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- How to skin polish Sapphire, PART 1, Underground mining in Rubyvale, QLD, Australia
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awesome and entersting 👍⚘.
Thank you 👍
Very very interesting. I’m glad you thought outside the box and made your own tool bits, awesome, and it works well too. The stone looks really beautiful and will be a stunner. 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️
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Thank you , very informative for us the are new .
Thanks
I need to get one of the stones to skin polish for the wife, still haven't managed to get anything done with other stones,will need to do one myself to get something done. Trying to polish/clean the dudd,have six bronze lines on the bottom now and very blue but not shiny like that. 🏴💎🏴
Ok nice
It's Finding the Happy Medium, Once you get that Tim you know things will come together nicely.
Great informative video thank you.
Thank you Fred
Liking the video before you even watch it because you know it's going to be a good one.
Thank you
My expertise is molding. I owned a factory that made composite aircraft propellers. A project like those grinding bits would be pressure molded in order to 1. ...make sure they stay together at high rpm and remain balanced. 2. ...pressure displaces the epoxy so your final cutting piece has a higher grit content....to cut better and more evenly.
Thanks never knew that Stuart
thanks Tim
Thank you
Very, very interesting. Looks like the setup on each stage of the process is most important. Once you have assembled the right supplies I am sure the experience gets better in terms of desired end results. Seems like high pressure and high stakes. I can’t imagine working with a sapphire smaller than three carrots. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to part two.
Absolutely!
Don't press hard you are eating through the glue, let the diamonds do the work even fresh nova tips are to be used wet and light or you will burn through the nova tips. Trust the diamond paste it will do the job.
Thanks for the tips!
That’s a lot of work but worth it to increase the value by 10 very smart of you to make your own bits sorry they didn’t work thanks for trying to keep it going hopefully the bits won’t take as long as the motor lol very interesting process enjoyed the information thank you for sharing see you on the next one👍🏻👊🏻
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Well well, Sunday night delight... Thanks Tim....
Thank you
I've got few felt burs in similar shape to the rubber one's you tried first,the felt one's I've used to polished s/steel with good results far from the hardness of the stone but I've seen opal guys finish with a big felt wheel. Hope ya have a win either way ,where I live nothing like them stone's around jasper mix is about the prettiest n lots of petrified wood agateized if I'm lucky!
i will do another video on skin polishing
Thank you so much for doing this. The change in the stone so far is such an improvement...looking forward to Part 2.
You are so welcome!
great video
Glad you enjoyed it
28:01 whoah! It works!
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My thought process is this:.....Way Back....How could this have been done without the tools and gadgets we have today????...amazing..and like digging for the little suckers an incredible amount of work...and time.....Hi Tim!..Great video..From what I know,your setup was nice and complete..not counting the ''skeeters''...A very complete ''how to'' video..Nice job..Look forward to no. 2...Thank you..God Bless..
Thank you Michael, God bless
thanks sir Tim!
Welcome!
Nice
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Truly an amazing transformation of a stone/gem Tim thanks for sharing
Many thanks
Thanks for showing how to polish sapphires cant wait for the final result
You’re welcome 😊Thank you
I was going to comment not to use turps, but then you corrected quickly after that mistake. As you corrected, turps is just too oily. On using metholated spirit it is better, but I would be incluned to using isopropyl alcohol, which I already use for some of my electronics work to remove flux residues after soldering. I find IPA leaves less residues than metho.
For the various polish grits , how about felt cones rather than the brittle rubber ones. Felt has worked well in other gem polishing, and felt disc worked well for my star sapphire pieces I tried over 50yrs ago. The felt disc was best in general for all softer gems, and still worked well on the much harder sapphire. Do not know if a copper cone might, similar to faceting work too though the grits may have to be rubbed into its surface using say a piece of agate.
Yes all those things will work
Thank you, very interesting stuff. If this would be a returning item between mining episodes i would watch them all.
Glad you like them!
Night thumbs up watch in the am. During work lol
Thank you
Wow beautiful stone, I carve opal and have thought about doing some sapphires. I find it easier using a desktop speed controller for the foredom, and I use Nova points. I have always wondered if there was a way to make some up.
yes you can make your own you just have to find what glue holds the diamond powder together
Awesome Tim, very interesting, love your posts... thanks you Tim
Glad you enjoyed it
Yes! That is how to do it mate👍👍👍💎💎💎 just awesome👌 You can not do this on Gemmasta 🇦🇺🤠😂
Btw, Thank You so much for sharing I appreciade it alot sir🙏💯
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Looking fantastic Tim.
Thank you kindly
Hi Tim, I have seen the Opal guys use heated wax to hold the stone to the stick... they just use a candle or a stove/BBQ lighter to heat up the wax... I wonder if they would be easier to use that epoxy?
Maybe, they need to use wax because opals are so fragile, and the epoxy could damage the stone? Also opals are much softer, easier to grind, and less pressure is used to prevent cracking.
Yes the wax works but tends to be weaker hold for the sort of pressure/ forces used on the sapphire. I have used wax on some star sapphires without too many issues, but prefer epoxy.
