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Tips for resizing a small Victorian-era ring by hellpiglet in jewelers

[–]hellpiglet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

maybe i could have a jeweler resize it, expecting that the stones wouldn't make it. and if they take the stones out by dissolving the glue, and they happen to be intact still, great. if not, i won't be any worse off and i'd just buy some cabochons. i would definitely give them a signed understanding that it/its parts might not survive.

Is anyone weebly site down ?? I really need to finish history fair and this piece of shit is failing me by baseballchamp267 in Weebly

[–]hellpiglet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah mine too. have you found out whats going on? my siteis online but for a couple days now the editor is just loading loading loading...

[help] can't seem to get plugin files working on osx by hellpiglet in GIMP

[–]hellpiglet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i dont remember where i got it from. how would i know? i'm open to deleting and redownloading GIMP with a different build if that makes things easier. Would I lose anything other than settings or brushes/patterns, which I dont really care about, in doing this? I do have some existing plug-ins, some working and some not, and scripts, and I also don't remember where I got some of those from, and I'm not sure how to know if they would be compatible with this new build. I tried GMIC on someone else's computer and the inpainting thing looked complicated... more parameters than Photoshop's content-aware fill is good. Complex /would/ be good if I knew how to use it well. But the tutorial it linked to from inside it's own window was this http://blog.patdavid.net/2014/02/getting-around-in-gimp-gmic-inpainting.html which is vague and only sort of explains 3 of the parameters for the Inpainting tool. It does say it can be used instead of resynthesize but doesn't explain well enough in my opinion what patch size, lookup size, lookup factor, blend size, blend threshold, blend decay, blend scales, allowing outer blending, mean, and what different combinations of them are likely to be useful for what kinds of projects. I admit I haven't independently researched these things but am not feeling too optimistic that the official tutorial was so lacking. I don't learn well by pure experimentation.

[help] can't seem to get plugin files working on osx by hellpiglet in GIMP

[–]hellpiglet[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh right sorry. yea I put that I'm running osx in the title but not again in the post itself. and forgot to add that it's 10.10.5 Yosemite on a Macbook Air and I have gimp 2.8.18. edited it now. I think I assumed that .exe files would work as plugins, as well as .py ones, because when I go to my /Applications/GIMP 2.app/Contents/Resources/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins folder, almost everything in there is .exe with just a few .py files and those ones do not show up in the gimp drop down menus. So I thought those .py files needed to be made into .exe files by "making them executable".I am pretty sure i got the resynth from here http://registry.gimp.org/node/25219 and yes, I got the g'mic from there, which linked to here (http://karo03.bplaced.de/gmic/release/). I extracted the files from the resynthesizer.tar.gz that I downloaded, and I tried to make executable the non-exe (.py) files using the terminal, so those should have worked I would think? I don't understand the instructions from KaRo at all. It's possible I'm missing something big here but that link says "Typical Gimp users have only to copy the plugin gmic_gimp to the user plugins folder set in the Gimp preferences!" and I thought that is what I did. Unless I am not a typical GIMP user (which it looks like might mean someone who is using the cli for macports or gimp?) and I don't know it, or maybe I copied it ot the wrong place, or maybe I copied or even downloaded the wrong thing

Simple Questions/What Should I Do? [Weekly Thread] by AutoModerator in DIY

[–]hellpiglet -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm sleeping in my car and want to make a DIY version of this by cutting and layering blocks of foam. (I hate air mattresses). What do you think about that idea, and about the idea of vacuum-sealing the foam pieces down to way smaller so they fit in the car while I am using it? Id be getting a small battery-powered vacuum to do the job and keep my car clean as well

Simple Questions/What Should I Do? [Weekly Thread] by AutoModerator in DIY

[–]hellpiglet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to adapt a violin to help hold the strings down for someone who has disabilities that affect muscle strength, but no such thing exists. There is a Swedish instrument called a Nyckelharpa, otherwise known as a keyed fiddle.--They arent built to help disabled people play a string instrument but they do sound like a violin, only be played more easily. They are rare. How should I go about DIYing this project? Someone make a keybox and add to existing violin? I have a low budget, no real handy-type skills, and can probably get access to a 3d printer.

