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Post by The Noble Dragon on Dec 11, 2018 17:08:09 GMT -5
So.... for those of you who know me I talk about my gf Rose ALL THE TIME well. we've been dating for..... it'll be like 5 years in March which is a long time and well. Long story short i'm going to Propose to her in January when we head to the mountains with my family. Funny thing is she fully knows i'm doing it and when and where and that it's happening for sure and she picked out her engagement ring already so i just have to buy it. and like I know some people won't think it's right that she knows and everything but to ME that's what makes it more fun and exciting and we get to plan it so its how we BOTH want it. and like she said she's gonna propose to me the second after I propose to her and she already got the ring and it's really cool looking. now onto the secret part instead of a plain black box to put the ring in i'm gonna make a Luxury Ball from Pokemon out of wood and put the ring in that! I'm not gonna tell Rose about the Luxury ball tho so THAT will be a surprise for when I propose to her! it's gonna be hard bc i haven't worked with wood that much, i mean i made a wooden knife a while ago but I'll probably have to use a Dremel tool to carve out the inside. I already ordered the wooden ball and some magnets to hold the ball closed when not open. I will need to get some silver paint and gold paint for the like accents on the Luxury ball but i already have black and red paint so i'm good there. need some sort of fabric for the inside and a hinge lol. I'm really excited for this project bc i'm sure my gf will use the Luxury ball for other things afterwards so it won't just be a one use item AND it'll be something I made special for her so yeah. I can't wait! And i'll be able to work on it quite easily bc I don't have a job and like during the week days EVERYONE is out of the house and with my school ending tomorrow i'll be able to work on it with no one home ITS FINISHED!!!!!!!!
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Dec 11, 2018 22:07:07 GMT -5
I sketched out the stuff for what i want it to look like and what i'll need to make it!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2018 1:08:47 GMT -5
Oooo that seems so exciting! Is there gonna be like a "button" you press to open the ball?
I hope everything goes perfectly and congrats on your (future) engagement!
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Dec 12, 2018 1:10:50 GMT -5
I would like to put a working button to open the ball but i have no idea how to do that so it will probably just be some magnets hidden in the wood that holds it together if i can figure out how to do a working button by the trip then i will tho!
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Post by ᴀᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ on Dec 12, 2018 2:54:40 GMT -5
What a creative way to propose! Congrats ^^ I'm so happy for you!
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Dec 12, 2018 13:18:55 GMT -5
So i'm trying to figure out how a like button clasp would work without taking up too much space.
and it looks like if I want the hinge to be on the inside i might have to use a barrel hinge? which.... i don't really know what that is but i think if I make the walls of the Pokeball pretty thick I can conceal all this stuff in it.... I'll be able to figure it out better when the ball arrives... i think next week?
I also need to be careful with how i'm planning all this bc i need to remember its a round ball and a lot of things that would work for like a normal box probably won't work
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Dec 13, 2018 14:42:59 GMT -5
I got the magnets in!..... i think i got too small of a size but oh well, i'll just stack a couple bc I got a TON of them. Still trying to figure out if i'm even going to use them or if i'm just going to try and make a push latch we'll see when the ball get here ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Dec 18, 2018 15:16:03 GMT -5
I got the wooden ball!!! I sketched out the design i need to shape into it! and I might use my dad's dremel either today or tomorrow to start sanding into it. I'm a little nervous to do it bc i've never used the Dremel before but i've seen a ton of videos of people using them and figure if I take it slow and stop like after every pass with it i'll be good to go.
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Post by 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 on Dec 18, 2018 15:20:42 GMT -5
I'm REALLY excited to see how it goes!
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Dec 18, 2018 16:45:45 GMT -5
man i would love to use my dad's dremel rn but...... too bad his workbench is too cluttered for me to find it :/
I'll just wait till he gets home and ask him where it is........ then listen to his like hour long lecture on the proper way to use it and blah blah blah
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Dec 18, 2018 16:54:32 GMT -5
Here's a pic of the ball! The weird discoloring on the right is where I had tested chipping the wood away with some wood tools I have in my room, it's gonna be better with the dremel i deemed. I also love the size of the ball, perfectly fits in my hand! I'm worried i put the center a little to low.... but it might be bc it sits weird when i set it down which i think has to do more with the bottom than the center line i drew
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Dec 18, 2018 20:32:24 GMT -5
Found the dremel lol but since my gf is coming home soon can't start till tomorrow! Oh well my dad gave me another project to work on till then xD
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Dec 19, 2018 23:42:12 GMT -5
oh hey do ya'll wanna see the ring? i just ordered it! We finally got Rose's ring size so I could put that in for them to size it correctly!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2018 0:02:02 GMT -5
omg its gorgeous
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Post by ᴀᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ on Dec 20, 2018 2:10:50 GMT -5
It's so pretty o.o
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Dec 23, 2018 21:05:04 GMT -5
I finally was able to use my dad's Dremel to start carving into the wood ball today!
