How to facet a Portuguese cut gem.
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2020
- Hello and welcome to my channel. In this video you will see how the world famous Portuguese Cut gem is faceted. I'm faceting both Citrine and Rose Quartz. Thank you for watching. Email - vintagetimegems@aol.com
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They are all beautiful, the small Rose Quartz was gorgeous!
Btw, thank you for your videos, it is fascinating to see how you cut gems, not to mention that you sound like an Aussie version of Bob Ross the painter..soothing to listen to 😄
Thank you for the great presentation. Fantastic results on all three gems.
Mr. Cliff always an inspiration!
Thanks Marco....
Cliff, I could watch you cut all day long. This was a very entertaining and informative video. The animation was great, and I was happy to see Jaws had a bone... Liked your hat by the way.
That Citrine stole the show. Your modification of the design's pavilion angles certainly removed any hint of windowing in all three stones.
I'm with you regarding rose quartz. It definitely is a "buzz killer" coming off the dop. I've got six pieces in my box of rough and think I'll take them over to the local club for the faceting class to practice with.
Thanks much for another great video. Cheers.
Hi John, the citrine was certainly the best. Yep, no more Rose quartz faceting for me. Best left for other things. Cheers Cliff
Just so so breath takingly beautiful!!! 😀😁😘😍😎😎😎😎
That smokey citrine has such a beautiful warm color. The faceted rose quartz is really muted I have heard other Faceters say. I have heard cabbing them can result in chatoyance or cats eye or star effect. I might be willing to try that with some I have.
Regardless all three gems are beautifully cut. In the 2nd gem I could really see the hints of pink. The third one is so clear but at the same time its not.
That warm Citrine though... just gorgeous!
Hi Tam, the Citrine is a real show stopper. My friend should be pleased with this gem. Looks even better in real life. The Rose Quartz also looks better than on the camera, but this will be the last time I facet rose quartz. Too silky to give much return. I've been tempted too many times buying really pink Rose Quartz thinking it will look great faceted, but it never does.
Love the Portuguese cut, definitely one of the prettiest.
Never noticed the picture of Jaws on the wall before.
Thanks Paul. I'm glad you noticed the picture of Jaws. The Portuguese Cut is a favourite of mine. Cheers
For the life of me I couldn't say which of those three is the prettiest. That Portuguese cut is very flattering to each of those gems, imho. Thanks for sharing, Cliff!
Thanks Kathy....I like the Citrine best.
The citrine is GORGEOUS!!! The others too, but the citrine was the clear winner in this contest. Loved the animations you included! You are becoming a master video creator too!
Have the fires abated, and is the smoke gone in your area? Pats to Jaws.
Thanks Jo Ann, Yes the Citrine was so much better than the other two gems. I enjoyed the animation. I don't watch much TV so I find making a video more interesting. Cutting gems and making video's in my spare time.
Two days before my birthday that was for me the perfect gift. Excellent work.
Happy birthday in 2 days time Chris....Best wishes Cliff
Hi cliff, good to see you cutting gems again. I like the new cartoon cliff at the start. Nice looking gems in a Portuguese cut.
Thanks Tony. This was a big project. It will be sometime before I do another big project like this.
A super production for beautiful stones. A beautiful job!
Thank you Santiago...
Gorgeous
Very beautiful result.
Thanks Cliff, both educational and enjoyable. I always find you videos interesting.
Just got back into the fossicking recently and once I start actually finding some pieces I would like to try a bit of lapidary work.
Thanks Silverback, I love fossicking. I would love to do more of it. Cheers
thanks again cliffe
I hope you enjoyed the video Glenn...Cheers
This is absolutely stunning, mesmerizing, fascinating!! How beautiful are the gems you’ve created! Thank you so very much for sharing this, and the way in which you make the video is superb, going through the steps clearly, and then the long showing of the cuts finished - and then again, polished -- is perfect. The whole thing is truly mesmerizing. I was a wee bit disappointed not to see how the stone was set for the gift for your friend’s daughter - did you ever see it? Or did he just want the stone cut?
I've been wanting to try a Portuguese cut for a while now, but the thought of matching up all those meetpoints is quite daunting. I'd probably have to use my worn 1200 grit lap to keep from overcutting.
