I really enjoyed that; they are some lovely minerals you have there, and the displays are great... good video, and yes do another showing off your collection I'd be fascinated to see it :) You have such an awesome variety of hobbies it's great. I hope you feel better soon
Do you have a link for those particular bases? I can’t seem to find them anywhere on the internet and I really like the way you have them labeled on the thick acrylic. I’ve got over 300 thumbnails in perky boxes and I’m just not sure if I love the way it looks anymore.
Google Khyber minerals the website will come up and you can purchase there or at least contact them to work out details. I haven't ordered through there in a while I just message him when I need some.
Those are technically waste from when I worked for a laser cutting company. Any place with a laser cutter that cuts acrylic will have all kinds of neat waste. You could have them custom cut too most likely
@@extazzpsy that's awesome! Should I do a showcase of my thumbnail pieces? I just entered a display of them in a main show in Tucson and took first for novice thumbnails. Competing again next year as well.
Hey thanks for this video 👍 I just bought thirty 30x20x20mm clear acrylic blocks and am thinking of pulling my thumbnails out of their Perky boxes and hot gluing them to the acrylic blocks for a more museum type look. I bought my glue gun and clear glue sticks from Cody at Stone-Throne, and have been kinda chicken to start fearing I’m going to mess my specimens up 😳 Watching you do it helps. Do you have much experience removing specimens from Perky boxes that have been glued in? That’s another thing I’m a little chicken of doing .. trying to get the old glue off some pretty small, delicate, and expensive specimens, a video on that would be cool too. Thanks again 👍
This is awesome to hear. Make sure you have a glass display or something to protect them if you are going this route. Also make sure your not in a earthquake zone. As far as removing them from the perky's are they currently hot glued in, elmers glue, or mineral tac'd in place?
Imagination Hobbies Well I’m in Orange County 30min south of Los Angeles .. so yeah I’m in a big time earthquake zone 😳 lol, and I have a 2ft x 6ft four shelf 50 year old glass and wood display cabinet full of cabinet, small cabinet, miniature, and ten thumbnails all sitting freely on acrylic blocks, so if the big one hits I’m screwed, but I’ll probably have worse problems when/if that happens in my life time. I’ve been through several earthquakes in the past 30 years with this cabinet so far .. and only a couple minerals moved a few millimeters on their acrylic blocks. So anyway who knows what kinda glue the previous owners of the thumbnails I have in Perky boxes used .. that’s what spooks me, for instance I have a silver wire specimen that’s uber aesthetic .. little swirling full loops all lined up perfectly .. but who knows what glue they used and how delicate the matrix is .. my guy is saying leave it alone .. but my artistic mind is saying man that would look awesome on one of these little acrylic blocks, what would you do? Getting ready to watch your thumbnail specimen video, thanks for the help and inspiration 👍
To me the little foam thing in there is fully disposable so I would start with breaking that all away. You could soak it in warm water first because if it's elmers glue (most yellow looking old-timey glue is) it will come off easier. Use tweezers to take the glue off. Soaking in warm water is your friend. Patience is king. If its very delecate i Don't pull and tug on the mineral. I work around it.
Let me know how your feeling after watching my thumbnail collection vid. All of those were glued into perked boxes at one point so that should give you a good frame of reference on what's possible.
Ofcourse! It is a Brother brand P-touch lable maker model PT-D400 4 line lable maker. Highly recommend getting this one. You can change font sizes and depending on the tape you buy you can print in up to 3 or 4 lines and add a frame and accents.
Thumbnail size is the majority. But I have lots of others in different sizes! Thanks for the watch and comment! Check out my other mineral videos on this channel! 😁
@kevindeleon19892 cool, I checked out a couple of them and I saw that you had a Jeffrey's Mine specimen, I am curious do you have any other Canadian specimens?
@kevindeleon19892 gypsum from Manitoba or Alberta? I just picked up small specimen of vesuvianite this year in the summer, actually it's in my recent mineral show haul video, it's a small cluster of mainly green crystal with hints of pink/purple I liked the colour combo and for the price they were asking it was a no brainner.
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I really enjoyed that; they are some lovely minerals you have there, and the displays are great... good video, and yes do another showing off your collection I'd be fascinated to see it :)
You have such an awesome variety of hobbies it's great.
I hope you feel better soon
Thank you!!!
I made a few more mineral videos since this one if you were bored and wanted to check them out
@@ImaginationHobbies will go check them now :) cheers!
great video very informative! i use a hairdryer to remove mounted minerals instead of warm water but each to their own! 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it! I heard hair dryer option is great too!
Do you have a link for those particular bases? I can’t seem to find them anywhere on the internet and I really like the way you have them labeled on the thick acrylic.
I’ve got over 300 thumbnails in perky boxes and I’m just not sure if I love the way it looks anymore.
Google Khyber minerals the website will come up and you can purchase there or at least contact them to work out details. I haven't ordered through there in a while I just message him when I need some.
thankyou friend. I was looking all over for a video like this.
