NotBillMurray

Piss off

Have you considered inventing a time machine, going back in time, becoming a general contractor, and then building your house but smaller? Smh, people won't go the slightest bit out of their way to make things better these days.

Thanks!

Agreed

Once it's a solid piece I can cut it with a tile saw. That kind of saw can't really cut you, so I just do it by hand. Once it's in the right shape I grind it down through various grits and then polish it with cerium oxide.

Glad you like them!

Thanks!

That one used a piece of petrified wood and blue dichroic glass. That's what gives it the color. I wish I could post videos on here, pictures don't capture the effect very well.

Thanks! They are made of stone and laminated glass.

To make them I cut the rock and make a flat face, then laminate multiple sheets of regular glass and one of dichroic glass with UV resin, and glue it to the stone. Once everything is set nicely I shape it on a tile saw, then grind and polish the faces with a flat lap machine and a massive wet belt sander.

That's not an assumption, it's a set of reasonable steps. We need batteries, the metals used in batteries are getting harder to find in nature, cars have batteries containing the material we need. Thus we will find a way to recycle the batteries.

I'm all for healthy cynicism, but if there's a shit load of money to be made doing something, people will find a way to do it.

I mean, the materials can be recycled. We haven't needed to because of rabid capitalist exploitation, but as the need for these materials grows and mining becomes less feasible they can and will be recycled.

When pets go they take a part of us with them, but they're worth it all the same. In the end, all you can do is give them the best life you can and appreciate all the love they give.

Hug your pets everybody.