This design is not too difficult. The hard part is choosing the right index number.
That’s not too difficult. I only have a 96 at the moment.
“The thought of matching up all those meet cuts” … indeed!! I don’t know what it means exactly, bc I’m not a lapidary (sp.?) nor do I play one on tv! But it has always been a great mystery and a marvel to me HOW exactly all these dozens if not hundreds of facets are cut so precisely and symmetrically, and I have begun to do research and watch videos to try and find the answer to the riddle. YOUR video has come the closest; I have seen videos on setting up a computer rendition of the faceted stone as the angles and number of cuts are decided upon and selected, but the piece I’m missing is how the digital rendering is transferred to the actual cutting - is something programmed into the machine with the arm that you drop down to the sander that lays it precisely on the angle and the position of the facet you want to create and have chosen in the digital rendering? You certainly cannot “know” by feel and/or sight just how much to turn it to get, say, 20 perfectly symmetrical facets on a tier - CAN you?!
Hey, as always good Video. I just recently bought a Faceting machine and i am beginning to learn it =)
Your videos help a lot as there are not many in my native Language.
Thanks a lot, greetings from Germany
Thanks...All the best in learning to facet gems. Regards Cliff
very well done sir (Y) thumbs skyward!
Thanks Trueherbsman
Once again a great instructive video. Do you know where I can get this design Cliff?
great video! May you please tell me where did you order those top cutter from ?
Thank you !
That rose quartz is actually Star Rose Quartz...If you can orient it to catch the star youra better man than I...but you will get a better looking stone...
alright ill admit its only 720 p but i love the animating style lol
Can diamonds also be cut in portuguése cut?
Yes the honey citrine Cliff
The citrine was the best Tim.
@@VintageTimeGems very pretty
Great video and really nice Portuguese cut stones, Cliff. There are so many facets on each stone. When you transfer the stone to cut the crown, how do you go about removing the epoxy?
Thanks Mr Q, The dop and epoxy is detached by heat. I use a small handheld blow torch and wrap the gem with a piece of wet tissue so it wont heat up.
Thank you, I've wondered about trying this but never had the courage. I have been cutting the epoxy with a razor blade but this is time consuming and can leave marks on the brass dops which I don't like. I usually use dop wax but for smaller gems I figure epoxy will hold the stones better. I am cutting a small emerald today, and I will try out this technique.
Worked like a charm! Thank you for your help! I will do it this way from now on.
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Can you tell me what tools you use. I can not seem to find the tools you are you using to cut and shape gems
Hi, to cut a gem you need to buy a faceting machine. Best to join a gem club or a facing guild.
My friend just got a 5 carat brilliant cut champagne diamond, is it possible to get it re-faceted into a Portuguese cut? If so, how much smaller do you guess it would be?
Portuguese cuts have deep pavilion. I would expect that half the weight will be lost.
Vintage Time
Can Ethiopian black fire opal be faceted?
No reason why it can't. Better cabbed though.
Have a question here in utah we have a place to collect topaz . Prize would be what they call here root beer topaz .butwill fade to clear in sunlight. If you facet a root beer stone ,and intime it it fades . Will the brilliance also fade?
No the brilliance will remain the same. Store the faceted gem in the dark.
@@VintageTimeGems thank you, Daryl Stevenson
The citrine is just beautiful. Love the color and sparkle. As you said, the quartz just doesn't refract light as well. Not nearly as impressive.
Thanks featherdude...Yep, the citrine is a stunner. I won't bother with Rose Quartz again. Cheers
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I'll be honest. I haven't seen any cut give rose quartz any life. It is one of those stones better off cabbed.
I doubt I will ever facet another Rose Quartz again. The transparent lighter Rose Quartz was not too bad, but not breathtaking. I think many of the photo's you see of Rose Quartz faceted are doctored up on photo shop or with some type of image enhancing software. Some of the prices asked for rough Rose Quartz is a joke. Looks promising in the rough, but becomes the big let down once faceted. Cheers
If I sent you some rough to play with is their any duty or VAT on it to you
@@FatKidBrody We don't pay VAT in Australia. I never paid a customs tax on goods received from overseas.