Awesome! Check out my others!!!
Awesome video. Glad you were bored lol. Where do you purchase your acrylic stands and the small acrylic squares that you mounted on the base?
Thanks! I use Khyber Minerals.
They have a website. I use them because most "brands" arnt as clear.
Yes that is the first thing I noticed. I also like that the tops are beveled. Thank you
Also nice Rhodochrosite! So where did you get those little tiny blocks like on that cone shape calcite?
Those are technically waste from when I worked for a laser cutting company. Any place with a laser cutter that cuts acrylic will have all kinds of neat waste.
You could have them custom cut too most likely
Thanks!
nice collection i have a 1730 ct blue sapphire rough how could i display ir
Nice! I'd recommend a stand with a little hot glue.
Pretty cool !
Thanks for watching! Do you collect yourself?
@@ImaginationHobbies yes ! Mostly thumbnail specimens 🙂
@@extazzpsy that's awesome! Should I do a showcase of my thumbnail pieces?
I just entered a display of them in a main show in Tucson and took first for novice thumbnails. Competing again next year as well.
@@ImaginationHobbies yes Im really interested to see your specimens ! Good idea !
@Crepuskull Awesome!! Will do soon! Sub for a notification
Hey thanks for this video 👍 I just bought thirty 30x20x20mm clear acrylic blocks and am thinking of pulling my thumbnails out of their Perky boxes and hot gluing them to the acrylic blocks for a more museum type look. I bought my glue gun and clear glue sticks from Cody at Stone-Throne, and have been kinda chicken to start fearing I’m going to mess my specimens up 😳 Watching you do it helps. Do you have much experience removing specimens from Perky boxes that have been glued in? That’s another thing I’m a little chicken of doing .. trying to get the old glue off some pretty small, delicate, and expensive specimens, a video on that would be cool too. Thanks again 👍
This is awesome to hear. Make sure you have a glass display or something to protect them if you are going this route. Also make sure your not in a earthquake zone.
As far as removing them from the perky's are they currently hot glued in, elmers glue, or mineral tac'd in place?
Imagination Hobbies Well I’m in Orange County 30min south of Los Angeles .. so yeah I’m in a big time earthquake zone 😳 lol, and I have a 2ft x 6ft four shelf 50 year old glass and wood display cabinet full of cabinet, small cabinet, miniature, and ten thumbnails all sitting freely on acrylic blocks, so if the big one hits I’m screwed, but I’ll probably have worse problems when/if that happens in my life time. I’ve been through several earthquakes in the past 30 years with this cabinet so far .. and only a couple minerals moved a few millimeters on their acrylic blocks. So anyway who knows what kinda glue the previous owners of the thumbnails I have in Perky boxes used .. that’s what spooks me, for instance I have a silver wire specimen that’s uber aesthetic .. little swirling full loops all lined up perfectly .. but who knows what glue they used and how delicate the matrix is .. my guy is saying leave it alone .. but my artistic mind is saying man that would look awesome on one of these little acrylic blocks, what would you do? Getting ready to watch your thumbnail specimen video, thanks for the help and inspiration 👍
To me the little foam thing in there is fully disposable so I would start with breaking that all away.
You could soak it in warm water first because if it's elmers glue (most yellow looking old-timey glue is) it will come off easier.
Use tweezers to take the glue off. Soaking in warm water is your friend. Patience is king.
If its very delecate i Don't pull and tug on the mineral. I work around it.
Let me know how your feeling after watching my thumbnail collection vid. All of those were glued into perked boxes at one point so that should give you a good frame of reference on what's possible.
Also always work over a soft padded surface and not too up in the air. So if a drop happens your more safe
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@@seanambrose8782 😁
Do you use regular or low-temp hot glue?
Regular but it's right when it reaches its melting point.
May I ask what you use to make the labels ?
Ofcourse!
It is a Brother brand P-touch lable maker model PT-D400 4 line lable maker.
Highly recommend getting this one. You can change font sizes and depending on the tape you buy you can print in up to 3 or 4 lines and add a frame and accents.
Cool, do you just specialize in collecting miniature specimens?
Thumbnail size is the majority. But I have lots of others in different sizes! Thanks for the watch and comment! Check out my other mineral videos on this channel! 😁
@kevindeleon19892 cool, I checked out a couple of them and I saw that you had a Jeffrey's Mine specimen, I am curious do you have any other Canadian specimens?
@@Ontario_Rockhound a couple gypsum pieces, haven't found a good vesuvianite I like for the money yet.
@kevindeleon19892 gypsum from Manitoba or Alberta? I just picked up small specimen of vesuvianite this year in the summer, actually it's in my recent mineral show haul video, it's a small cluster of mainly green crystal with hints of pink/purple I liked the colour combo and for the price they were asking it was a no brainner.
@@Ontario_Rockhound nice! Manitoba
I don't think professionals would use a permanent fixative.
Well you are talking to one so..... also it's removable