He was indeed… I’ll just leave this here. Mr Rogers

OMG - This game gives me flashbacks to my Netrek days: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netrek

I mean I get a new pillow and it’s great for maybe a month, then it flattens out to be too thin… add another pillow too high…

How hard is it to find a good pillow?!?!?

Yes, and I seriously doubt this is for moderate to severe loss. Most aids for that category get custom molds of the ear canal. Very likely this is about getting approval for the hearing test and subsequent audio curves.

As a hearing aid wearer myself, I would question the validity of this as a viable alternative to real hearing aids for moderate to severe loss.

Of course many people with hearing loss will use these instead of getting professionally tested and fitted.

This is what I do… find a comfortable position, then start relaxing all of your muscles.

Start with your toes … given them a wiggle and relax them. Slowly move up your body into your torso… then down your arms, and finally your neck and head.

I’m usually out before I get to my arms.

Rumor has it, the monorail will be dismantled in the next couple of years due to not being able to get parts.

And this surprises anyone?

I’ve used dental wax for years to hold the stones to the dop and it does a good job as long as you don’t use too much force when cutting. The key to using the wax is to make sure you heat both the stone and dop enough for the wax to adhere. You can tell that has done so when the wax edge no longer seems to curl under and instead seems to have a clean line with the surface.

I’ve used super glue as well depending on the situation… but the cure time and difficulty in getting it off the dop and cleaning the stone of the residue makes it not worth it in my opinion.

This is interesting… I would not have considered using some of the tools of the trade for the purposes you have outlined.

You can see and read about some of the equipment I use in this post. I did a whole series of posts around how I cut stones.

In terms of equipment, there is a pinned post in this community that has some links as well.

Happy to answer any questions you might have.

Nope, this stone and its siblings were given to me to cut.

Second this

Non-cloud cams with an nvr all the way. I won’t touch the cloud based services. My go to is currently Reolink.

You did an absolutely stunning job on this one!!!

Now you are motivating me to finally try my hand at frosting a cut.

Love that color…nice work!

Thanks! I updated the thread post with your links.

The vendor I mostly use is Joe Henley Rough.

I met Joe at the Tucson Gem and Mineral show a few years ago, and found him both personable and honest. I have never had an issue with any purchase from him. He sells both natural and some synthetics.

You can link to vendors… no issue… I just don’t want to have active solicitation for selling stones, as that adds significant overhead for validating the seller. I’ve updated the sidebar to reflect this. 😀

Also, please post the link to the vendor, as I’m looking for a good source for synthetics.

Nice… I really dig the color too!

Fantastic job!!! Love it! (No comment about the girdle 😉😂)