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    Quote Originally Posted by Matheus View Post
    I heat alum solution on microwave to grow my own alum crystals.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matheus View Post
    I heat alum solution on microwave to grow my own alum crystals.
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    Someday I'll reach perfection when I grow a perfect transparent single cristal the size of a omega stone.
    That's pretty cool Matheus.
    What's your base solution?
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    Nothing fancy, saturated solution of alum salt on distilled water.
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    Quote Originally Posted by engine46 View Post
    Funny, I was on eBay the other day & found some scales by a seller that sells straights & scales but all of a sudden, he is selling these now. I'm not saying he is copying me because I'm sure there have been some who have made some like my cocobolo scales before but he just started selling these now!

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    He's been selling straights & scales for quite awhile now. It just seems funny he is suddenly selling some very similar to the ones I made. I took a pic of his the other day now I couldn't find them so I took a pic of his again. Gee, I think I have a patent for them here somewhere's.............
    How many different shapes/variations of scales are there?

    I think both of them are to bulky looking.

    Just my opinion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 32t View Post
    How many different shapes/variations of scales are there?

    I think both of them are to bulky looking.

    Just my opinion.
    I keep tellin' them; THIN 'Em OUT! You buy them books and send them to school.

    They eat the covers off the books!


    (And some wonder why I don't make scales! )
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    I rest my case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 32t View Post
    How many different shapes/variations of scales are there?

    I think both of them are to bulky looking.

    Just my opinion.
    Everyones entitled to their opinions & I haven't even started sanding mine down yet. That's just from the belt sander what you see so far!
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeB52 View Post
    Microwaves are not good for heating up chemicals, or curing things. Use a toaster oven or heat lamp or something. Microwaves work by exciting molecules not by radiant heating elements. You would generate extreme hot spots in your mix that would ruin your project before the temperature balanced throughout.
    They (microwave ovens) are good for reheating food and making popcorn only.
    Ergh, I forgot quotes. That was directly from the instructions and they mentioned the oven. I am very aware of a microwaves limitations, I usually will just eat leftovers cold instead of dealing with them. I'm just slightly annoyed my storage solution for the mold didn't pan out. Thinking of doing a double boiler over low heat with the mold, but I'm going to cut it in half so I have separate molds for my two scale styles and hopefully be able to remove them from the photo box without damaging them. This way I can still use it for storage, but remove them for heating and casting the resin.
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    Speaking of clunky, This ones almost ripe for a do over. Was my very first blade up restore and by my eye today, looks ungainly and is twice the weight of my other blades.
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    I think I can replace the tricetras with something I can burn right into the blackthorn with the laser, fill in those symbols with 24k and thin everything by half and rebuild it.
    Basically keep it the same, but more refined.
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    Hi, people. Today the guy who cut xiloteque samples told me there are some new blocks if i want them. Anybody is interested?
    I do not know what kind of wood these samples are yet, but probably there is some redwood and brazilian walnut (the most common). These samples were primarily intended for a xilotheque, and have approx. 250X50X50 mm.
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    I'd be down for a few of each Matheus.

    Never tried redwood and always love walnut..
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