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DISHONEST EBAY PEOPLE
Unless a bottle is sick you must be very careful who you deal with on Ebay. Rarely do people mention that their piece was tumbled when in fact they know it was. Most tumbled bottles on the bay where done by hacks who don"t know how to protect a pontil, or put a finish polish on the inside of the...- gotthefever
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Tumbling techniques
Was wondering what methods some of you guys use to tumble your glass. I have seen some really nice results and I have seen some less than perfect results. I see a lot of bottles that once tumbled still have an overall haze to the inside.- gotthefever
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EBAY ALERTTTTTTTT
Really nice Pine tree cordial listed under Pre 1900 Jars and it ends tuesday morning at 10,I already have a bunch so thought someone might like to know might be able to snag it cheap because it's hidden pretty good- gotthefever
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Cutting copper
someone was asking how to cut copper here's the best way I found to do it.Take a 3/8 to 1/2 drill bit,drill straight down through a piece of steel.Then take an 1/8 bit and drill a whole in from the side into the larger hole. Turn the drill press on clamp down the steel lower drill into hole then...- gotthefever
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Coating bottles is a bad idea
Coating bottles is a bad,stupid idea! They will end up in the marketplace without people knowing(It happened to me with a very expensive swaim's which I unknowingly passed on to someone else before it was noticed) That Swaim's went through 4 people with probably close to 80 years...- gotthefever
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NO TV SHOWS ON DIGGING
The last thing we need is another reality television show opening up our world,let me explain. What percent of people that saw such a show would be interested in bottle collecting for more than the money. What do you think would happen if joe public saw an episode with someone digging up a...- gotthefever
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- Forum: Digging and Finding
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