Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for showing the good and the bad. I truly appreciate you showing and not glossing over or fast forwarding like so many other videos. Love the video and information keep up the great content
I have to admit that the natural blue topaz is special for it has a light colouring and they seem to have a brilliance of their own the irradiated ones seem to be dead. I have found a fewnatural ones in Qld Australia but not of that size. I love your shows and I have been cutting now for about 50 years and there is alway,s time to learn more things. Such as you polish with diamond whilst I have only ever used Linde A and I use a lot higher speed. Keep up the good work and stay safe from down under.
Love your vidoes!! Can you please show us more mistakes and fixes. There is not much out there for beginners making mistakes at different steps. Wish I could find a book called, Faceting Mistakes and How to Recover, or Not.
Please be careful of those epoxy chemical fumes- my lungs are permanently damaged from them and I didn’t realize just doing what you’re doing could actually ruin my lungs and it did. So use a chemical mask and fan or well ventilated room while doing this step. Just wanted to add this.
Just my own curiosity, but why not use an eyedropper of acetone to dissolve the epoxy? As long as you're careful about placement & cleanup you shouldn't have any risk of affecting the other side.
Do you folks actually make a piece of jewelry with a stone this big? or is there something else you do with the stone? sell it to some kind of collector? ............. personally I probably would have made 3 stones out of that piece...
We have made pendants this large, but it takes a special person. We’ve also sold large gems to collectors. We ended up cutting two gems from that single crystal. The large one shown here and a “smaller” one.
The amount of knowledge and humbleness is off the charts......
thankyou soooooooo much
Your welcome Jamie
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for showing the good and the bad. I truly appreciate you showing and not glossing over or fast forwarding like so many other videos. Love the video and information keep up the great content
Your so welcome
I love your honesty and skill.
Thankyou for sharing
I have to admit that the natural blue topaz is special for it has a light colouring and they seem to have a brilliance of their own the irradiated ones seem to be dead. I have found a fewnatural ones in Qld Australia but not of that size. I love your shows and I have been cutting now for about 50 years and there is alway,s time to learn more things. Such as you polish with diamond whilst I have only ever used Linde A and I use a lot higher speed. Keep up the good work and stay safe from down under.
Thanks for watching wilhelmus
Love your vidoes!! Can you please show us more mistakes and fixes. There is not much out there for beginners making mistakes at different steps. Wish I could find a book called, Faceting Mistakes and How to Recover, or Not.
Super job sir
I am interested....
Can you please list the name of the polish compound -the disk grid and the wax to hold the stone ? Thank you
All equipment is listed in the description of this video here: ua-cam.com/video/w6FEaxgSNgg/v-deo.html
Fantastic!! Thanks for taking the time to do these videos.
Awesome Video
have you tried the new glue that dries with uv light? thanks for the great video.
Great video - keep them coming! Do you still cut & polish the table this way on the V5, or do you use the adapter?
Please be careful of those epoxy chemical fumes- my lungs are permanently damaged from them and I didn’t realize just doing what you’re doing could actually ruin my lungs and it did. So use a chemical mask and fan or well ventilated room while doing this step. Just wanted to add this.
Parabéns pelo seu trabalho
Ótimo... vai meu jóia
Thank you for video. Where did you get the table your faceting machine is set into.
Sorry too long ago to remember.
How much per CT
Just my own curiosity, but why not use an eyedropper of acetone to dissolve the epoxy? As long as you're careful about placement & cleanup you shouldn't have any risk of affecting the other side.
Acetone is very slow to break down epoxy.
Your mistake on the crown was the best part so far.
Do you folks actually make a piece of jewelry with a stone this big? or is there something else you do with the stone? sell it to some kind of collector? ............. personally I probably would have made 3 stones out of that piece...
We have made pendants this large, but it takes a special person. We’ve also sold large gems to collectors. We ended up cutting two gems from that single crystal. The large one shown here and a “smaller” one.
and 9 is just a 6 upside down so no shame in that mix up. i guess 6 avoided getting 8 by 9 so 9 8 the stone :D
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