Beautiful stone Rick, sucks about the crack. The UV resin is a miracle for doping Opal to stick, thanks for showing how it works. 👍😎 One question how long can you the Opal bonded To the dowel stick?
I like cutting rounds but honestly i think it takes a certain amout of skill to cut a hart iv done one before and took a lot more off trying to get the arches right most harts ar cut too elongated
Ive been coming here for a while now,and Bollox505 never has much positive stuff to say. If you know so much and like to say Ricky is doing everything wrong, from buying opal to cutting opal, why dont you show us where you get better material and what's the best way to cut a circle. Id be interested and im sure others would too.
Beautiful stone Rick, sucks about the crack. The UV resin is a miracle for doping Opal to stick, thanks for showing how it works. 👍😎 One question how long can you the Opal bonded To the dowel stick?
It turned out beautiful. Cracks are a killer.
Sweet!!
About 35 years ago I learned how cut opal round is easiest there way to cut opal and you don't use the right method 6 steps cut cab stone.
I like cutting off as many bits as i can vs shaving it off so i can put em in a chip jar
I think it will make a nice Christmas treasure.
Beautiful stone Rick, sucks about the crack. The UV resin is a miracle for doping Opal to stick, thanks for showing how it works. 👍😎
One question how long can you the Opal bonded To the dowel stick?
I don't leave them on for more than about an hour. I think the natural UV light would fully harden it eventually.
@ thanks Rick
I like cutting rounds but honestly i think it takes a certain amout of skill to cut a hart iv done one before and took a lot more off trying to get the arches right most harts ar cut too elongated
Should have made it egg shaped would have saved carats
Your dob stick isn't in the middle of stone makes it harder
Ive been coming here for a while now,and Bollox505 never has much positive stuff to say. If you know so much and like to say Ricky is doing everything wrong, from buying opal to cutting opal, why dont you show us where you get better material and what's the best way to cut a circle. Id be interested and im sure others would too.
Not wth a template, if your looking for some give me a shout out, happy to help 🍻⛏️
I have templates thanks. But they are just a starting point.
Beautiful stone Rick, sucks about the crack. The UV resin is a miracle for doping Opal to stick, thanks for showing how it works. 👍😎
One question how long can you the Opal bonded To the dowel stick?
Till you take it off
If you don't get dirt off can fall of when you cutting the stone the stone goes flying.
@@Bullox505 I mean does the resin harden more with time making it difficult to remove.