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Re: [Sparkz]Labor of Love

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The never ending chase for the perfect display led me here, needs some touch up, but pretty much done. Measures 8ft wide to fit in the recessed section behind my desk.
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Re: [Sparkz]Labor of Love

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So cool! WANT!
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Re: [Sparkz]Labor of Love

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VERY cool.

How many decks will it hold??
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CBJ wrote:VERY cool.

How many decks will it hold??
38 across for a total of 228 decks, there is like 3/4 of an inch to spare on each shelf. Happy with the result, but not without it's headaches.........god I love warped boards, lol.
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Re: [Sparkz]Labor of Love

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Nice display Tony! I bet you that took some patience. I'm just not good with wood, so I could have somebody do it for me, I suppose. How tall is each layer? 3.5" or slightly more? I was looking at it thinking that 8" 6" wide would make for 30 across and 10 tall would give 300 decks. I can dream...
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Re: [Sparkz]Labor of Love

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Thanks eveyone, Mike, it's approx 29 in. tall, 4" space per shelf. I didn't want to move my outlets or I would have added another row or 2. Slight correction on the capacity, 37 decks perfectly fit end to end, 222 total. I'm still going to utilize my 2 glass door frames off on the right hand side wall for some runs...JR, Encarded, Uusi, etc...

Glad it's done :D
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Re: [Sparkz]Labor of Love

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Very nice indeed! Name your price! JK. What did the materials set you back?

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About $200.00 nECr0MaNCeD, not cheap and a lot of work, but I got pretty much what I wanted for that space ;)
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Sparkz wrote:About $200.00 nECr0MaNCeD, not cheap and a lot of work, but I got pretty much what I wanted for that space ;)

You sure did. Not bad cost either when you consider that it would take nearly 4 of the displays sold at CPC to do the same thing. That's $520 without shipping.
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A few more Seven Seas goodies

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Stunning

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Sparkz wrote:Stunning

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Ornate Obsidian is an elegant and impressive pair of decks, and the pack jacket adds to the first class feel!
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Just in case anyone forgot how beautiful these are....
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Now that's what I call Metallic ink :o
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Which deck is that?
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PrincessTrouble wrote:Which deck is that?
That is actually the Legends "Mystery'" deck that came with the 20 Deck purchase of Serpentines. Handles really well too, but not printed at the new Hong Kong plant.......trying to get more info, but Lawrence doesn't want to give too much away. :cry:
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Sweet - have said for ages we need properly metallic inks - hope we see more of this!
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That looks fantastic. Now I'm sorry I missed out on it!
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But that watermark :ugthink: :ugthink: a little too large i think
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volantangel wrote:But that watermark :ugthink: :ugthink: a little too large i think
.....and yet those who want to will still crop it out
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volantangel wrote:But that watermark :ugthink: :ugthink: a little too large i think
.....and yet those who want to will still crop it out
I find that the greatest perpetrators are from fb, which is why i barely post my photos on fb. Mines mainly here and on instagram. Although ive seen someone use my photo as their profile pic on instagram in the past.
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V my actual beef is more so because of ebay, seeing my pics on listings that aren't mine is a little annoying, lol

I know bigger sellers/vendors/retailers use stock images all the time and I'll give them a pass, but when Joe Seller Rating 3 uses a pic of my Gatorbacks It erks me :x
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A few pics from the last month or so
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