Jim K Jordan Posted June 25, 2017 Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Here is one I made a few years ago. It is four interlinked mobius strip, heart shapes. Carved from a single piece of curly maple. A mobius strip is a twisted strip with only one side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Jordan Posted June 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Here is another view that shows the heart shaped rings better. Its one of those things you don't hand to everyone for fear they might crush it. Lots of work, all hand chisels and files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Jordan Posted June 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2017 Her is what it's useful for, a stand for a 32 carat quartz stone I faceted myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Jordan Posted July 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Ya got nothing? Come on give us some feedback.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Jordan Posted July 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Crickets................. ................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janel Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Sorry Jim, the forum has not been a lively place for some time. Was the curly maple more challenging to carve because of the irregular grain? I can barely wrap my head around figuring out a simple mobius, but I have done at least a couple of them. Trying to do a quad with heart shapes almost hurts my brain and eyes to begin to imagine cutting it from the wood and having it all meet up, with the twist in there somewhere. I have already forgotten your intro, are you a trained gem stone cutter? That gem above has quite a lot of facets. I'll bet that in bright, full spectrum light that it is quite a sparkler. Janel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Jordan Posted July 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Hi Janel, It seems like forums do come and go, People post things for a while then wander off. No worries though, I am just trying to get some of the quiet ones to speak up. People looked at the post, just didn't say boo.. That's okay, I end up talking to myself a lot in real life too. Thanks for your interest though. I actually like the big leaf curly maple for carving. It cuts nice and the interlocked grain seems to help keep it from splitting pieces. The interlocking part was tricky, I made the first one from modeling clay and used it for figuring out the sequence. As to the faceting, I had some time on my hands and a machine shop free to use back in the 80's I designed and built a faceting machine and taught myself how to facet ( I had a little help..) That stone is pretty bright in spite of it only being quartz, It turned out really nice. Don't think I could do it again. I have made a lot of smaller stones that came out very nicely too, It help to be a little obsessive compulsive sometimes, especially when some one tell me I can't do something. Of course then, I HAVE to figure it out. And the more challenging and tougher the project, the harder my head gets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew V Posted July 24, 2017 Report Share Posted July 24, 2017 Sometimes its hard to know what to say, looks pretty cool though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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