Unusual job on the bench today
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ecain63 said:
NeMiSiS said:
I hope your enforced lay-off was because you were on a Sun lounger pool-side and not a Hospital bed corridor-side.
Was neither actually. I was a naughty boy (not that bad) on here so got 7 days detention. Wrists slapped and lessons learned. Lol.Did just get my latest chemo results though. Somehow im still managing to surprise the doctors. The tumour is still shrinking after 6 sessions and the colorectal nurse thought the scan was post-op rather than post-chemo given how effective the treatments are for me. Hoping it's going to be done and dusted soon.
Cancer is a
and would not wish it on my worse enemy.
^^ We do lose stuff, but never anything worth worrying about.
If we drop bits of gold or platinum and it goes down into the carpet be hoover it out. If we lose diamonds or other stones in the carpet we hoover them out also. If it can't be hoovered out (melted into the fabric or fallen through the pile) then it gets recovered when the carpet is replaced and melted for scrap. Very little is wasted in this game.
How did you lose a starter motor?
If we drop bits of gold or platinum and it goes down into the carpet be hoover it out. If we lose diamonds or other stones in the carpet we hoover them out also. If it can't be hoovered out (melted into the fabric or fallen through the pile) then it gets recovered when the carpet is replaced and melted for scrap. Very little is wasted in this game.
How did you lose a starter motor?
ecain63 said:
Was neither actually. I was a naughty boy (not that bad) on here so got 7 days detention. Wrists slapped and lessons learned. Lol.
Did just get my latest chemo results though. Somehow im still managing to surprise the doctors. The tumour is still shrinking after 6 sessions and the colorectal nurse thought the scan was post-op rather than post-chemo given how effective the treatments are for me. Hoping it's going to be done and dusted soon.
glad to hear some positive news on your health; fingers crossed and all that...Did just get my latest chemo results though. Somehow im still managing to surprise the doctors. The tumour is still shrinking after 6 sessions and the colorectal nurse thought the scan was post-op rather than post-chemo given how effective the treatments are for me. Hoping it's going to be done and dusted soon.
just stumbled on this and read the whole lot beginning to end.
Strange reading about stuff on here and you forget that people have a life and jobs etc outside of PH, you think, "ah thats the C63 LSD chap" then find this, excellent excellent thread. Great stuff!
Awesome to hear the treatment is going well, long may it continue!
Strange reading about stuff on here and you forget that people have a life and jobs etc outside of PH, you think, "ah thats the C63 LSD chap" then find this, excellent excellent thread. Great stuff!
Awesome to hear the treatment is going well, long may it continue!
Back again!
So, this arrived a few days back: Actually, at first i doubted it's authenticity but a check over found it to be very much the real deal. Its a fraction on the yellow side and has some fluorescence but all in, for the size it's not a bad lump of rock. 9.87ct on the scale too!
And as you know, it's due to be set into this:
Excuse the lack of photo detail today, hopefully you'll get the gist.
I took a length of 18ct white gold wire and cut 8 x 10mm lengths from it. These were soldered at equal distances around the inside of the setting:
The wires are the claws. They get shaped and bent around the girdle of the stone:
The claws are trimmed to an equal length:
And then shaped / filed to the right profile:
Give it a polish and rhodium plating. Hey presto:
Hope it was worth the wait.
So, this arrived a few days back: Actually, at first i doubted it's authenticity but a check over found it to be very much the real deal. Its a fraction on the yellow side and has some fluorescence but all in, for the size it's not a bad lump of rock. 9.87ct on the scale too!
And as you know, it's due to be set into this:
Excuse the lack of photo detail today, hopefully you'll get the gist.
I took a length of 18ct white gold wire and cut 8 x 10mm lengths from it. These were soldered at equal distances around the inside of the setting:
The wires are the claws. They get shaped and bent around the girdle of the stone:
The claws are trimmed to an equal length:
And then shaped / filed to the right profile:
Give it a polish and rhodium plating. Hey presto:
Hope it was worth the wait.
HereBeMonsters said:
Bloody hell.
I was going to ask if you could do anything with the ring my missus stepped on and squashed (it was a fairly fragile design with lots of lattice-y type stuff), but I think the 12 tiny diamonds that added up to about a quarter of a carat would be beneath you!
I'm happy to assist if youre happy to let me work on it.I was going to ask if you could do anything with the ring my missus stepped on and squashed (it was a fairly fragile design with lots of lattice-y type stuff), but I think the 12 tiny diamonds that added up to about a quarter of a carat would be beneath you!
ali_kat said:
Is it wrong that I don't like that?
With a smaller diamond it would be beautiful, your work is fantastic, but it's just too big - unless she has really fat fingers?
Yes. You're a woman so you should be drooling over it.With a smaller diamond it would be beautiful, your work is fantastic, but it's just too big - unless she has really fat fingers?
They are your best friends afterall but that is for blondes not pinks.
It is an impressive thing but it is very big.
I can't imagine anyone ever wearing it out or is that daring to.
It does look bloody marvelous though and very impressive that you made it from scratch.
Edited by longshot on Thursday 3rd April 00:20
I was, till I saw the size of it! 
Diamond rings should be in proportion to the wearers finger, such as Liz Taylor's famous ring on,y actually suited her when she got old & fat. Until then, it looked like a child wearing a ring out of a Christmas cracker.
That ring is beautiful, the craftsmanship superb as I've said before. The stone however - well IMHO I'd have done something else with it. But then my skinny fingers haven't yet caught up with the rest of me
Diamond rings should be in proportion to the wearers finger, such as Liz Taylor's famous ring on,y actually suited her when she got old & fat. Until then, it looked like a child wearing a ring out of a Christmas cracker.
That ring is beautiful, the craftsmanship superb as I've said before. The stone however - well IMHO I'd have done something else with it. But then my skinny fingers haven't yet caught up with the rest of me
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