The should be done Tuesday, but it will take a few days to photograph them and get them each added to the site, so I am guessing if all goes well Thursday or Friday.
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The should be done Tuesday, but it will take a few days to photograph them and get them each added to the site, so I am guessing if all goes well Thursday or Friday.
i was showing my grandaughter my tank she just loves it she say i wonder if she makes cuff bracelets an rings like that
We actually made 12 pendants when we made the very first batch of tanks... Just never got a chance to photograph them and get them on the site. Now we are a short a few as I broke one (they are not Pyrex) and gave a few as Christmas gifts!
Those look great moorea, and I love the site's graphics change! It's hard to tell what the patterns are though .... are they anything specific, or random?
yea the website looks really nice!!!!!! yea she want a cuff bracelet with leezards hahhaha
Mostly just random lines X's etc. These have posed a new challenge in photographing. It looks like they require a huge amount of light. However with that much lighting the camera is picking up dust and stuff that is not visible with the naked eye... When I look at them they are clean and shiny, but when photographed with enough light they look like something that I would not buy!
This is what I am seeing when the picture is at full size:
I guess it isn't that bad when the picture gets scaled down though.
But I swear that dust is not there, the tanks and caps are polished and perfect looking! Like all the other pictures we will work on it and find a way to get better photos.
I thought the one in the middle looked like it had little Hopi men or something ..... LOL That's why I asked, to make sure I'm not hallucinating.
That is why I don't let anyone take a close up picture!!! All the cracks and crevices show up!!!
Nope nothing intricate, just lines mostly. We are saving the intricate stuff for the sand blasting!
So if I understand this correctly.. You are making vinyl stickers to place on the tank, blast them and then remove the sticker? If that's how you do it can you take any vector image and turn it into a blasting template?
Moorea - you said some of the new tanks were "black fleck" or "black gold fleck" ..... is that different from the gold-fleck I already have?
Sorry for delayed responses I was watching Real Steal with my son. Surprisingly, although it was predictable it wasn't so bad!
Sounds like you understand perfectly and yes, we should be able to. I will know more and share more with you once we purchase the printer and I explore different program options. But you have to keep in mind, the very tiny size of the tanks might limit what designs can go on it. I promise however I will keep posting as we we move forward!
Yes, it is the black gold fleck you have!
Sounds like you understand perfectly and yes, we should be able to. I will know more and share more with you once we purchase the printer and I explore different program options. But you have to keep in mind, the very tiny size of the tanks might limit what designs can go on it. I promise however I will keep posting as we we move forward!
Yes, it is the black gold fleck you have!
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I watched that movie with daughter a few days ago. Cute, a little sappy ..... but a good kids movie. 
Ok - I thought there was a NEW type of gold fleck coming out! LOL
Gotta run to bed .... night all!
Ok - I thought there was a NEW type of gold fleck coming out! LOL
Gotta run to bed .... night all!
Exactly! But I think we will lose even more detail due to how very tiny these tanks are. In other words a design that is fairly detailed in terms of sand blasting would work fine on a large Pyrex dish, but when scaled down to our tiny tank... you would lose most of that detail. Any time you scale down a large design you lose detail. What I had in mind for the sand blasting was mostly the things you mentioned. Lettering was on the top of my list and why I'm most excited about it. But as I said in other posts tribal designs should be awesome, as well as simple lizards, silhouette and profiles, moon and star designs ect. Now if someone wants to do a portrait of their dog and include every hair that obviously will not work.
When I say this process will allow more detail, I am referring to far more detail then the glass blowing allows. As to how much we will just have to see!
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Hi guys .... I'm back (can't sleep).
I think Tribal would be cool! I love tribal tatoo designs ..... those would translate easily, no?
I think Tribal would be cool! I love tribal tatoo designs ..... those would translate easily, no?
Yes, tribal will work just fine!
Why can't you sleep, too excited about your expected package tomorrow?
Why can't you sleep, too excited about your expected package tomorrow?
I thought you knew! LOL I've had insomnia since '94 .... they give me all kinds of stuff (trazadone is this year's offering) but nothing really helps. If I can't fall asleep, lying in bed just p's me off, so I get up and do stuff. If I'm not asleep by about 3, I just stay up. (I have to be up at 5:30 to get daughter up at 6 for school)
And yes - I am excited!! LOL
And yes - I am excited!! LOL
I knew about the insomnia... I was just thinking you might also be excited to get your GLV!
It is interesting that it started it 94'. I've had insomnia for as long as I can remember, probably dating back to my very early early teen years if not earlier. I never realized it was something that could just happen later in life. I've never tried anything for it however. I have a very stupid phobia of about taking something that will force me to sleep, I get worried that if I need to wake up I won't. I usually end up watching TV or messing around on the computer or often both. My insomnia is probably why I watch way too many TV series! It works out well for me however, because if you are going to do something that will bring down a customers website for a few hours it is always better to do so in the middle of the night!
It is interesting that it started it 94'. I've had insomnia for as long as I can remember, probably dating back to my very early early teen years if not earlier. I never realized it was something that could just happen later in life. I've never tried anything for it however. I have a very stupid phobia of about taking something that will force me to sleep, I get worried that if I need to wake up I won't. I usually end up watching TV or messing around on the computer or often both. My insomnia is probably why I watch way too many TV series! It works out well for me however, because if you are going to do something that will bring down a customers website for a few hours it is always better to do so in the middle of the night!
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