Lapidary Tip: How to Preform a Rough Gem Before Cutting

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Learn some new tips on preforming rough material for faceting a gem. Lapidary, Steve Moriarty, explains and demonstrates his techniques on how to preform a rough gem to get rid of any inclusions that are within and to finally determine the shape to cut from the rough. This way you'll find out where your culet, crown, and table should be. Ideally, preforming will get you the best yield from a piece of rough.
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26 июн 2022

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@vincesimmons621 2 года назад

Please do more faceting videos. They are very helpful. Thanks from central Florida.

@Moregems 2 года назад

Glad to hear that they are helping. 😃We're going to try to keep up with them! Keep watching our Lapidary playlist for new content here: ru-vid.com/group/PLwBsvcRI6nW-igkdv6wktCq26Z8x2ZH5T

@PeterSsailing 17 дней назад

Thank you. Educative. Regards from the Netherlands

@Moregems 17 дней назад

Your welcome. We were recently in Amsterdam and had a memorable hamburger at a bar called the Black Dog

@Folkmarketgems.minerals Год назад

Wow He focused on essential steps involved in preparing a rough gemstone for cutting. The technique used is an essential step in the gemstone cutting process. The first step in preforming is to examine the rough gemstone and determine the best way to shape it. The lapidary expert shows us how to mark the rough stone to guide us in the shaping process. Next, the rough stone is placed onto the preforming machine, and a coarse grinding wheel is used to remove the excess material and shape the stone according to the marks made earlier. Thank you for sharing such a nice piece of video and happy cutting! 🥰😍😍🤩

@johnelaw5757 2 года назад

Looking forward to the follow up videos to see this stone completed. Your faceting videos are among my favorites on RU-vid. Thank you for sharing.

@SnowTiger45 3 месяца назад

Nice catch when the stone got out of your fingers when preforming. I wear textured, rubber finger tips when preforming. You don't get the same tactile feel of the stone but it's a far better grip. At worst, with a small stone, you burn a hole through the finger tips which is better than burning through your actual fingers or losing the stone across the room. :)

@travish1853 2 года назад

Learning more and more each time I watch your videos. Thanks for the video, as always

@Moregems 2 года назад

Thanks for watching, Travis!

@violetmontgomery5627 2 года назад

That's so cool! Thanks for the information, it's incredibly interesting the process in these

@Moregems 2 года назад

Thanks for watching! 😃

@Pr1ckles Год назад

Hello Mr. Moriarty, thank you for the video, we hear about you in the gem trade and I am keen to start my journey on lapidary at some point. I have got "Gem Cutting" by Sinkankas and I am eager to begin, I think my skills on the lathe as a clockmaker will pay off and I am looking forward to develop my skills. Kind regards, Josh Walker FGA.

@colethynne Год назад

Great video, love your content. Thanks for sharing

@loisraymcinnis6006 2 года назад

Excellent.

@SRLGemstone Год назад

I visited your page. Your designs are beautiful and also thanks for the useful information.

@AbuGalib 4 месяца назад

Great introduction.

@tikeswarpradhan6082 Год назад

Thank you so much sir 🙏🌼💜

@mediastar9309 9 месяцев назад

Thank you ..

@oovlocityoo2671 Год назад

Hello Sir, thank you for all the amazing work you are doing, and knowledge you are giving to us. I didn't understood the type of oil you are using to look at the rough. Could you please let me know? Thanks

@Moregems Год назад

Wintergreen oil available on Amazon. Methylene iodide is better but expensive and slightly hazardous.

@kevink6420 Год назад

Is there an approximate measurement where you look to saw cut off the inclusions to save time vs faceting them away on a rough lap?

@Vonsen 2 года назад

Watching you saw off the hump was nerve wracking! With your fingers so close to the saw blade, and the piece being covered in water and held freehand I was so worried you'd slip and lose a fingertip! Have you ever had any accidents or close calls? Is there no way to grip the stone in some sort of jig so that your fingers are away from the blade?

@simonliljeholm3495 2 года назад

Diamond sawblades dont cut your fingers. Only If they have gaps in The blade.

@user-kh1or7rf2i 11 месяцев назад

I have unprocessed Ruby do you interesting in purchasing

@seekout247 Год назад

I want to learn lapidary courses . can you advice ,

@ceciliabruck3570 Год назад

Recently cut my first stone on the Ultra tech 5. Where can I buy the Methylene Iodide? Thank you for the videos.

@ceciliabruck3570 Год назад

I did not watch far enough in. I will go with the wintergreen. I need to cut more before I buy that stuff. Wicked.

@Moregems Год назад

Sigma-Aldrich or Mi-Gee

@DomartelloArteeamor 8 месяцев назад

Hello my friend good morning! I'm in Brazil and I'm looking for a used Faceting machine in good condition to buy. The price may not be too expensive, but I have some money and I can also add some rough in the negotiation. If you know of anyone who is selling a good machine please write to me, I will be very grateful. Greetings from Brazil Carlos.

@nageswaraoathyala3976 Год назад

Hi sar plz cheikeg my stone

@MikeG-js1jt 10 месяцев назад

it almost looked like an oval cut would have gotten more material....?

@Jhans-wj5pl Год назад

400 dollars for the piece you saved by cutting it wow. That is great you have customers that will pay that.

@luigimazzardi3995 6 месяцев назад

En français ????

@nandanawijayabahu5678 2 года назад

Hi I'm from srilanka. I'm also lapidarst. I watched ur video preformed big tansanite stone. One mistake u done sawing stone. With out you will got more big ovel stones. And you lose ur crown space. What at your idea. Please let me know how much cts you got that stone.