post by jasoninsd on May 29, 2022 7:20:00 GMT -5
Great re-work. I think, originally, the buckles with the round settings were meant for coins. Putting flats in them makes a whole lot of sense. It appears your flats are about the thickness of a quarter, right? BTW. I love the Tigers Eye one. The double setting is awesome. I have a couple of vintage belt buckles that were designed for a silver dollar. Some day, I will put a flat rock in them. Just not today, lol. Thanks Beth! Each one of my round buckles was made for a silver dollar also. I think those slices I took off are slightly thicker than a quarter...not by much. The slices are right at 2mm thick. The "tops" that I took them off of, are thicker than that. When I saw the slices were uniform in thickness, I thought might as well use them in the other buckles! I wasn't going to at first...but waste not, want not! LOL - I figured if they could hold up to the pressure from working them, they'd do okay in the buckle. They're supposed to be "Sunday best" buckles and not daily wear buckles...so they shouldn't get exposed to any abuse...
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Post by fernwood on May 29, 2022 7:27:46 GMT -5
A fun story about a belt buckle. My husband and I were purchasing Christmas presents for relative in WI when we lived in AZ. At the Gallup, NM flea market, we found a beautiful, sterling belt buckle with his Grandpa's last name on it. The buckle had an inlay of turquoise and red coral chips of the name. The name was Hardy. The seller said that Hardy was a common name in the area. He had made the buckle a couple years prior, but it had not sold. We told him about my husband's grandpa. He sold us the buckle for half price. Grandpa Hardy loved it. He always wore a belt with his pants. By this time he was becoming frail. Every time we saw him, he proudly was wearing a belt with that buckle.
You are making buckles that will hopefully be appreciated as much as the one we gave Grandpa hardy.
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Post by jasoninsd on May 29, 2022 7:32:12 GMT -5
A fun story about a belt buckle. My husband and I were purchasing Christmas presents for relative in WI when we lived in AZ. At the Gallup, NM flea market, we found a beautiful, sterling belt buckle with his Grandpa's last name on it. The buckle had an inlay of turquoise and red coral chips of the name. The name was Hardy. The seller said that Hardy was a common name in the area. He had made the buckle a couple years prior, but it had not sold. We told him about my husband's grandpa. He sold us the buckle for half price. Grandpa Hardy loved it. He always wore a belt with his pants. By this time he was becoming frail. Every time we saw him, he proudly was wearing a belt with that buckle. You are making buckles that will hopefully be appreciated as much as the one we gave Grandpa hardy. Thanks for sharing that story Beth. There's no doubt he had to have been SO proud of that buckle! I said to Tommy I'd like to get better blanks...then maybe they'd be someone's heirloom someday.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2022 7:48:16 GMT -5
jasoninsd You did a really great job as usual Jason! Thanks for showing the “outtake” of your broken one, showing some of the reality of things and not just the nice shots! Enjoyed the title lol! Thanks Ashley! I thought about tagging you when I posted the pictures a little bit ago. I wanted you to see what a trim saw with a fence is capable of doing (the last pic I posted). In your other thread, I think someone had mentioned their trim saw wasn't precise. I thought getting 2mm evenly thick cuts off an already worked cab was pretty precise. I went slow and was very careful. I'm definitely not meaning this in a bragging way...I just wanted you to see what a trim saw "can" do... Thank you Jason. That is pretty precise!
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Post by jasoninsd on May 29, 2022 12:04:18 GMT -5
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Post by dshanpnw on May 29, 2022 15:11:01 GMT -5
Good luck at the show. I really like the blue/gold tiger's eye and the crazy lace, they're perfect! I'm using a bolo tie as my practice piece for getting the cabs just right. Once I get the hang of it, I plan on getting serious about making good bolo ties. Thanks for sharing your excellent buckles.
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Post by aDave on May 29, 2022 17:38:53 GMT -5
Those are great jasoninsd. I'm sure you're planning to, but please take photos of your show set up. I'm sure the display will be great, but it will be neat to see how it evolves.
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Post by jasoninsd on May 29, 2022 17:45:19 GMT -5
Good luck at the show. I really like the blue/gold tiger's eye and the crazy lace, they're perfect! I'm using a bolo tie as my practice piece for getting the cabs just right. Once I get the hang of it, I plan on getting serious about making good bolo ties. Thanks for sharing your excellent buckles. Thank you so much! That particular Crazy Lace really worked with the silver, gold, and turquoise colors in the buckles...way better than I thought it would. I'll be watching for pics of your bolos. Those are great jasoninsd . I'm sure you're planning to, but please take photos of your show set up. I'm sure the display will be great, but it will be neat to see how it evolves. Thanks Dave! I am planning on taking pics at the show...and I'm sure I'll be open to a lot of "you know what you should have done" comments. LOL
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Post by liveoak on May 30, 2022 7:58:53 GMT -5
I'd be curious to see a photo of your trim saw & fence jasoninsd that you were able to cut those so thin & precise. Sounds interesting, Patty
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Post by jasoninsd on May 30, 2022 8:23:22 GMT -5
I'd be curious to see a photo of your trim saw & fence jasoninsd that you were able to cut those so thin & precise. Sounds interesting, Patty Here are pics of the cheap 7" tile saw still setup from when I made those cuts. It has a very thin...and cheap...blade from eBay. The key for making those thin cuts, was slowly rotating the circle against the blade to make the initial "score" around the circumference. Once I got the cut about a millimeter deep, I could apply more pressure. Had I not done it that way, the blade would have tweaked outward giving me a wedge cut....and the blade is spinning "true" - which I made sure it was before making the cuts.
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Post by liveoak on May 30, 2022 9:05:10 GMT -5
Excellent Jason thanks for the photo & the tip. I have one of those cheap tile saws, need to look what kind of blade I have for it. Looks like in a pinch, it was pretty useful to have around.
Patty
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Post by jasoninsd on May 30, 2022 9:16:57 GMT -5
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Post by liveoak on May 30, 2022 9:44:57 GMT -5
Thanks Jason, I bookmarked it so I can investigate further. Don't think my husband would let me get away with gluing the bushing :-) Glad it worked for you.
Patty
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Post by Rockoonz on May 30, 2022 10:35:02 GMT -5
jasoninsd liveoak THK tools has been my source for drills and carving burrs for years, very happy with what they sell. My doublet and triplet teacher would take a piece of Spencer opal with 2 fire bands, grind to the fire and back both sides, then split it by the rotation method to get 2 backed opals on a genie trim saw adaptor. Elizabeth can hand cut like that too. I try that and get a hack job mess.
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