How to cut gemstones - Ruby Flame Fusion
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- Опубліковано 25 лис 2019
- Hello my name is Cliff and I'm a gem cutter from Australia. In this video I take a fun approach to faceting gems. You will see me facet my own design called "The Zulu's Eye" in flame fusion Ruby. Jaw's also makes a guest appearance in this video and takes full control of filming, editing and sound at the "Vintage Time Studios". Please leave comments, like and subscribe. Thank you for watching.
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Who's here after nighthawksinthelight's video on how to make synthetic rubys?
Me
yep
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Yep
Haha nice one
I don't get the stigma that makes synthetic gem jewelry undesirable. This is a beautiful piece of work! I would pay just as much for this regardless of it was synthetic or from the earth.
It's all just aluminium oxide and chromium at the end of the day so there shouldn't even be a price difference.
@@gabrielgrimes8297 people want what they want and they want natural gems
@@gabrielgrimes8297 The price difference comes from differences in supply and demand.
Due to the relative ease of manufacture synthetic gems are high in supply, but because their demand is low they're very inexpensive.
Natural stones on the other hand are very sought after, but also very limited in supply, driving up the price. Not to mention all the work that goes into finding and getting the stones from the ground to us.
That's because it isn't *synthetic*. It is actual ruby, just man made. Synthetic would be if you used glass, plastic, or something else that wasn't ruby. Many jewelers started using the term synthetic to make natural ruby seem better somehow, even if man made ruby is often better in almost every way. It does drive up prices almost as much as what the diamond industry does though.
The only argument would be that a "natural" ruby was formed in the earth, but where exactly do you think the base materials of aluminum oxide and chromium come from?
@@iguanian That's not what synthetic means. Synthetic means that something is created "artificially", it is synonymous with "man-made".
The word for colored glass or anything else other than ruby being sold as ruby is "imitation" or "fake".
Here is a quote from GIA, the Gemological Institute of America: "Contrary to what many people may think, the word “synthetic” does not mean fake when it comes to gemstones. The term actually comes from the Greek word for “to put together.” People “build” or, more accurately, “grow” synthetic crystals. They do this by using chemicals that, given the proper environment, arrange themselves into crystals of essentially the same structure as crystals that grow without human intervention.
A synthetic gem is a man-made material with essentially the same chemical composition, crystal structure and optical and physical properties as the natural gem material."
As a goldsmith it always astounds me the amount of work people put into hand-cutting gems still. It isn't something as easily realized when working with the gems you're using. Well done on this beauty!
I don't know why this appeared in my recommended feed but I'm into it
I just wanted to say that I’ve been watching your videos for like the last two days straight now and I have picked up a lot of tips from you very educational and you know it’s like you don’t finish a whole gemstone in like three minutes. You know you show everything you do which is the way it should be done and it’s just awesome so keep up the good work man you do fantastic take care and God bless
Thanks....Cheers Cliff
I love youtube's algorithm, its gives me so many awesome opportunities to watch awsome stuff.
i would add the asterisk of *sometimes*
You might even describe this as a diamond in the rough. :)
The design is top shelf Cliff, and the final reveal confirms that. I do enjoy the back ground 'history' that adds to the mystery and allure of the gem, and once again Jaws has out done even himself. I'm shocked that Hollywood hasn't been 'dogging' him to come to California to direct and produce for the major studios! Thanks for another terrific Vintage Time video!
Thanks GS....I think the design really is good. I had fun have a theme to the video to add some interest to it. Jaws is interested in one thing and that's FOOD. Maybe Hollywood can pay him in a lifetime sugary treats which seems his addiction these days. Regards Cliff
hollywood these days is a sham.
Sweet merciful heavens. Talk about a challenge! Of course you totally nailed it Cliff, that is one beautiful gem. All those tiny intricate facets... marvellous! Thanks for sharing, and give your producer a tasty treat from me.
Thanks Kathy. This was a real challenge. Jaws will never say no to a treat.
Also I'm digging the muttley laugh on your dog, that's funny!
Not many people would know who Mutley is...Mutley certainly gave me a few laughs when I was a kid. It would have been so cool to have a dog that could laugh....
Wow. It's one thing to cut gems to pre-determined specifications, but it's something else entirely to make those specifications yourself. I hope to be able to do that some day.
What makes this so incredible is that you were able to do this under duress from Jaws!
Jaws loves it....He gets lots treats along the way.
Jaws seems quite vicious. Definitely an appropriate name for someone like him with a rather checkered past however this people were only people and he was hungry. Well like any good Australian his hot blood which is quite criminal. If you doubt this you can easily follow the actual trail of blood crumbs aka bloodline he left all the way from start to finish on his pilgrimage long ago to Australia. This is not his life anymore and he is know for his films as well as some really ripping still photography especially of gems. Truly one of a kind Jaws is. Also quite kinda for taking in the stray whom howls throughout the film whilst rubbing his girl dull on some sort of sand wheel. Didn’t make much sense seeing as there was no girl and I don’t understand him. Jaws did great as always.
