Marching into Spring

[Former_Member]

Okay, okay - here you go. Everyone knows the rules, have fun.

[Untwistedsister]

I get the worm. Good morning.

[heartsabustin]

I cannot believe you used my dorky suggestion. Thank you - that seriously makes my day. :D

[kitkingdesigns]

Morning, everyone.
I made the fist page. Prob'ly a first for me.
It's very springy here in North Texas. My gerbers are blooming like crazy. Just hope we don't have a late freeze, as we often do.
Everybody have a great and productive day. I've a class, then have to vote, which might take a while. Dummy didn't vote early.

[cgwhitfield]

Moring.

I must have been rebelling against the time zone bias those of us in the west live with so much, ha. Still Feb 29 when I went to bed.

Or I may have forgotten...

[PPennee]

Late wake up for m, but I have coffee now so it's all good.

Terri good luck on your match. I stopped work on my cuff last night too, I was getting tired and I know better than to keep working

[Former_Member]

My digital calipers have gone haywire and are showing some very wrong results. I've tared, reset it, removed batteries and no go.

I searched for some new ones. The cheapest I could find were $50 and had a 21 business days delivery estimate. Nope, I can't survive that long without one and, besides, I could get the same one much cheaper from the US in that time frame. So I am looking at spending a lot more.

[cgwhitfield]

Have you tried odd stuff like opening up to maximum with the batteries out? I have no idea, just thinking of all possible movements and actions.

Mine occasionally show a wonky reading, like 4mm off or more. I fumble around with opening and closing and so far seems to get back to working. Not critical for me so I make do.

[Former_Member]

Just did and no go, CG. It is really wonky. It will measure 6.31mm for a sliver of an opening, then go up 10.08mm, down to 0.05 and so on.

[heartsabustin]

Gosh, that's not frustrating at all, is it?

[cgwhitfield]

Thinking of 'make-dos'.....if they're used mostly for stones, wondering if you have some known diameters and you could cut/file slots in a sheet of copper for a few sizes. Dumb idea....

I guess if they can be off that much they could also be off just a little and cause more problems.

[spindlecatstudio]

Morning.

Started work with some thin but pretty ocean jasper cabs for earrings last night. Yep, cracked one.

[PPennee]

oh no Kate, the setting Gods must have been out to dinner

[spindlecatstudio]

All a learning process. Super glued and moving forward, I get to keep them.

[Former_Member]

Mainly for measuring wire and sheet I am drawing and rolling.

[Former_Member]

Eek, Kate! But at least you get to keep them.

[Former_Member]

Beatriz Fortes from BeatrizFortes says

My digital calipers have gone haywire and are showing some very wrong results.... I searched for some new ones. The cheapest I could find were $50 and had a 21 business days delivery estimate.
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Did you check eBay? I don't know about Brazil, but there are certainly cheap ones with free shipping in the US.

I see there's an eBay "equivalent" in Brazil called Mercadolivre.
http://lista.mercadolivre.com.br/medicoes-paquimetros/

[PureDichotomy]

Morning. Happy March.

thanks for starting the thread Beatriz.

I found a new spot in my favorite bit of woods. I had a hard time leaving. Cant wait to go back.

but summer there will not be do-able. the amount of poison ivy is staggering.

Oh. my new bear bracelet is sold. well, on hold for a layaway agreement.

woot.

[heartsabustin]

Wendy, that's awesome - way to go!

Now that I need to spend money on something that I have to have (new camera - mine bit the dust), no sales are coming in. Figures. hahahaha

[PPennee]

wow congrats Wendy! That didn't take long!!!

[PPennee]

I just looked in your shop Wendy, you have some great bracelets and cuffs- I'm loving that thunderbird!

[cgwhitfield]

Wendy, nice quick sale on that.

That pic on IG could almost have been taken on my property. No poison ivy here though. They area areas rich with life.

[heartsabustin]

I can honestly say I love having medical personnel in my family. This last med ID I got in had a lot going on, and my mother, thankfully, knows the codes the EMT's will know by heart. I got the abbreviations from her.

[SToNZ]

Oh! March?! How did that happen!?

[SToNZ]

That's cool, Erin.

Nice spot, Wendy.
Congrats on the bear bracelet sale. That one's a real beauty. Love your new work!