Lapidary part 1 - an Introduction to the Cutting and Polishing of gemstones.
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2015
- In this video I introduce 'Cabochons with Class', which is an offshoot of the Jewellery Making and Designing part of what I do.
It takes you very quickly through the processes of forming a Cabochon gemstone. The word Cabochon comes from an ancient French word meaning half round or, in other words, not faceted. 
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Before even watching I want to say I am grateful for your knowledge.
People in this industry as well as rockhounding are so generous! I just made a deal, and hopefully it goes through, to trade some samples of rocks for a set of lapidary machines! Thank you for you awesome educational videos, ill be watching them all!
Hello friends nice work 🙏
Have a great day 🔔🔔🔔❤️
This is my latest RUclips video - or maybe you could say it is the FIRST video from 'Cabochons with Class' which is what I am calling my gemstone Cutting and Polishing off-shoot of philongold.
Thanks for the great info I'm trying to get everyone on youtube who are selling gems, rocks and stones to open up a new website like eBay but for lapidarist, I am getting sick of all of eBay's crap and overcharging and would like any ideas you have to offer on selling rocks, etc. I have had it with eBay and want to end their reign as rock sellers I know it will be an uphill battle but like I said there must be away.
Thank you,
Marty Hinnenkamp
Hey, Instagram is the new place for selling stones. That’s the major place where jewelry makers buy now
Ha... clicked play and I hear "go". Nice video. Thank you.
G’day mate I’m from Tasmania and work on a 6 wheel cab machine you might want to change your wheel settings two hard wheels on one side and two soft on the other will unbalance your machine mate 👍👍
Patiently waiting for Part 2 :)
I am so sorry to everyone - there may not be a part 2 for some time. I put my right hand though a table say and damaged 3 fingers. I am slowly getting feeling back to the fingers but not good enough yet to cut and polish gemstones. Phil
Good heavens that’s a disaster for someone in your business! I’m a couple of months out of a broken wrist and am very impatient to get back to making to the extent it’s hurting again after just using a Dremel! Thanks for sharing and best of luck with your healing 😊
Aloha, I have tons of already polished roundish stones/gemstones. I'd like to cut some of them in half, so I could use (or trade) on rings, bracelets. what do I use to cut these in half?
Thank you so much Phil.
Great video thanks
ok let’s see part 2
Hi, I have a Loritone Stainless Steel 8" Arbor & it has the flat Polishing Heads at each end. Can these heads be used for the final polishing? And how do I use them? Also, does anyone know if there is an instruction video on how to use the Loritone Stainless Steel 8" Arbor machine? This video is done on a Classic Loriton without the side Polishing heads.
The polishing pads are probably canvas, you would apply polish, cerium oxide, diamond paste, tin oxide, or whatever polish you need for the stone your cutting, then polish away.
Thank you! @@tennpikr74
How's the lortorne machine been I'm thinking of getting one
it's so time consuming, is there any money in this business?. Awesome Hobby, I'm getting into it now, but I was wondering if there's a way that anybody makes good money doing this?
+scoby
If your stones and jewelry are good enough to sell, then yes you can make money out of this. Obviously you're not going to make the money, a doctor or lawyer makes, but you could set up a market and sell them. In Byron Bay, Australia (Near where I live) there are a few stalls that do this, that make over $200 each day that they're set up. :)
The key to making money is to have a good eye for rough pieces. This only comes from working at it with time. If you buy a rough piece that looks middling-to-fair to everyone else but then it shows some higher quality attributes such as a deeper color, nice patterning, etc. once you cut and polish it, you can turn a nice profit. Of course that assumes you have skill with your tools, which also comes with time.