It was a lot harder than I was anticipating and I only got part of the big band around the center done before the battery ran out and i had to put it on the charger
THe band is a little wobbly and not straight around which kinda sucks but I think it looks fine for now. Gonna probably go back to doing it after Christmas bc Rose works like 5 days in a row after christmas so i'll be able to work on it then. I'll focus on getting the band to the depth I want then sanding the band till everything is even and then i'll focus on the smaller upper band.
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Post by Turin not Torino on Dec 25, 2018 1:07:33 GMT -5
Your ring is so pretty! Is the center stone cushion cut?
My engagement ring is in the exact same setting, only in yellow gold instead of platinum and my center stone is round.
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Dec 28, 2018 19:32:28 GMT -5
Uhhhh good question idk if it is lol
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Dec 28, 2018 19:41:28 GMT -5
Update! I got more progress done today! The center ring is now pretty much completely done and I shape out the upper rings for the top! I didn't cut as deep as they aren't very big rings that stick out! I added a lip around the center which will be painted silver and managed to mostly round it out. I just need to finish the upper rings and finish forming the space between them and then rounding out those rings and then it'll be time to move on to Cutting this thing in half, hallowing out the center and then rigging the hinges and magnets. here's a pic of what I finished today! my wrist is sore from holding the Dremel in a kind awkward position FYI that yellow/green color is a highlighter I had used to show where the bands are when i was carving.... i couldn't find a pencil lol but the highlighter works really well
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Jan 7, 2019 18:35:38 GMT -5
I finally had more time to work on it! Which is good bc we leave for the trip this upcoming Sunday!!!!!!!!
I finished forming the top band and cut the Pokeball in half!
I went out with my sister to try and find the Barrel Hinge (no luck but I managed to buy one off amazon for a good price and it had free 2 day shipping! So it will be here the 9th!) I got some paint too! Black lacquer for it and then a metallic silver and gold and i got a red metallic sharpie but i might just do a normal red and glaze it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by ᴀᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ on Jan 7, 2019 20:37:28 GMT -5
This must be really exciting! I'm happy for you ^^
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Jan 7, 2019 20:43:12 GMT -5
I also got the ring in the mail yesterday!!
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Jan 9, 2019 20:22:05 GMT -5
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
so the deadline approaches and its gonna be super hard to do anything bc my gf has the next few days off of work and I gotta work on it otherwise its not gonna be finished!!!!!
Ran into a problem! Carving out the inside is harder than expected and is taking longer than i wanted but I got a good portion of the bottom done! which is what matters most tbh bc thats where the ring is gonna go.
I got the hinges in the mail! I managed to attatch them and unattatch so i can finish it quicker. I'll have to Epoxy it to get it to stay right and then I'll also have to epoxy the little magnets to the fronts..... which i still have to drill the holes for. and I need to make the button... which i'm just gonna do out of clay and paint it with the rest of it so you can't tell the difference.
AND I GOTTA PAINT IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA this is what happens when i procrastinate.
I'm sure i'll be able to get it done
it just doesn't help I started a day job this week as well as my online class started last week so I still have to finish this week's homework and then get a head start on next weeks bc i'm gonna be gone all next week......
I'm so screwed. Oh well I believe in myself!!
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Post by 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 on Jan 9, 2019 20:23:22 GMT -5
You got this Noble!! I'm cheering ya on!
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Post by ListenToTheStars on Jan 9, 2019 21:39:52 GMT -5
Late to the party but I'm happy for you. You can do this!
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Post by twilightfire on Jan 9, 2019 22:07:17 GMT -5
Aw this is adorable!!!!!! Congrats
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Post by The Noble Dragon on Jan 11, 2019 15:16:34 GMT -5
Thank you all for the encouraging words! She's at work today so I am spending as much time as i can working on it!!!
I got the hinge, magnets and clay button all epoxyed on!!!! One thing i didn't know about epoxy that no one in the videos i watch says is that it SMELLS. at least the one i was using smelled! It was a 5 min epoxy so after it set for 5 min i was able to do any last minute sanding and i've put a layer of black laquauer on the outside! It's nice and dark and shiny!!! so i'm currently letting it dry before opening it up and adding some to the inside!!!!
I've also got some black cloth and the foam like inser that the ring came sitting in and i managed to put them together so its a nice black satiny bed for the ring so its not just sitting on the bottom of the ball.
i can do it guys!!!!
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Post by ᴀᴄʜʀᴏᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ on Jan 11, 2019 16:16:01 GMT -5
You can do it!
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#a8d1ff
The Ancient One
Name Colour
pumpkin pie
what if i fall? but my dear, what if you fly?
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Post by pumpkin pie on Jan 11, 2019 18:43:32 GMT -5
you got this! i am so so so sooooo happy for you <3333
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