Wax would not hold stone on, lots of pressure
Love you invernuarty with your tools aspeshaly the polishing jig's your making once you get it wright make sure you patent it kus millions are to be made with the right tools in this industry as you know if you use it what about all the others in the same field needing to find just the wright tool for the job at hand all across the world peoaple looking for some way to perfect the job so the end product can be used with a minimum of fuss to have the job done right the first time correctly you will find the right combernation if you persists I feel your on the right track just keep trying Tim you will get it in the end I'm sure you will anyhow it is coming together just a fue more twig's and youll have it for shore
Thanks Stephen
Brilliantly done Tim,no one's perfect and we all make mistakes.(last person that claimed that,didn't turn out to well for him) asked already but can a Dud be skin polished? Could you make burrs out of the ironwood there,the grain will hold the paste well.seen it done with opal but as Mr welch stated, they are softer but your not using heavy pressure so maybe worth a little whittling. Thanks Tim,every days a learning day. 🏴💎😁🏴💎
Yes people use rosewood burs here
Great job Tim. Good to see you show all little problems you have also. Looking forward to part 2. I've dug up a few sapphires myself so looking forward to skin polishing as well. Just been looking at the machines online and wondering what size the shaft for the bits you are using. Love your work.
2.3 mm Scott
Is this that new Aurora Australis parti sapphire?!? 😁
I heard it was also available as star material once in awhile too if the buyer is lucky...
This is super helpful . I have been scratching my head as to what burs to get and polish compound ect. I want to try to skin polish a piece . Appreciate the info Tim!
I believe so
Great video Tim. I would have been tempted to get some sheets of various grits and work on making the top of the stone flat. That's just my thoughts. I don't know anything though.
i want to keep the curves
Hey Tim, big fan my name's tom. I've just got a claim at sapphire.
I'm wondering where your next video with your equipment that you got ordered.
Great to see you had a great trip and holiday and would love a friend to help a young army veteran out who's just getting into it.
So I'm wondering on how you skin polish now.
Kind regards Thomas.
We have to meet up in person, one day 😊
@@timsadventures9888 we will I'm down in Brisbane at the moment while my Italian misses is over seas. I'll be watching you smile and try plus hopefully hit it big.
See you February or March time.
Enjoy your new faceting machine. I'm guessing you will be watching alot of videos on that now and there are some great ones out there.
Dude! You have to do more demos ! This is awesome to watch how you do it. Fyi... I watch every day. ❣✌👍🏻
Thanks! Will do!
In America Metho is Denatured Ethanol.
ok Thank you
The darker part of the stone on the edge that is cloudy is actually rutile, would make a nice small star sapphire for a ring probably if you cut it off and domed it in the right direction
I though so to but its not a cloud its the other side hole that has not been polished
Thanks for your vids mate I'm going to the fossicking area tomorrow for first time gem hunting I'm not expecting anything. Even if I find a small one I will leave with my head up happy
The best of luck there John
I prefer to watching searching video.
Thank you
Hey Tim I just want to say, your hair is fabulous for someone your age, far from average. Hell, even for a 30 year old. Also, I have some diamond grit but it is very dry, and I also have a dremel with plenty of bits and accessories. How do I use dry grit, do I cut some out and add water? Because this stuff is desert dry, man. I would appreciate an opinion from you
I forgot to add, it is like a solid rock of it, a dry chunk just stuck in the bottom of a tube.
If you can get it out, it should break apart
Fascinating Tim, I look forward to part 2. I have some peridots, topazes, aquamarine and amethyst stones in the rough. Can I use this technique to skin polish them? Also have some nice zircons.
Yes you can! just different grits for softer stones
Seems like the water would rinse off the diamond powder.
you have a point.
Thank you Tim, awesomely interesting for sure , part two should really show the beauty , could this technique be used for other stone types as well ??, Have you tried this with other types if so what sort ??, don't worry about the mistakes mate we all do them , helps with learning i recon :) I'm hopping into the que for part two mate , cheers
Never tried anything else ,but im sure it would work
I hope i can make the same soon.
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Thanks Tim. I really enjoyed this video, a real treat, you are spoiling us. I am starting to see the beauty of the stone coming out. Looking forward to part 2, and seeing the final results. Can you do some kind of polish on the duds? Or are they just too damaged to polish?
I have polished duds ,they look pretty as well
Verz Very interesting, thanks for making this video. This skin polished saphire looks beautiful. Actually I like it more as the normal faceted ones.
How large has a stone to be to be able to skin polish it?
I have done 3 ct size, very hard to hold, best is to glue to dop stick
Hi Tim, love your work where did you get the dripper from? Ann-Marie
Ebay
Hey Tim, wondering how this one came up in the end. I'd love to see the final polish. Did you make part 2 ?? Thanks for your time mate.
I never finnished, still cant find the proper diamond burrs
Good luck on that stone when you do find some good burs. I enjoyed the polishing show thanks.
Magnificent job Tim. What is the name of that part you are after for finishing (getting the orange peel off) and do you need different grit sizes on them as well? Thanks Tim. All the best. Andrew
I have ordered and will show
When you discovered crack after you started polishing, can you use that fracture line to go ahead and cut into 2 gems, or is that not advisable?
yes follow the fracture
looking good mate..cant wait for the finished stone..are you ordering nova tips mate?
Yes I am!
Hey mate quick question.... well 2 .... is a 18ct red zircon rare ? Second maybe a value ?
Not rare, $180 up in rough
@@timsadventures9888 thanks mate
What area you from matev
Hey Tim where do you get the diamond grit, l would love some of that for carving.
China, alibaba