Scott's Rock Shop Options

[ScottKS]

Been working in the shop trying to get the clutter organized in this corner

Got a 4' folding table to put in the closet (so now i have 4' and 5' tables...both from Wal-Mart) but these will also be for shows once i get started on them and i got them magazine holders (50 all together) from ebay to put Rock and Gem Magazines in (years 1973-present month)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=110584409997

Also trying to fill in the missing magazines...they are not all complete but most of them are...Granny did a good job keeping most all of them.

[ScottKS]

Scott's Rock Shop Virtual Tour.....hope this works....let me know non facebook users.

http://www.facebook.com/v/496795867098

This link should work i logged out of facebook and messed with the Embed code and found the link that allows access....somtime i will post more video's from facebook on here.

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[swizz]

Scott, it works for me and I'm not a Facebook user.
Nice shop you have there! Great displays and some cool relics. Also noticed the Mt Dew arcade that you won a while back.

[ScottKS]

Stuff i got today

More Creepy Crawlers Molds


The bottom pic is the back side of the two above molds (Clothes for the dolls)...the whole left side is dolls...they came with this lot

And a Scott's Rock Shop Wristband that i designed
Front.......................Back

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Dopping from today's (Step 3)
Before.........After


Here is video's i just posted on facebook that shows how cabs are made from Step 1-Step 4

Step 1: Cutting Slabs (Blue Agate)
http://www.facebook.com/v/499894457098
Watch what happens when i hit the fracture... lol

Step 2: Cutting Slabs Into Cabs (Cabochons) Shapes (Blue Agate)
http://www.facebook.com/v/499879932098

Step 3: Dopping (Today's Picture)
http://www.facebook.com/v/499878537098
I just made this video today....the rest was filmed awhile back...I have a video of this older dopping station in use that i might post sometime once i cut it down but i explain how it's used some...anyways the newer one is much easyer.

Step 4: Makeing The Cabs (Cabochons)...Blue Agate (Freeform Only)
http://www.facebook.com/v/499862992098

All steps but step 3 was done back in 2008 here is the posts
Aug 10 2008, 07:03 PM http://www.coloradoprospector.com/forums/i...ost&p=15068
Aug 19 2008, 06:33 PM http://www.coloradoprospector.com/forums/i...ost&p=15118

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Betty's Project "Repair" (Completed 01-27-11)

‎1st pic is the other link and what this one is suppose to look like before it broke...2nd pic is kinda what it looked like when i got it (didn't take a before pic so i marked out in photo shop to make it close)...3rd pic is the work i did (first i tried to solder a cross wire but it wouldn't solder so i filed it all down to the base and made this wire ring to solder on)...4th pic is link put back in and battery changed out...Next is to put the stretch band on to make it completely done but i gave it back to Betty and she likes it.

I may not be a business and make myself known to everyone...maybe someday...But mostly i'm here with all my equipment to make repairs and to help people in this area because there just isn't anything like that around here...but i don't just only do repairs...i play around with all kinds of idea's floating around my head (if any...lol).

This project had it's risks...like that claw almost caught on fire (it was burning and smokeing) but i stopped and pulled the claw out just in time to save it..that was something i was worried about from the first time i saw it but i warned Betty about that and took a chance and it all turned out good. whew

I know what everyone is thinking....geez Scott...why didn't you just take out the claw before you started soldering?? Well the answer is i tried to move the bottom with pliers but it wouldn't budge (was stuck in there good with age, gunk and the claw was kinda hard too) but heat soften it and burnt some of the bottom tip off so it was budgeing and it came out almost by itself so i pulled it out. lol

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New Project In Progress...Rockhound/Gold Prospecting Diorama Scene

I remember in grade school we made shoebox diorama's...does anyone else remember those?? well this is like that but not in a shoebox but as a display instead...they have kits at like Hobby Lobby called scene-a-rama to make them but i'm starting from scratch. http://scenearama.woodlandscenics.com/show/Item/SP4111

The small pic to the right is a small rockhounding kit that got me started on the idea....that kit and some dollhouse accessories from Hobby Lobby. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...3D&viewitem

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The Before Jan 31 2011, 12:38 AM....2nd pic

Cabs i did today
The After: Cabochons Group #8 Projects 27-31

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Rockhound/Gold Prospecting Diorama Scene (Step 2 & 3)

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Group #9 Projects 33-37 (Before)
I only do 5 stones per group....the 6th one is just incase one comes off the dop like the small round one in the right corner might do that.

The heart one will probably be the hardest one to do just like the one in group #7...even more so then the cross but i'm excited to see how that turns out also.

The reason two of the stones is backwards from the rest (the top two on the block) is because i draw the shape on the most flat side and the other side of these two stones has a bevel on it and i'm hopeing to get rid of that with the doming...figers crossed.

[Denise]

Your doing great Scott, also love the cabachon making videos.
Are those different kinds of Jades you have dopped in the last pic?

Keep up the good work, your doing great!

[ScottKS]

Don't think so Denise...that one at the top i'm thinking is some kind of granet...if it is jade then is not any i have seen...lol...But you never know i guess.

Rockhound/Gold Prospecting Diorama Scene (Sluicebox)

Here is a Sluicebox i slapped together for the Diorama Scene...This is only 2" long by 1/2" wide...i used my sluice box for reference lol...the blue is not for water color it is for the color of the miners moss...clear water effect will be added going over the riffles for total effect...will see how this works with the scene.

Just think i used my imagination with only a Mt. Dew can, some wire, a sharpie, paper and a color pencil....bending the sides with my vice and cutting with scissors. Oh ya and some sand paper.....lol.

[Denise]

What? You havent identified your stones yet Scott? 0000000....hehe

Diorama sluice looks cool, but you really need to work on your picture taking.

[ScottKS]

Yes Denise i know......like i have said in a past post....my cell phone doesn't take very good pics up close..that's why i use the scanner when i can.

Group #9 Projects 33-37 (After)

The Cross (Honey Onyx)
The rest i believe might be Rhodonight or Rhodolite?? the oval one could be either that or Rose Quartz (that's why i post on here in hopes to have someone help me I.D. them but i did that in the last Spears Rock Shop thread hopeing to have someone chime in but no one never did )
The Cross was harder then i thought because on the bottom of the two arms won't reach the wheels very well...need bigger dia. wheels (like what the Genie has...lol)...but i got it to look ok i guess for what i have.