How to make Cabochons. (Cab Making)
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- Опубликовано: 10 апр 2021
- Turn your rough stones into jewelry grade gemstones by following this cab making video. How to make cabochons! Cabochons or cabs for short are the dome gemstones you often see in Opals. These are not the facetted gemstones like you would see in diamonds. This DIY tutorial takes you through the steps of creating cabochons from lapidary rough stones. In this demonstration I use my BC Ocean Picture Stone to make 3 cabs from start to finished product.
These three Pendants will be up for auction on my website at: danhurdprospecting.com/auction/
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"It may not seem like much, untill you get it wet"
-Dan Hurd
Amen, brother...
*Holding back my inner Michael Scott*
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀
@@AlexDuWaldt hell yeah hahahha
@@iLitAfuseiCantStop so true tho lmao..
Cabochons are my favorite way of seeing gemstones. It feels more natural to me- like river rocks. I enjoy the rock music too :)
There might be many experts in this area. But it is Dan Hurd who brought this to my knowledge on the subject.
Hello Dan! Sending 💘from Sacramento. So glad your doing well
On that specific piece you were working on. I am a retired wood worker. I named my pieces, tables & such. That piece, I would work it to a tear shape, call it the Dragon's tear. Due to the redish color. Loved the download.
You are a wonderful human being. I love you, and your wife and children are blessed to have you. The reciprocal is probably the same, so count your blessings sir. :D
Thank you for sharing what you do with the rest of us.
Man, that picture jasper is something else!
I love the fact you sound so enthused with the topic...it’s a major selling point for your channel
And that’s especially so considering you’re still in recovery from some pretty major surgery too chief
Especially when he says “It may not seem like much, until you get it wet”
@@WinnerRust ...and he was right too! 😅
@@weedfreer yeah, ik. She didn’t look like much before it ;)
@@WinnerRust ahh yeah :)
@@weedfreer hahahaha
I see the ocean in it now and wow that's crazily like a beach
Boy does this video bring back some fond memories of bygone day's, thanks for the walk down memory lane Dan!
Get it done if you want to do it before it's to late to do anything
You're looking well Dan. Keep up the great work. Prayers as always for your health 🙏.
Just wanted to say hey and yes you definitely earned my sub.. keep it up. There's gold in your soul.
You did really well for having done so few cabs!
I love the "sailboat" in the rock on the right!
Cabs are my favorite gem stone shape. Thank you for sharing
Give em to the Better Half for sure. Great job Dan!
I have found a new Love!
Ocean Picture Stone!
I love the idea of doing this. You seem to be so connected to a community of prospectors and people who do everything that has to do with the business. It must come from a lifetime of love and experience for finding gold and gems.
Expanding The Wisom!.....That's Always A Plus Dan! That's A Great Blessing You're Providing Others With........ Always Great To See Your Beard Getting Back To Strength, Back To The Samson Character Before The Health Setback......When Your Beard Is Back To Being Fully Restored, So Will YOU, Just Be Back Doing Like Nothing Happened......Always Great To Catch Your Blessings.....
Dan is looking great these days 😁❤
I highly recommend you use dopsticks on the backs of your cabs when you work them. You can get more evenly domed cabs by rolling your cabs on your wheels, and you'll still have all your fingertips intact by the time you finish cabbing!
This. Check out the Pulitzer Opal channel. Great resource. And his vids are hilarious.
Do the funny dance
Black opal direct is the place to watch Dan!
Why choose one when you can watch both channels! Both Pullitzer Opal and Black Opals Direct are incredible resources. Both of them are far and away experts of their industries, and they make and work with some of the most incredible opals seen anywhere!
Very cool ocean picture stone
Excellent lesson and stunning ocean picture stone cabs, thank you for sharing your knowledge god bless and stay safe and well 🙏🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰🥰🥰👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks so much for this video Dan. I am hand cabbing some of your OPS with a rotary tool and I can't wait to share the results.
@Mel Hawk it's a Mastercraft from Cdn Tire
Yes dopsticks are the go for sure, also put a small bevel on the bottom of the cab so it sits in your setting better, love watching your videos magical country.
