[elky] Re: 1952 Allard J2X
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:27:06 -0600
I didn't do much in the gold except final polishing. Dave at work cleaned up
the casting, set the stones, and used the laser welder for the tripods. My
work was in the 6 or 8 hours of wax time.
You should see my hands though. Other stuff through the season has thrashed
them. I have been super gluing the cracks back together, but another week or
2 and they will be back to near normal again, with the help of cortisone. I
practice 'safe jewelry' with triple washed powder free latex gloves, by the
case at work. I can only avoid it so much though this time of year.
Thanks for the clarification on the headlights. He told me the name, but I
didn't do any research. All I knew was that it was important to get the 3
points on the wax before I convinced him that diamonds were a better choice.
Then Dave added them after setting, and it was the icing on the cake.
The customer was against a whole bunch of diamonds. When I pointed out the 1
mm stones in the fenders, he said "Those are the mightaswell's" When you
restore a car, there are a lot of those. Never heard that before but is sure
is the truth.
Thanks,
JC
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Ray Buck <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John, that's just unreal beautiful. Absolutely amazing. The Lucas
> tripods are a mind bending touch.
>
> How did you do this piece with your gold allergy? It's astonishing.
>
> r
>
>
> On 12/23/2010 8:49 PM, John Christensen wrote:
>
> This is a picture of the finished piece. The guy took delivery of it today
> and loved it. Dave at work put the wires on the headlights to simulate the
> headlights on the car that have the tri braces. there are even little 1 mm
> diamonds in the fenders for the markers.
>
> His wife has gone with him over 8000 miles in Rallies in the car, so she
> knows it well too. There were only 86 of these cars made.
>
> This is about 1.25 inches wide. and was my pride and joy for the season.
> There were plenty of other projects that were really cool. I just like the
> car theme, and it's not a ring.
>
> Merry Christmas!!
>
> JC
>
>
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