Crylos

joined 1 year ago
 

This is a new design that has 198 facets that I thought was going to be a challenge to cut, but was much easier than I anticipated. I would have uploaded a video, but haven’t figured out quite how to do that yet.

 

In the past I used a Graves mast and the cutting head used doos with a tiny hole and brass rod to align the dop to the index. This worked really well on transfer to align both dops.

Now with my ultratec I swear I have yet to get a properly aligned index on transfer with their transfer jig. I have to always test a polish on a girdle facet and use the cheater to re-align the index.

Anyone have any tips?

[–] Crylos@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Esoteric one for all of you … r/faceting used to discuss faceting gemstones. Also r/gemstones … what can I say it’s a hobby I enjoy. 😁