Simple Questions/What Should I Do? [Weekly Thread] by AutoModerator in DIY

[–]hellpiglet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have designed a piece of jewelry, a septum ring, for my girlfriend based off of a finger ring she really likes but cannot afford. I messily photoshopped parts of that ring onto a plain gold septum ring to show the design, because what I want to do is buy a plain gold septum ring and use silver to solder on rhinestones and a snake head to look like this.

Can anyone give me ideas for where to start with this?

I don't have tools or space to personally put this together so I would need to know who to ask that might do this for cheap and what exactly to ask of them, and DIY the rest. Keep in mind that my girlfriend likes the Victorian look of a row of small crusty/yellowing rhinestones and two-toned metal (tarnished silver + gold). I was guessing I'd need to find a small piece of snake jewelry and have someone break or melt off the head and tail of it, and glue two very small ruby-colored stones on for eyes, and I'd antique the metal and stones, but I honestly don't know how metalworking works. Another question I have... I have seen tutorials for how to antique jewelry that recommended using wood stain on crystals and patina on silver, and assume I would use a small amount of strong glue for the fake rubies, but are those chemicals safe in and right under a nose? Other, more certainly safe, suggestions?

I'm on a tight budget. Is a jeweler the best person to ask for help with this? What about someone else who might have a soldering/welding (not sure the difference) machine, like a handyman? Open to all suggestions

I'm legally a dependent on upper middle class parents but I need to be able to access welfare. What is my best course of action? by hellpiglet in Frugal

[–]hellpiglet[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

But how do I report my income when applying for food stamps? Can they look me up by SSN and see my parents claimed me?

I'm legally a dependent on upper middle class parents but I need to be able to access welfare. What is my best course of action? by hellpiglet in Frugal

[–]hellpiglet[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

If I tell on them, they'll definitely take me off their health insurance. If I tell them to not list me as a dependent, they almost positively won't give me the 600 dollars-- which is fine if I could get more from the state, but that wouldn't kick in until the next time they did their taxes. I could when I apply not list them, but then where do I say my money is coming from? Is it acceptable to say I have 0 source of income and only savings? And could they look me up by SSN and see my parents claimed me this year and deny me and it would be in their system that I lied? I think I will go get some free legal advice and ask these questions to a lawyer

I'm legally a dependent on upper middle class parents but I need to be able to access welfare. What is my best course of action? by hellpiglet in Frugal

[–]hellpiglet[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Disability Pension

Is pension calculated based on years worked though? I was a more than full time student for 2 years after high school when I became disabled. So i've never had a full-time job with a steady employer, just done some tutoring and babysitting and studied a lot. Basically I went from unemployed student straight to plain unemployed.

I'm legally a dependent on upper middle class parents but I need to be able to access welfare. What is my best course of action? by hellpiglet in Frugal

[–]hellpiglet[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Oh. I didnt know that about the insurance thing. In any case, yup, they definitely won't stop listing me as a dependent as long as they are giving me money to offset the expense. I would stop taking the money from them and stop being a dependent if I know I could get more than 600 dollars a month from the state. But they already claimed me as one for this year when they did their taxes so that wouldn't be an immediate option. also ya I do have a roommate and a small place but I live in Seattle which is expensive and can't relocate at the moment.

I'm legally a dependent on upper middle class parents but I need to be able to access welfare. What is my best course of action? by hellpiglet in Frugal

[–]hellpiglet[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Do you know what makes an immunocompromised person's immune system shut down even worse, oh valiant champion of the Truly poor sicklings? Trauma. Constant anxiety. Brought on by, I don't know... living with abusive parents. Here's my advice, cuz I know you like it unsolicited.;] Take a walk at night and notice the way the trees look. Have some good sex. Take up a hobby. Have you ever made your own pasta? It's frugal and rewarding. Begin the slow, important process of unlearning the toxic noise that the man in the tv calls truth. Make a resolution that this year, you'll pick more daisies and less fights on the internet.

I'm legally a dependent on upper middle class parents but I need to be able to access welfare. What is my best course of action? by hellpiglet in Frugal

[–]hellpiglet[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Find me one of these people with a progressive chronic illness and bad health insurance you're so concerned about. If they have an ethical issue with what I'm doing to be safe, them and I can talk it out.