I finally bought some O P stone just now. Thanks Dan.
Thought you were never going to mention dop sticks. They are invaluable for getting control of your grinding. I like to use them right from the start. Free hand cabochons are so fun to do, bit of an art form looking for the best image in each stone. polish up to 30,000 grit, yet cerium oxide on a leather wheel still makes them pop!!!
Nice shop, well appointed!! Nice cabs!!
My first cab. was from a piece of brown agate, the banding made a picture that looked just like Vancouver Island, later I went to a silver smithing class, and made a bezel setting for it.
Rock On!!!!
Awesome inspirational video for people who are getting into creating.
Love the old 2 wheel equipment those last forever i learned on some of those
You did great and this job is easier for your heart healing process
Back in the seventies, I had a Sears Roebuck catalog, Lapidary tub mill. Golly, you could get almost anything from Sears back then. I did a bit of slabbing and cabochon cuts. I lived in sedimentary zones though, and didn't have much money for material. I still live in sedimentary rocks, no longer have the equipment, but I have the urge to play. Thanks for the dream.
I been telling everyone I know to come check out your channel about ocean picture stone... I think it's a healthy obsession lol
182 👍's up Dan thanks again for taking us all along with you
Thinking of giving this a try, uncle Dan is a inspiration
Mr Dan as always. Your awesome sir
You did a nice job Dan. They sure are pretty.
Big love man philosophically your stones are part of real world! I have its magic, you will be part of this world , love man ♥
Dan Hurd, thank you for taking the time to share the actual process to create a dome. I recently bought a HI Tech Diamond 8" slant cab because I fell in love with the adventure of rockhounding and turning it into something beautiful to share. Thank you again, you rock!! LOL!!
WANTED: More lapidary how-to, please!
I love your videos and I’m glad you are feeling better!
My thoughts, you cut the most beautiful parts out d/t the "hole". Very nice "waves" that were to the left. You might want to consider working with epoxies to fill inclusion holes so you can use the best parts of the stone.
That shop is well maintained. :) Clean and organized. :D
great intro into learning about cabochons
Thanks for the info had no clue now it’s easier to understand
Thanks Dan for giving a peak into how to display these finds!
A great video Dan I’m glad to see that you are doing better.
You would earn my subscription every time if I could do it more than once!!
Good video instructions Dan, brings back memories for me back years ago when I was a lapidery assistant at a local rock shop!
I love that diamond one
I sure enjoyed watching you as you explained in nice detail the many steps it takes to cut, grind, and smooth every piece with care. Really nice shop to work in!
Very beautiful jewelry specially with the ocean picture stone, few years ago I see in assisi (italy) a store with this kind of stone...yes very expensive piece or jewelry, interesting video thanks Dan 😊
I have been working with this stone for about 25 years and have cut hundreds of cabs. Mine came from the original working of the site. It had been called ocean picture rock. The stone, or at least the cabs cut from it, are a combination of serpentine, calcite and veins of quartz. The blue is the calcite and it is somewhat soft. I have had really bad luck tumbling it because of the different hardnesses.
I love seeing the making process!!!
Love your videos, Dan, and appreciate all you are doing to educate us Noobs. Thank you!
Been waiting for ages to see this excellent video dan
Dan!! I just joined a local gem and mineral society that provides all the lapidary magic and made my very first cabochon yesterday! It was amazing
Beautiful stones. Great video Dan.
Have you thought about putting some gold in the ocean picture stone to resemble the sun just an idea i think it would look amazing
How would you put gold into a stone lol
@@__-bz7wh if you can take it out you can put it back in I’m sure there’s away
@@__-bz7wh pretty easy, make the gold into a rivet. drill a hole in the stone that is countersunk on both sides, and rivet it in
@@__-bz7wh inlaying metal into stone is not hard for an experienced jeweler. It’s a great idea and you look foolish for laughing at it.
@@jarriltolhurst6352 it’s not “pretty easy” and your idea would break the stone.
Thank you! This is so cool and makes me feel motivated to try instead of scared of messing up!
I like your attitude! You have my full support.
