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Post by DigDug on May 25, 2010 19:46:13 GMT -5
I, after years of procrastinating, decided to try a facet on my "wheeled" flex cab unit. This is a piece of Star Rose Quartz, 33.1c and 20mm round. Yes it is big! LOL Now I see the rave about faceting...but...doing that on a flexwheel is challenging. Forgive my photography, not so good trying to capture the fine lines and such on it. It is not done. I still have to place some cuts on the pavillion. Anyone think its worth getting appraised for an amateur job with crooked lines.....LOL   |
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Post by gsellis on May 25, 2010 21:25:09 GMT -5
Cool!
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Post by amythestguy on May 26, 2010 16:05:00 GMT -5
well dug..what rock have you been hiding under ;D..any new blogs? Looks fairly good..gonna try it again?
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Post by DigDug on May 26, 2010 17:20:30 GMT -5
Been hiding under the oddest rock on the planet...uhhh....strange its shaped like a roof....LMAO
and, I just finished the facet. Put some opposing triange shapes on the top outer ring. End weight 30.9ct. I may try again. It is just super tricky with a flexwheel. I can not get the super fine detail, angles or straight lines. Can forget about doing something small.
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Post by 4cornersrocks on May 27, 2010 16:29:51 GMT -5
yeah but you can say they are OMF right! Big $$$, lol... I cut faceted stuff on my genie, it is fun. I haven't mde anything cool yet, but it is fun. I find it interesting that some of the best work is by hand, check out Bernd Munsteiner's (sp) work, he is a well known German faceter, probably does the best work ever. It is really hard to keep the meet points "perfect"  through all the stages so I just use 2 or 3 stages, it seems to help. Thanks for posting this! |
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Post by william780 on Jun 26, 2010 10:44:25 GMT -5
WOW!...beautiful
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through all the stages so I just use 2 or 3 stages, it seems to help.