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« Reply #30 on: September 29, 2009, 11:41:02 am » |
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Bob, I really like the way you use the template. I feel a need for balance, but not neccesary symmetry, the stone and its pattern gives it balance, but now your use of the templates gives me something else to think about. And Mark, I am learning to be only smart enough at work, and maybe smarter at home (not so sure about the home part). It's not early senility, but oldtimers disease!
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Dave
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« Reply #31 on: November 15, 2009, 07:41:07 pm » |
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OK, so I'm a bit slow finding this thread....... But, as a newbie, this has been really helpful and interesting. Seeing the pics from rough to finished is great.
Did someone mention a claw shape? I thought I read it but scrolling through now I can't see it.....I'd love to see that shape, I just can't picture it....
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Mark
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« Reply #32 on: November 19, 2009, 09:51:21 am » |
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Hi Tracy. I love claw shaped cabs and do them often. I have a template with something close to a claw and sometimes i just take a curve off of some template shape and use it to sorta free form a claw. Sometimes something breaks and all that is left is enough cab for a claw, so that's what i end up with, and usually i like it more than what i started with. Here's various claws. The last pic has a variety of template shapes, the bottom one is the claw. I usually end up with a pointier and more cuvry claw than the template suggests, by grinding more of a curve and point through the template lines on the preform.
Mark
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« Reply #33 on: November 19, 2009, 11:45:10 am » |
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Love those claws:) Love those stones:) Love those patterns:)
Love it, Love it:)
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ScarlettOSara (Darlin) ok ok ok Sara:)
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