Lovely work Cliff..thanks for sharing with us.
Haha 😂 the dog is very cute... nice Zulu cut
Very good
Thanks
I love your quirky intro! Beautiful stone too! Great work!
Thank you.
this was fun to watch. Thanks for the entertaining video.
Jaws did a great job with all the filming and production. You did an excellent job with a synthetic gemstone. Thanks Cliff see ya in the next one. G'day mate!
Glad you enjoyed it....
Interesting cut. Now I must wait for the next video.
Not sure what the next cut is yet...See you in the next vid. Regards Cliff
What a unique cut, almost like your Cleopatra stone. Beautiful!!
What a fun project. As usual Jaws does a phenomenal job. Of course he would strike fear in his enemies! What a fun challenge cutting the Zulu's eye. So cool to create a cut and then make a test stone.
It was interesting seeing your process when there are unknowns. The gem looks amazing.
Thanks Tam. It was a fun project. Lots of smaller shallow angles on the crown makes it a challenge. I think I really need to do a easy round cut, but I can't resist these unusual designs that I can make and test. Regards Cliff
You must be a geometric genius.. another beautiful gem.
Thanks Rufus. I do enjoy the "Eye Designs". Regards Cliff
Wow! Awesome video, Jaws & Cliff. The design itself is truly scary from a cutter's viewpoint, and you did a marvelous job... It really displayed your skills. Thanks to you two for a very entertaining and informative video. Great!
Thanks John, I have to say the crown was not easy and the gem looks good, but it can be improved on. Regards Cliff
Even though this is a synthetic ruby I love the fire it has in it in the final reveal. Mesmerizing.
Thanks
Hi Cliff wonderful cut there! I hope you and your family are in good health in this pandemic. Much love
Another great video Cliff. That design looks impossible to do but you seem to have given a bloody good go at it. I never get tired of watching your Jaws produced vids. Lol.😁
Thanks Ian, I gave it my best shot. It still needs a little tweaking but I was happy enough with the end result.
Awesome job nice to watch The Professional
Awesome! That is so cool!
Beautiful. I am glad there are people like you out there that discover the flaws in other peoples' designs.
they don't realize the expensive damage they are doing (or maybe they do). Good you call them out!
Plenty of bad designs out there. Total waste of time that people attempt them...Cheers
That is extraordinary , the final product passes my expectations ! It s beautifull ! I appreciate your work and would like to do it as well !
Thanks Danut. It was a difficult design, the end result was good but I can see that it can be improved. Regards Cliff
Beautiful cut Cliff!!!
Thanks Hucklenaut....Cheers
Nice work. That looks absolutely stunning.
Thank you very much!
I love ruby. This design is especially beautiful and looks very difficult to cut. Very nice.
Thanks featherdude.
Very very famous way to cut diamonds too. I really love your work.
Thank you! Cheers!
I am so happy to witness it.
Nice one Cliff!
Thanks John.
Ready to see an awesome cut!
Edit: saw it. Loved it!
Glad you enjoyed popomomo12. Regards Cliff
@@VintageTimeGems thank you for taking the time to reply! Is there any way you would be interested in a video where you take questions
@@popomomo12 Maybe I could do a live video sometime.
@@VintageTimeGems I think that would be enjoyed by many of your subscribers 👍👍🤙🤙
Love the videos thank you so much for sharing!! Not easy
beautiful, you can see why rubies have always been such sought after gems
Thank you.
very nice. wouldn't like trying that cut on a smaller stone. the fire from that ruby is lovely. i'd love to see that cut in a demantoid garnet, a nice deep green one.
Awesome awesome beautiful amazing knowledge thank you
Thank you
Thanks for this video. Your works in succesfully!
Thank you.
I love it. Thanks so much.
I think it's a beautiful cut!
Thanks Todd
thats a nice one. i saw what you were talkign about,those outside corners on the crown seem tricky, when ever you correct one edge,you ruin the other. no idea how you got this fixed so easy looking,by eye ?!!? Must be the experience. Also,the new Music during the Reveal was fitting perfectly. Aaaaand i like the nearly purple sparks inside the Gem, and the deep bloody red. awesome. Most Rubys you see on UA-cam videos are darker,this one was different. Great Job.
Thanks Aik. I found this design complex. It's not perfect, but I did learn a lot from cutting such a gem. Regards Cliff
I really want to go to Australia to learn from you this amazing craft 👍🏽
We are lucky in Australia as there are plenty of gem clubs to learn the craft....
Vintage Time It is unfortunate that I am from Libya and we do not have any club to learn this craft
i've been asking for this video for a while
Hope you enjoy it.
@@VintageTimeGems i did :)
Hi Cliff ans Jaws, to me the cut gem"The Zulu´s Eye" looks beautiful but i understand that it was a bit of a tricky cut but to me it looks amazing! Hugs, Susanne.
Thanks Susanne. Merry Christmas and happy New Year.
Que bela transformação...
nice design)
A very beautiful design and great job. I wanted to ask you do you have tutorial video. Where you explain everything in details?
