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Polish'ed Opals
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Добавлен 5 апр 2014
Just a regular guy in Poland sharing his Australian opal cutting hobby.
Working only with a knife block, the occasionnal sandpaper, leather and cerium oxide.
Working only with a knife block, the occasionnal sandpaper, leather and cerium oxide.
Rubbish to Polish: Moving away from those Coober Pedy
australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals
Hello viewers,
It felt like forever, with the poor grade and the heat, but I finally made it through that parcel. Now on to better (?) stuff.
polishedopals@outlook.com
#opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
Hello viewers,
It felt like forever, with the poor grade and the heat, but I finally made it through that parcel. Now on to better (?) stuff.
polishedopals@outlook.com
#opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
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Видео
Color Chase: Checking the last pieces of the latest CP parcel
Просмотров 15416 дней назад
australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, That's kinda part 1, as I'm going to finish the stones that turned up nice. Hopefully they stay nice. Feel free to like, comment, share, subscribe, all those fancy things. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
Rubbish to Polish: Almost
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australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, Sand sucks. Please buy. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
Vote for the first stone of the next parcel
Просмотров 147Месяц назад
australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, I didn't even do the bare minimum this week as I was still sick. Next week, I promise I'll have a Rubbish to Polish video. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
Rubbish to Polish: Very sick...Not talking about the stone
Просмотров 127Месяц назад
australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, I did the bare minimum this week since I'm very out of it due to the flu. Nothing life threatening, but made things harder. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
Rubbish to Polish: So shiny, so tiny
Просмотров 219Месяц назад
australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, I rarely work on stones this small, because it's usually extremely hard for the fingers, not that lucrative, and every imperfection is magnified since it's a bigger percentage. But this one looked so nice, I had to do it. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
Rubbish to Polish: 2nd anniversary stone!
Просмотров 752Месяц назад
australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, To celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the channel, I picked a good stone. I have a better one coming eventually, but for now, that's still promising rough. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
Rubbish to Polish: Retrying my luck with the parcel
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australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, I mean, the point of turning my luck around was to get great stuff from the parcel, right? Next week, the 2nd anniversary stone. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
I cut down the last opal some more and repolished it...
Просмотров 352 месяца назад
australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, Life's been hectic, so here, take a repolished version of the last stone I worked on. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
Rubbish to Polish: Breaking a bad streak with an individual opal
Просмотров 3092 месяца назад
australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, Look, we were all getting tired of failures, so I decided to work on one of the stones that I had individually ordered. And turns out, it worked. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
Another batch of opal rubbing on camera
Просмотров 412 месяца назад
australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, As the last video like this was moderately succesful, I decided to.... do it again. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
Rubbish to Polish: Still looking for a decent opal in that parcel
Просмотров 2013 месяца назад
australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, Kind of starting I should give up on that parcel, it has not been a great success. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
Cleaning up some pretties
Просмотров 873 месяца назад
australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, Trying something different - just cleaning up some pretties to go in a jar. Because when life gives you lemons, you just clean them on RUclips. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
Rubbish to Polish: Another stone, another crack...
Просмотров 733 месяца назад
australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, I have to apologize for the delay. Life got a bit out of hand. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
Rubbish to Polish: A disappointing return to Coober Pedy
Просмотров 744 месяца назад
australianopalsales.com/store/polished-opals Hello viewers, After a lot of Mintabie (a lot. a. lot.), we're headed back to some Coober Pedy material. Hopefully it's better than the first week was. polishedopals@outlook.com #opal #gems #preciousstones #opals #lapidary #gem #gemcutting #craft
a couple of pretty little gems, nice!
Technically makes up for the value of the parcel - if they are sold, y'know
Number 2 is very pretty. Shame that you had an equipment failure. Hope you are able to solve the problem, inexpensively. Greetings from Victoria. 😊
I'll be able to fix it for about 7 dollars, bus fare included XD
@@polishedopals8667 Excellent. Glad to hear that it is a simple fix. I'm a learner and I gain much from the knowledge of opal lovers. Thank you. 😊
Don QUARNSTROM told us of your channel. I subscribed. He gave us a heads up about you and said to give you a try. 😊. Greetings from Victoria, Australia.
Welcome to the channel. Don has been a proponent for a long time.
@@polishedopals8667 He has been very kind. I'm not tech minded and had trouble with my device. On another channel. He walked me through how to change stuff like resolution for clarity. Via live chat! Legend!! Delighted to be on board. 😊
Great colors, I am always amazed at what you can create.
I create nothing, I just reveal stuff.
That is a very pretty opal! Great video.
Moderate hope. Thanks for the comment.
Bummer but always the next stone Just a heads up ,, Clicked on your link, had issue and couldn't?
@@scottpeters5624 I contacted the admin, hopefully it's all resolved soon
It is all good practice at reading and shaping opal!
Yeah, but also, when buying opals online, you get what you get, so to speak. Couldn't have told from the pictures.
Please stop making videos!
Dang! It looks like it has such potential.
I think that if there hadn't been that sand spot, we were looking at a 1.8 ct, $60 stone. Nothing TOO crazy.
Number 2 kinda looks like an anvil, I vote for that.
Vote registered! Seems like 2 is the runaway leader.
2,1,3,4 is the way I'd go with it 😂. Best of luck and hope you get well soon 👍
No promises on what's gonna be the order after the first one, but vote registered for #2!
I would start with number 2
Most likely to end up in something, although I have my doubts on the quality of the end result. Vote registered!
