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Making Hour Glasses
April 25, 2011
7:23 pm
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Grant
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“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot,
but then there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence,
transform a yellow spot into the sun.” ~ Pablo Picasso ~

April 25, 2011
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Thanks Grant, thats' nice!

April 25, 2011
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Very nice but one would expect nothing less when they sell for $28,500, $15,000 more for the version with cold plated beads inside.

April 25, 2011
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Why can the glass guys manage to sell sculpture for prices like this when Blacksmiths struggle to get a couple of hundred for similar sized sculptures with similar or more work.

April 26, 2011
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Maybe if blacksmiths had black and white movies of their work produced and set to a hoity toity piano score, they could charge that much too.:playfull:

April 26, 2011
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Shoot $28K is a bargin... it says there is 8 million nano balls in one, thats only $.0035 cents per nano ball.... not even a penny each? I mean shoot you want them to give those nano balls away?

Very cool.... I want one... Maybe one day I'll come across one at the goodwill....

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April 26, 2011
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Thanks, Grant. I enjoyed that a lot.

Let's see:
In through the nose, out through the mouth
In through the nose, out through the mouth
In through the nose, out through the mouth

don't want to lose track here....

Dave

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April 26, 2011
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How do they calibrate for 1 hour, ream the hole or add or subtract more sand/balls???

My guess, the latter.

April 26, 2011
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Well, when I need to calibrate an hour, I prefer to ream the hole myself, but I suppose you could just add more balls.:devil:

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April 26, 2011
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Goodness sake... I think you have damaged my fragile sensibility with that toxic image Grant...

Whatever you are, be a good one.
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April 26, 2011
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Great video grant. Always wanted to know what it would be like to work clean....

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