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Well, I finally got around to designing the necklace for those Fossil Walrus stones I polished out several months ago. All the stones come from the same tusk piece in order to maintain color integrity. This is a scan of the full necklace................  This is a scan of the 7 stones............  This is a scan of the center 3 stones.........  Finally finished out the earrings for the necklace..................  I found that the hardest part of this assembly was soldering all the connecting jump rings together. Things don't always move the way you want them to!  ......In an attempt to make the earrings to match the necklace I trashed one of the stones......D'OH........  .....now I have to cut and polish a pair of stones for that.............and post them here when they're completed......but it's cold outside so it might take a bit waiting for a somewhat warm day....... The good part is that the one that survived is now a pendant........  |
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mirkaba
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2010, 03:51:56 pm » |
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Really nice Steve!!! Well matched Ivory. Made me think of my Elk Ivories though......What solder do you use on your jump rings? Have you ever tried the solder core jump rings?
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Bob
Gathering dust in Montana.
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hulagrub
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« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2010, 05:48:12 pm » |
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Double wow!
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Steve
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« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2010, 05:48:27 pm » |
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Really nice Steve!!! Well matched Ivory. Made me think of my Elk Ivories though......What solder do you use on your jump rings? Have you ever tried the solder core jump rings?
I used a syringe solder (flux/solder mixture) probably rated at 'easy'........ I've got several of those ivory elk teeth....just haven't figured out what to do with them............. Thankx for the complements all............. |
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mirkaba
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« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2010, 06:25:46 pm » |
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I cringe at the thought of soldering jump rings. I have been using easy wire solder and still mess up 30-40 percent of the time..................
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Bob
Gathering dust in Montana.
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Steve
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« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2010, 06:35:28 pm » |
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I cringe at the thought of soldering jump rings. I have been using easy wire solder and still mess up 30-40 percent of the time..................
I've found that wire solder for this just melts too much solder and leaves a small blob of solder. With the syringe I'm able to squeeze out a bit of solution onto an exacto knife tip and place it at joint after I've heated it, then torch it until it flows into the joint. For me that works good.............. |
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« Reply #7 on: December 03, 2010, 07:04:55 pm » |
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I have made a fair number of rings, and paste solder from a syringe is good. But I have found that the best in several ways, including easiest and quickest to do, is Argentium The Argentium wire fuses beautifully. It is as if it WANTS to be fused and each side goes to the other. This is different from fine silver where the ends tend to pull away from each other and not fuse. It still takes a long time to cut the rings, match the ends, etc but you might give it a try.
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Stay healthy in 2011. . . . and don't forget to eat some dark chocolate! Gregor |
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christopherl1234
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« Reply #8 on: December 03, 2010, 10:20:44 pm » |
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As always I just love your work. How did you get that texture on the silver?
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Taogem
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« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2010, 01:06:19 am » |
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Wow Steve !  Really exceptional !! |
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Rockoteer
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« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2010, 01:33:46 am » |
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Real nice Steve.
TOG
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-Gary
Of all the things I've lost..I miss my mind the most.
Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're probably right.
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ScarlettoSara
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« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2010, 09:29:49 am » |
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I bow my head to your excellence:)
This is one fantastic necklace. Love all the different elements.
As a whole they are extraordinarily fine:)
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"I tramp a perpetual journey.”
― Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
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Steve
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« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2010, 11:48:56 am » |
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As always I just love your work. How did you get that texture on the silver?
I used an Dremel electric engraving pencil to do the texturing.................... |
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tandl
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« Reply #13 on: December 04, 2010, 02:47:27 pm » |
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That is very nice ! I find some large bison teeth ocassionally ,here .
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christopherl1234
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« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2010, 07:55:07 pm » |
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I used an Dremel electric engraving pencil to do the texturing....................
That must have been a tremendous amount of work! |
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