Good to hear your on the mend, No 3 looks inviting Some nice rough there
Number 3 looks like it could be a 200$ stone, or nothing. Vote registered!
it is still a very pretty gem. get well soon, sir.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, Hope your feeling better soon mate
Great cut! I hope it can sell
I have my doubts
Hi. That Opal Guy recommended your channel. Said to check you out, so here I am! Greetings from Victoria, Australia. 😊
One of my early followers. Always happy to have more peeps around.
@@polishedopals8667 I subbed.
nice one. I shared this video on my community page. Hopefully it will gain you a few more subs!
Mighty kind of you.
Onto it! Thanks Don.😊
Nice opal at the end but I was noticing your not showing any video of the actual process you might get quite alot more subscribers if you show the actual process are you hand cutting or do you have an actual cabbing machine your just showing the opal after the fact just a suggestion keep it up
I used to do that, the issue is that by hand even this small simple stone took about 4 hours of work - nobody ain't watching that long 😅
Pretty stone good job m8 👍 I’d suggest keeping it and when u cut later hopefully trying to find a couple of matching size stones similar qualities maybe for a set🫡
True, could also work as small earrings or maybe sides for a bigger central stone on a ring/pendant
Oh, that is a beauty! You did a great job. Thanks for sharing.
It's always my pleasure 😉
Its not pin fire m8 patter not bright but pattern
Rubbish m8
I am amazed at the turnout!
It IS pretty good, ennit?
@@Rockinit37 yes rubbish opal
Result 👍
Moderate but at this point gotta take whatever I can get
@@polishedopals8667 I'll take little wins all day 😁
I like the way it turned out. It's good to have a winner.
It's pretty nice, it's rare for me to have stones that are not too directional or requiring good light.
You feel a sinking feeling as flaws appear in a stone you had hope for,, onwards and upwards mate,, It does make the few wins you for make, even more precious.
At some point, you get to know when to expect disappointment from a stone. In a parcel, beh, it happens. When it's a stone you bought individually, then it's much worse.
unfortunate. but you have to mill through so many duds to find that winner! Keep up the good work, sir!
I've also got a couple of likely "okay" stones coming in the parcel, so it's not the end of the world. I just hoped a bit more from this one 🥲
That's the first nice stone I've seen you cut, I'd be happy to buy that one, really nice!
Shoot me a message at polishedopals@outlook.com and I'm sure we can come to an agreement 👍
Great work, I hope it sells
God me too, I would really love to see some influx of money from opals.
I love the final results on that stone. The color and play in that pattern are sweet.
Sure am glad I recut it.
Opal all the way in Poland . Nice job on this one
Thank you - I'm actually still in the middle of re-polishing it, I was hoping to have it done by today but.... Well, it's proving difficult 😅
Great work! Glad you found a good one
Finally, some might say
very beautiful stone. It really is nice to get a winner.
I figured it would be (hence the individual purchase), but I really needed a break from tiny failures.
Getting better at showing colors on camera. I saw some opal Arrowheads a few days ago and made me think of you.
Online or in person?
@@polishedopals8667 in person, at an native event this weekend
good color when it wants to show. great practice.
Yeah, passes the time and it's content anyway.
Hi how thick is this stone? Beautiful colours possibly put it aside till you perfect your shapes and just give it a little touch up you’ll have less weight but a more valuable stone thanks for the vid m8 🫡
Hello, that stone turned out to be 2.2mm thick. That video is over a year old, but my shapes are still a bit iffy, I'm a bit shape-blind
@@polishedopals8667 hi m8 what are you using to cut dremel, flat lap or wheels ??
@@lyndallsymons9767 None of the above, I'm using a whetstone to sharpen knives.
It's rare the Opal gods fully smile at us, But when they do, is why we do it 👍
Damn the milky potch.
Swear it's everywhere these days.
I am always amazed you can turn these opals into such beauty. You are getting really good at showing off the colors.
I'm considering a proper camera, maybe, one day.
👍👍👍👍👍🥰🥰
great little pieces, very good color. have you considered trying to do doublets?
I haven't, I struggle enough to shape 1 thing, nevermind 2 that matches. But if you want them, I can make you a very friendly price 😅
An very experienced paint sprayer, told me to add a drop of washing up liquid to water when hand polishing , the water cools and removes debris, the detergent lubricates,, he said the finish is much better,, boy was he right,, Enjoying your channel👍
Might give that a try, could help not hurt my fingers so much
@@polishedopals8667 I cut by hand too. I dop stick my stones as early as possible, this too saves the pinky's. Washing up liquid definitely improves finish 👌👍
interesting tip
Great job finding the crack, another stone another day :)
Try not to buy a rub under 5 CRTs and a rough under 20 CRTs gives you the best chance to make a win maybe I guess it depends on your budget but hey fun is for fun money is for money depends which way you want to go 🫡🫡🫡
Money is definitely an issue, since sales aren't there 😒. I can work down from 2-3ct of okay rough, but under 1 is when it gets too difficult. I get better pieces individually too, but when you need content you accept that a lot of the cheaper ones won't turn out.
Way it goes,, 👍
Yeah, cheap material, cheap results, cannot be surprised.
there is a fair amount of color. bummer that the pits were there, but it is the way.
Hopefully, better things are coming.
You are getting really great at getting angles cut into it, looking more like gems than rocks :)
Chek your face book page please
looks like you should make a profit. so, overall, good results.
It's always about selling. Hate that part.