I’m very happy your south aussie and you sound like russel cought
Fantastic very nice best cutting seen ever,
Luv its shape....just like a red eye!...
Thanks, this design was no easy. Eye shaped gems are more unusual. Thanks for watching.
Fantastic
PARABÉNS, PERFEITO.
VERY COOL 😎
Jaws reminds me of Boris and Natasha! LOL
Cliff my friend, I am wondering where you obtained said synthetic gem. I would like to try my hand at more than river quatrz I find while fishing.
Haha, "somewhere" in australia😁
I was in your home while you were filming😬
Interesting, never had a clue how this was done.
must be a special kind of mind to sit there and dream of all those angles
It's the concept of have a table that's shaped like a eye facing in the opposite direction that intrigues me.
if you were to have the stone set. . .how would you envision it? i like the long crown facets from point to point, it makes the eye so pronounced.
very nice cuting
Thank you! Cheers!
Hey Clif, love your videos. Could you let us know how much time goes into each gem? Also what equipment you think is essential for someone to get. Thanks so much.
It usually takes me 7-10 days off and on. A tin lap, and quality diamond powder, plus a few good pre polish laps are essential apart from the actual machine. Cheers Cliff
I was not ready for that butt/but joke, and here I am, still laughing
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Very informative :)
I was hearing horror tales and creepypastas, I dont know why this appeared after that but now Im a suscriber haha
Thank you.
Que dedicación, gran video!!!
thank you!
very nice
Great vid. I've always wondered why it's called gem "cutting" as opposed to gem "grinding," which seems more appropriate.
I think it's because the nature of how they grind down gems I believe. They grind off a whole chunk that makes it look like it's been cut off in a single slice
I am a flintknapper and when you had the billet of synthetic ruby I could just see a beautiful flaked blade in it. Can you flake ruby?
Fantástico!
Thank you Santiago....
Olá tudo bem, adoro assistir seus vídeos , acho que já vi todos. Pretendo começar nesta arte e nem tenho equipamento ainda. Queria que você me ensinasse a fabricar rubis e safiras azuis por qualquer dos processos que você conhecer. Por favor. Muito obrigado Luciano .
So in your opinion how does a flame fusion ruby differ optically from a flux grown or a natural ruby do they all look the same cut?
Absolutely beautiful cut!
Would you do this cut for someone paying?
Thanks...I only facet as a hobby.
Your narration at the start here reminds me of how Alfred Hitchcock did things on his show in black and white in the way back. I wonder how would a stone like this get faceted without the tools we have now.
I like the old Hitchcock movies. Gems can be cut by hand on wet and dry sandpaper.
I liked the quirky stuff
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So Gorgeously to See it so
Thanks Brian.
Nice
I have a 40.00 ct rubie and i was wondering what it would take to send it to you and get it cut a shaped there is some cracks in it but that just means more pieces to work with and maybe if you wish you can keep 50% of the gem. Im not to worryed about it because i have 2.
These are the rubies
Eye like!
Thanks trueherbsman...Nice pun.
question. How'd you cut the ruby down till it was smaller????
But where could I find that kind of boule.??? Is it corundum or spinel?
This is so cool and funny
Thank you.
It would’ve been nice if you held it up to the light in your fingers or in some tweezers or something so we could see the sparkle better. But otherwise great video keep up the great work!👍🏾
I like your video 💎. You should have a lot of patience 👍.
is this synthetic ruby actually chemical ruby or is it a polymer mockup?
Just sun synthesized a small Ruby using a fresnel lens, yes people that is possible and I recommend you try it at home! About the flame synthesize my first Ruby with my new torch. I appreciate the techniques and I plan on trying them out next. Thank you.
P.S. I am using a mixture ratio of 99.95% aluminum oxide and 0.05% Chromium oxide (may correct ratio when I find my ratio chart... My numbers do not look right!) Any ratio's you recommend?
You should post a video on how you do that.
@@VintageTimeGems Update: I have a small video of the solar synthesis. I lit the torch last night and it DIDN'T EXPLODE! It was cold so I couldn't get the ruby to coalesce, kept popping so I had a bunch of little rubies. It was my first attempt! I will try to upload today.... Not torch yet, too dangerous.
IV got a raw ruby an I'm kinda scared to try n cut it what do you think I should do
How did ppl back than do it?
My god the effort craftsman put into this must have been so hard.
This is amazing 👏
And your using an 800 bit grinder?
Yes there are 800 grit diamond laps.
Does corundum come in other colors?
Good to know Jason Statham is handling the quarantine well.
can we cut Chalcedony with diamond or emerald cut model??
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I read in the later comments that there is a change in the music. I request both tunes of the music. As an apprentice machinist, I will make my own synthetic ruby.
It was the video thread on making synthetic rubies that led me to this video. It looks like a fantastic process, even before the end "reveal".
I like synth Ruby...There is little hope that most gem cutter will ever get to facet quality real ruby. Most real Ruby sold is junk....
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What's the difference between the synthetic ruby and a natural one? Why aren't the synthetic ones good enough to take over from the natural ones?
Muito bonito