ChicagoDave
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Post by ChicagoDave on Dec 31, 2017 16:48:50 GMT -5
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fishnpinball
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Post by fishnpinball on Dec 31, 2017 16:54:03 GMT -5
There is a lot less wiggle room completing a nice looking faceted stone as opposed to a cabochon. Kudos for a great looking stone.
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Post by Pat on Dec 31, 2017 17:03:00 GMT -5
Wow!
Congratulations!
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Post by MsAli on Dec 31, 2017 17:43:48 GMT -5
Wow, great job.
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Post by Jugglerguy on Dec 31, 2017 23:33:15 GMT -5
I don’t know anything about faceting, but that looks really good. Lots of fun geometry there.
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Post by toiv0 on Jan 1, 2018 0:02:54 GMT -5
I am so impressed, good work
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Post by vegasjames on Jan 1, 2018 4:11:33 GMT -5
Looks great.
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monna0000
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Post by monna0000 on Jan 1, 2018 6:25:05 GMT -5
Wow this looks amazing and congrats on the new skill you mastered excellent from the first stone. It looks like a million😃
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Jan 1, 2018 10:07:00 GMT -5
Great job on your first stone! Your yield will get better as you gain experience.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Jan 1, 2018 10:44:05 GMT -5
Very nice, Dave. I had no doubt you would excel at this. You seem to be meticulous by nature. Never seen such an organized and neat tumbling operation. Well, maybe TheRock, but that's because he's never actually used his equipment.  Look forward to seeing how you run with this. |
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ChicagoDave
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Post by ChicagoDave on Jan 1, 2018 11:17:16 GMT -5
Thanks, everyone. I'm going to play around with a few things I learned online to see if I can improve the pictures any!
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ChicagoDave
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Post by ChicagoDave on Jan 1, 2018 12:06:32 GMT -5
I took this sitting on a white tile.  This one was taken thru my 10x loupe. It shows the scratches and chipped corners much better!  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 1, 2018 16:27:31 GMT -5
Yay! You did great! I've never faceted, but I appreciate the exacting work that goes into it. You have a beautiful stone- love the golden color.
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Post by Drummond Island Rocks on Jan 1, 2018 19:03:17 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing your work. It is going to be fun to watch you progress. I have no doubt you will master it.
Chuck
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Post by fantastic5 on Jan 1, 2018 23:30:53 GMT -5
Beautiful work on that stone. My first and only faceted stone is still on the dop, getting smaller and smaller every time I try.
Great photos too! Love how all the points meet! I know just how hard that is! Kodos!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 18:20:20 GMT -5
That is an amazing stone for first without help. Meets look awesome, polish seems top notch.
I'm really happy for you. A rising star in the faceting world. Congratulations!
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ChicagoDave
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Post by ChicagoDave on Jan 2, 2018 21:55:46 GMT -5
That is an amazing stone for first without help. Meets look awesome, polish seems top notch. I'm really happy for you. A rising star in the faceting world. Congratulations! Thanks, I was quite happy with the meets and final polish. The edges kept wanting to chip, but I read some other messages where people had the same issue with this material. I'll try cutting it a little less aggressively for the rough shaping. I also had one edge of a facet that didn't want to fully polish, but I decided to move on and not get too fussy! |
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Post by gemfeller on Jan 2, 2018 22:53:40 GMT -5
That is an amazing stone for first without help. Meets look awesome, polish seems top notch. I'm really happy for you. A rising star in the faceting world. Congratulations! Thanks, I was quite happy with the meets and final polish. The edges kept wanting to chip, but I read some other messages where people had the same issue with this material. I'll try cutting it a little less aggressively for the rough shaping. I also had one edge of a facet that didn't want to fully polish, but I decided to move on and not get too fussy! Just saw this thread, been out of town. Good job for your first stone. You'll soon get a feel for roughing preforms. Some materials are inclined to chip on facet edges. I've had luck by reversing lap direction when I run into one of those. As for a facet that doesn't want to polish in one area, that's what cheaters are for. You'll soon get the hang of that too. Photographing faceted gems is a real learning experience. It's all about light and controlling it for the effect you want. It only took me about 10 years to really feel confident with the task but I'm a slow learner when it comes to photography. I'm sure you'll progress much faster. |
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Post by pauls on Jan 5, 2018 15:31:59 GMT -5
Great job.
I don't like Christinite much, there are a lot better synthetics. That design comes up really well with a bit of CZ or synthetic Spinel.
Tom Herbst books are great for teaching faceting, light hearted and well written so you don't even realise you are reading a text book.
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Post by fernwood on Jan 6, 2018 7:25:21 GMT -5
Love all the angles going on. Beautiful.
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Maybe you can post some pictures here