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Offline DustinDees

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knapping slow but steady - pic heavy
« on: July 08, 2009, 04:26:14 am »
i figure at the speed i knap posting every point i make as i finish them gets a bit redundant so here is my may 20th-now points minus 3 that are gravel now.












this is a simple wire wrap i picked up from a jewelers website the mahogany is my fiance's and the dacite is mine.







Dustin D
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Re: knapping slow but steady - pic heavy
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2009, 07:58:30 am »
You are coming along,those look perty good! If you want to learn wire wrapping,go to wally world and buy you a small set of round nose and some nippers.They also have some 20 ga wire.

Offline madcrow

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Re: knapping slow but steady - pic heavy
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2009, 08:03:12 am »
Those are looking nice.  I will be at wallyworld right behind you.  I need some wire.  I tried with some 18 - 20 gauge stainless welding wire.  It had too much spring to it.

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Re: knapping slow but steady - pic heavy
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2009, 08:26:58 am »
Looking good!
Greg

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Offline DustinDees

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Re: knapping slow but steady - pic heavy
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2009, 08:14:21 pm »
thank you guys. Timo thats funny, i work at wally world and thats exactly what i wrapped the last 2 with. i tried 4 other (harder) wraps before i tried this wrap. it was the easiest and looked the best IMO. thanks again guys.

Dustin D
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” – Epicurus
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's Relativit

Offline venisonburger

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Re: knapping slow but steady - pic heavy
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2009, 05:36:16 pm »
I've just been wrapping around the notch, I'll have to try the wrap you showed.
VB

Offline DustinDees

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Re: knapping slow but steady - pic heavy
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2009, 05:25:34 am »
Madcrow and Venisonburger to get the tutorial i used google "wire wrapped tutorial" and about the 3rd link should be to glitter glow beading, i think they are an advertised site so i didnt post the link. tons of great wire wrap tutorials for free there. i need to get some flat wound wire and try the cab wire wrap with prongs for some of the girls at work that want to buy em.
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” – Epicurus
Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's Relativit