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.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19200551
> Took this the other day a bit before the rain moved in.
Rumor has it, the monorail will be dismantled in the next couple of years due to not being able to get parts.
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.
Been super busy with life, but finally got back to cutting. This is the second of four chrome diopside stones I'm cutting.
Amazing and intense. One of the best I’ve ever witnessed.
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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.
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.
Let's post links and descriptions of our favorite resources and vendors.
Rough and Synthetics
- Joe Henley Rough - Natural and Synthetics (US)
- Turtle's Hoard - Synthetics (US)
- Tom's Box of Rocks - Synthetics (US)
- Western Gem - Natural (US)
- Gems of East Africa - Natural (EU)
Lapidary Supplies
- Lightning Laps - Laps, Polishes and Tools
Designs
Ultratec
- Adjust swing alignment on platen - Does your stone cut deeper on the outside vs inside of the lap? This will help fix that.
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.
I've done this cut many times... and it's one of the few pears that I'll do as it tends to be easier than other pears in my opinion and also produces the best light return. So, based on what I can see:
You still had room to cut down your girdle. I would have cut it down another 20%-40% of what you have there.
The polish in general looks good. Tables on a BATT can be tricky I've found, yet I still do them. I use a spray bottle only when polishing and spritz the lap when it starts to dry out, I do not use the drip tank for this. I also recharge the lap prior to cutting the table if the last facets seemed to take longer to polish than expected. Sometimes I recharge before the table just because. My best guess on this is that the polish issue was either the need to recharge, or not enough moisture on the lap.
My first try on this one was a total hack job with a mis-aligned index and a lot of missed meet points.
For a first time cutting this, you did an excellent job!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11525302
My brother has self published a book about our family’s history. This book has been a work in progress by multiple family members over decades, but it’s finally done!
Below is a copy of the description from the linked website.
If you enjoy WW II history and live stories, you might like this view into the past.
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Louise and Albert is a vivid portrait of life, love, and World War II in 1945 through the letters of Louise (Glasner) Reeves and former United States Congressman and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lieutenant Colonel Albert Reeves, Jr.
As Albert dealt with his challenges in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II, Louise dealt with the rationing challenges and fears of never seeing her husband again while running a household, raising their two children and expecting their third child.
The book also chronicles the family’s efforts to battle corruption in Kansas City and Albert’s time in Congress, representing Missouri’s 5th Congressional District. The time after the war included many challenges for the U.S. and Congressman Reeves - government debt, inflation, foreign aid, food and manufacturing shortages, and lingering government corruption. Corruption, before and after the war, involved election fraud to win seats for machine party candidates. This corruption ended up tainting the Truman presidency.
Included in the book is the dramatic history of the diplomacy, combat, and engineering activities to build the Ledo Road – one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ greatest achievements.
My brother has self published a book about our family’s history. This book has been a work in progress by multiple family members over decades, but it’s finally done!
Below is a copy of the description from the linked website.
If you enjoy WW II history and live stories, you might like this view into the past.
———————————-
Louise and Albert is a vivid portrait of life, love, and World War II in 1945 through the letters of Louise (Glasner) Reeves and former United States Congressman and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lieutenant Colonel Albert Reeves, Jr. As Albert dealt with his challenges in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II, Louise dealt with the rationing challenges and fears of never seeing her husband again while running a household, raising their two children and expecting their third child. The book also chronicles the family’s efforts to battle corruption in Kansas City and Albert’s time in Congress, representing Missouri’s 5th Congressional District. The time after the war included many challenges for the U.S. and Congressman Reeves - government debt, inflation, foreign aid, food and manufacturing shortages, and lingering government corruption. Corruption, before and after the war, involved election fraud to win seats for machine party candidates. This corruption ended up tainting the Truman presidency. Included in the book is the dramatic history of the diplomacy, combat, and engineering activities to build the Ledo Road – one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ greatest achievements.
This is one of the most perfect cuts I've managed. The meet points are all as perfect as I could get, as well as the polish. I chose a more standard round cut than what my son designed as I wanted to lighten the stone more due to the overall color saturation of the material.
I'm going to cut a second calibrated to match, and get them set for my wife.
Oh my... that's pretty... I'm going to have to get some of that, as I've never cut it before.
Great job!
He's already planning and budgeting for his own machine. 😂 He also has a friend who has asked him to cut something for a girlfriend... What's really funny about this, is that a few years back he didn't think this hobby was at all interesting.
My son has really started to get into faceting. He bought a boule of hydrothermal emerald(man made) as he wanted to cut a design he made specific to emerald.
He sliced the emerald in half and gave me one half while he cut his up into the sizes he was going to facet.
I was mostly hands off with this and only really helped out when his stone popped off the dop. He did a great job!
This is one of two stones I’m cutting from a piece of morganite. This stone was started almost a month ago, and sat on the dop for weeks after I cut part of the crown and found an inclusion of bubbles that intersected a set of facets on one side looking like a fracture.
The perfectionist in me was pissed and frustrated and I walked away from the stone leaving it on the machine. I was forced to finish the stone thanks to my son who was planning on cutting a hydrothermal emerald. So I finished the stone, and you can’t even see the flaw without a loop.
I’m such an idiot and am so thankful that my son gave me a swift kick in the ass.
So my son, who is studying engineering, has gotten into faceting due to the math/science behind optimizing a cut. He designed this in GemCad Studio, and cut this stone this last weekend. Turned out incredible, and I wanted to share.
I’ve been looking at this large morganite rough and trying to decide how to cut this. It’s sort of in the shape of a triangular prism, but it narrows towards one end.
I was leaning towards slicing it in three and creating a matching set of trillian stones. The other alternative I’m contemplating is a matching set of square/princess cut stones optimized for this stone.
Interested if anyone has some other alternatives or opinions.
Only had an hour this morning to work on the stone. Pre-polish is done, and still need to do the table.
Overall I’m really happy with how this stone is turning out.
Transferred and roughed in most of the main crown facets. I’m taking my time with this one, as it’s pretty large and almost perfectly clean.
And yes… it does look like a jolly rancher. 😋
