Aw thanks 🙏. Thanks so very much 😊. I really appreciate that you made this video. I think it's probably the only one out there, how to cab with a Dremel. Your a legend mate. Cheers 🎉🎉
Great in-depth video ,especially for those wanting to know how to cab or inexperienced .I think many will find this very useful .becos there's many videos on cutting but none explain the details like you have ..welldone .love that you used the IGS for reference to .looking forward to your trameatment and stabilising videos and fairy opal yay .have a great weekend Roy
Thanks it has been suggested a lot and the viewers always know what they want info on more than me so more than happy to follow the desired topics like this.
@RoysRocks , that's exactly what I was hoping for. I'm curious to see how you treat it and then set it. I never get tired of seeing the colours coming out in the Matrix.
Great demonstration. It looks really nice. I hope it treats well. There is a lot of color in the stone. I hope you post it after it has been treated. I’d like to see it as a finished stone as well.
Thanks Roy, really informative. I've just bought some seam opal and am tossing up whether to carve the pieces freeform, or take them to my Lapidary club and use their cabbing equipment. I'll know more once they arrive. There are some very experienced opal specialists at the club that I can ask too. Your video has demystified one option for me. Cheers
Yeah super hard to decide until you get them in your hands. You can also cheat a tad and do both with a quick snoop with the dremel then take it to the wheels if the bars are thick and straight.
Another great video sir. Is it better to have a high dome or is the height more dependent on the individual stone you are cutting? Every stone is different.
For opal it really depends on the pattern and colour play. For example, if there is a really thick playful bar a higher dome can really add value. My fave pattern however is the jigsaw pattern and I prefer that with a low dome or the puzzle pieces get shaped strangely.
Great video as I was wondering about this very topic before I finally get ready to grab some opal and practice. I missed what grit you started with before shifting to the 600. What was it? Thanks.
This is an awesome video for those who only have access to dremel. Thanks Roy 😀
No worries. It is asked about all the time so I thought I should dedicate a video to it.
Aw thanks 🙏. Thanks so very much 😊. I really appreciate that you made this video. I think it's probably the only one out there, how to cab with a Dremel. Your a legend mate. Cheers 🎉🎉
I recommend Carlyn's Colorful Creations
No worries. The last time I covered this topic it was just fixing an already attempted stone so this time I went right back to the start.
@@RoysRocks Thanks again. I don't know if I seen the other one. I'll have a look 😃
Great in-depth video ,especially for those wanting to know how to cab or inexperienced .I think many will find this very useful .becos there's many videos on cutting but none explain the details like you have ..welldone .love that you used the IGS for reference to .looking forward to your trameatment and stabilising videos and fairy opal yay .have a great weekend Roy
IGS have great write ups on topics like this so they are always my go to reference. Hope it helps people get their domes set well.
Thanks Roy. 😊
No worries Nancy
A HIGHLY recommended video.
Thanks it has been suggested a lot and the viewers always know what they want info on more than me so more than happy to follow the desired topics like this.
@@RoysRocks True that.
Go Roy, The master jeweller 🎉
Nah I'll never deserve that title but I can work at it for another 50+ years hopefully.
After years of doing it by hand with sandpaper it's so nice using a dremel now. Louder but a lot faster XD
Haha I feel ya there. I won't be making the hand and sandpaper method video any time soon. Hand hurts just remembering those days.
I enjoyed that so much that I want to see part two and three already. Thanks again,, Roy.
Well there will probably be a part 2 treatment and polish and part 3 setting if all goes well.
@RoysRocks , that's exactly what I was hoping for. I'm curious to see how you treat it and then set it. I never get tired of seeing the colours coming out in the Matrix.
Great demonstration. It looks really nice. I hope it treats well. There is a lot of color in the stone. I hope you post it after it has been treated. I’d like to see it as a finished stone as well.
Hopefully. Should have some decent colour in it. Was actually a bit more colourful than I expected.
Great vid ! Thank you
Always happy to help if I can.
Quality video, as usual. 👌💪
Thanks still trying to get good ones out there every now and then.
Thank you, very informative.
No worries, the more info out there the better!
Very informative and awesome share!!!
No worries. Should hopefully help a few out there.
Thanks Roy, really informative. I've just bought some seam opal and am tossing up whether to carve the pieces freeform, or take them to my Lapidary club and use their cabbing equipment. I'll know more once they arrive. There are some very experienced opal specialists at the club that I can ask too. Your video has demystified one option for me. Cheers
Yeah super hard to decide until you get them in your hands.
You can also cheat a tad and do both with a quick snoop with the dremel then take it to the wheels if the bars are thick and straight.
Excellent info 🙏👏👏👏
Hopefully helps a few out there.
I might try to make a shorts version of this video as well.
Another great video sir. Is it better to have a high dome or is the height more dependent on the individual stone you are cutting? Every stone is different.
For opal it really depends on the pattern and colour play.
For example, if there is a really thick playful bar a higher dome can really add value.
My fave pattern however is the jigsaw pattern and I prefer that with a low dome or the puzzle pieces get shaped strangely.
Great video as I was wondering about this very topic before I finally get ready to grab some opal and practice. I missed what grit you started with before shifting to the 600. What was it?
Thanks.
80 grit for all the major cuts.
Does it work to have to Dremel tool attached to table in a way to make it stationary, then use dop stick to use Dremel tool like cabbing wheel?
You can but it is like using a REALLY small wheel so the contact between stone and bur is very different, also harder to keep wet.
Also I am indeed a Dremel warrior lol.
Nothing wrong with being a Dremel warrior! 💪