⭐ Show Us Your Cut Stones - Before And After Photos

[Dihusky]

8.( grrrrrrrr

Almost to the end with 8 facets to go, struggling with a cat hair scratch, and I did something in frustration that made my stone jump off the dop :8

So I guess this is a before shot.....

Happens to us all at some point What are you using for final polish?

 

[Wally69]

I know someone who will sell you a new cast iron polishing lap -

:Y: Got one of those, i have it parked ATM due to concern I contaminated the inner circle.

 

[Wally69]

8.( grrrrrrrr

Almost to the end with 8 facets to go, struggling with a cat hair scratch, and I did something in frustration that made my stone jump off the dop :8

So I guess this is a before shot.....

Happens to us all at some point What are you using for final polish?

Using my dual polishing special alloy lap with 3,000 + 100,000 diamond to finish it off.

I have either got some contaminated 100,000 or the girdle is spitting some micro-sapphire chips. Could be the latter as it has a tiny bit of orange peel on it. Should have got rid of it earlier but was trying to maximise diameter on this stone.

 

[Dihusky]

Had similar problems on some Topaz recently, driving me mad trying to sort it out, looks like its buried something in the pre-polish side of my 1200 sintered flip, just one little bit and an instant scratch when you run a stone over it! Had to change laps to 3k on copper then 60k on pressed tin which is working well, but like you, I still have to sort the lap that's generating the scratching. Trials and tribulations of facetors

 

[Wally69]

oop: :awful: :argh: layful:

I am not going to sleep tonight until I finish this stone, a couple of :beer: s and the courage has been found to get this flying-sapphire sorted.

I am laying it all on the line.....it is the stone or me, only one victor will emerge from the diamond dust tomorrow......... and let it be a :inlove: :gemstone:

 

[Billy]

Best of luck Wally!
May the force :beer: be with you! :gemstone:

 

[Wally69]

Victory.....

1.8ct central Queensland party sapphire

 

[Jaros]

Nice one Wal. :gemstone:

 

[LONEWOLF]

See what the Power of Beer can do.... Nice Stone there Wally... erfect:

LW....

 

[Dihusky]

Wife always warns me about cutting stones after a beer or 2, now I can show her it works with challenges Nice stone Wally

 

[RM Outback]

Beauty Wal :beer: :beer: erfect:

 

[steve f]

very nice

 

[Heatho]

Very nice stone Wally, well done mate.

 

[Manpa]

Luvely. I am always amazed at the stones cutters on PA turn out. :gemstone:

 

[Pat Hogen]

Well done! :clap:

 

[Wally69]

Thanks for the encouraging comments, also found out my new phone takes some great shots. Same stone, different lighting.

 

[Gilly47]

GOOD lookin stone there Mr 69, gunna dig me some shortly, same place as yourse

ray :gemstone: :gemstone: ickshovel:

 

[StoneTheCrows]

Wow

That second photo is brilliant.
Nice Job

 

[Wally69]

GOOD lookin stone there Mr 69, gunna dig me some shortly, same place as yourse

ray :gemstone: :gemstone: ickshovel:

Been thinking of your trip and wondering if you had hit the billy boulders yet. I would love to get back up there for a scratch in the dirt.

Good luck Ray
ickshovel: :gemstone: ickshovel: :gemstone: ickshovel: :gemstone:

 

[tailormarc]

Well finally got around to sending some stones i dug out Muckinbudin. Some of the higest quality smokey is found at this location and its as simple as just digging the mullock piles. Some nice citrine from this site too . The clear stuff is quarts but the site is known for topaz

High quality smokey quartz, i found , Wheatbelt WA by Marc Russo, on Flickr

citrine i tumbled...
Natural citrine i found in the Wheatbelt WA by Marc Russo, on Flickr

Untitled by Marc Russo, on Flickr

All cut and came out beautiful by Marc Russo, on Flickr

All cut and came out beautiful by Marc Russo, on Flickr