That is beautiful stuff Dan. Appreciate ya.
Great video Dan. It's very interesting to see the work that goes into jewelry.
Wow. I've watched you get picture stone but now I realy see why it's so desirable!!!🤯🤯🤯😁
This is the best cab making video on RUclips! I've seen so many. You are a great teacher Dan Hurd. Thank you for doing what you do. I surely appreciate it. I did what you said to do and found my Rock People at the Yuciapa Valley Gem and Mineral Society in Yuciapa California. They have an amazing workshop there with all the equipment I need to get creative with. Rock on!
That is great love that ocean picture stone I will be ordering some of that soon great vid dan
Good afternoon Dan!!
I just got a king cab machine for Christmas. I’m just learning, but I have been making hard rock gold guitar pics from rocks out of my load mine.
Very very nice Dan. Not only would I love to prospect for gold but also make jewelry like these too.
I took Lapidary classes when I was in the 7th-8th grade in Roseville CA Public Schools!
Thank you for this video! I did learn so much about making cabochons. This expanded my knowledge base.
Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing! That was awesome!
This was a good one and unexpectedly posted EXACTLY when I was asking the question about the final polishing paste which you so wonderfully brought up. I kept forgetting what it was called so thanks!
Thanks dan my wife really loves the ocean pic stone its beautiful
Dan, that was super fascinating. Really enjoyed watching
These are so beautiful
Always good videos Dan keep it up. You're teaching many alot! God bless you and yours Dan be safe have fun man!
Very cool, recently new to your channel, enjoying the educational information! SEMPER Fi! Thats definitely a dream shop with all the proper tools!
Loving that stone!! I need me some!!
Great video. I always appreciate your teaching shows. Thank you.
Congrats on 300K!!
Love the video Dan!!
Wow! Thanks Dan, I love the education!!
Cool video Dan! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Dan. I loved this video. You have gotten very adept at making cabochons. I hope you’re saving the scraps you cut off. I would love to have those pieces!
haven't cut slabs since the late seventies. have a slab cutter in my basement. was mostly interested in faceting stones at that time. I'm retired now, so a lot of time to do things again .I still have my faceting machine.
That was fun to watch! Thanks, Dan!
That was very interesting!
Glad to see there was a way to keep your fingers away from a spinning sanding wheel...but the metal pan bottom - if the stone slips that might be a costly(time) mistake.
I've been dying to try some cabs, but the equipment is so expensive. I had NO idea there were such clubs! I bet Capilano Rock and Gem knows if theres one in our city. I love watching the BlackOpalDirect channel. He's a master grinder and polisher, and I've learned so much from him.
You can get started with hand cabbing with sand paper and go from there
17:10 my favourite: You can see the big wave, shore, silhouette of an island on the left and a flock of seagulls and on the right like a sunset I guess :D
Awesome work Dan enjoyed the video ! Take care and God Bless 🙏
The triangular one reminds me of the great salt lake in Utah during a winter month before it dried up. Gorgeous work! Still curious how you managed to squees a G into the intro "welgcome", must be a teacher thing. Haha
Amazing !!like ALL your videos.A pleasure to watch and its 2 20 at night but can miss something so amazing ❤
Very interesting video, thanks Dan!
At 17:50 I saw a really nice ocean stone. Nice beach, lots of water :P
Awesome stuff Dan 💎⛏️😎
I love your work.
Great video Dan thank you for telling people how to find gems and rocks legally. Hopefully people listen and stay away from places they are not supposed to be. Cheers!
ARROWHEAD'S DAN! I'm curious. Have you ever or would you consider making some designer arrowhead's with your samples of Ocean Picture Stone? I think they would look quite epic with this raw talent you have for these jewelry pieces here. Dan they look INCREDIBLE !
Dan i have to say that i really enjoy watching your videos they are really interesting and real, not at all like some of the fakes out there that claim an ounce of gold in every pan. keep up the good work and i look forward to seeing more. thank you
I watch Justin/Black Opal Direct...and he does such amazing work. You did a great job~ most of the other folks I have watched making cabs just make me cringe! lol. Lovely pieces Dan!
awesome as always