Cutting a First Gem on the CutKit™1 Faceting Setup with a Vevor Machine
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- čas přidán 25. 03. 2024
- This is a step by step walkthrough of how I cut a stone with the CutKit1. with this setup you can start faceting for under 500 dollars including some starter rough!
For the setup video see • Setting up the CutKit™...
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The fewness of the facets with this style makes it even easier to understand why gems with rectangular outlines and facets cost cost so much more than round brilliants; if the symmetry is off or the reflectivity is not in sync from side to side, if the facet junctions don't line up correctly, if the polish is off, if the girdle isn't consistent, all of that shows and if the gem specimen isn't near flawless, there's nowhere for the flaws to hide. Even watching this at double speed tells you how much labor and focus is involved. Bravo!
Darn you Dan Hurd! Now I have a new fascination. ADHS/Autism be darned as well... lol Subbed
ONE OF US ONE OF US. xD
That is so cool and beautiful!!!! I can't wait to get it!
Thanks for walking us through the process.
Learned a few tips for my vevor, thank you. Very fun cutting some quartz into srb’s
You beat me to a review on one of these, i actually really appreciate jt. Also the kit is genius. Hope yall have great luck on this, i might just review your kit instead of the vevor machiine alone, cause i wouldnt mind giving a hand to you, actually rather support you then vevor personally
like the sharpie i remember using engineers blue when filing a mild steel surface in my college workshop to get everything level :D
Yup, it is basically dykem
Made it look easy
Thank you i am looking for an affordable lapidary machine like this.
I might save up for this, seems really interesting. Is there any way to design your own cuts? Is there a program where you plot in the angles? Or any resource to learn this?
Absolutely! I made this design in Gem Cut Studio which is incredible software for designing and rendering gem cuts.
Yeah I started Faceting but took a break. Takes forever for one stone 😂 plus I need better polish
If you need good polishing compound I recommend gearloose battstiks/diastiks 100% they are really nice to use. Faceting is pretty time intensive, especially at first, but fun and rewarding too (plus you can listen to audiobooks)
A major flaw with the design of the faceting machine you're using is the split nut has to be removed to facet the girdle
Wow, that's really neet. Under $500 makes it something to think about. Can you use olive oil or something like that instead of WD-40? It makes me sick just being around it ❤🕊️
Other oils work too, though I'd avoid vegetable oils that can go rancid
@@AngryTurtleGems Thanks :)
How can I order the updated parts for this lapper?
We have the kit in our webstore at store.turtleshoard.com, and the information is collected at www.facet.ing
Thank you so much. This is definitely the ground floor entery point to this trade. Thank you for the quick response. Hope you post more videos soon. God bless.
Looks cool, but is there profit to be had here?
Like how much money did you gain if you were to sell this stone versus how long did it take you to cut it, not to mention the cut of the disposable supplies?
Can a person reasonably do this themselves as a business on the small scale to make a living, without a youtube channel?
I know people who facet professionally but it can be a challenging business. Most people do it as a hobby, maybe occasionally selling a stone here and there. It can be a lot of fun.
@@AngryTurtleGems Drats. Okay thanks. I would enjoy doing something like this full time, but I need enough money to live. I've done too many things that turned out to not sell enough to be profitable
@LeonardGreenpaw the nice thing about the Cutkit is that you can dip your toes in rather than committing several thousand up front
@@AngryTurtleGems yea. But the time to learn the different geometries. Plus various supplies will add up.
And knowing myself, i will also go through the trouble of making the rings and necklaces for the highest profit margin... and then not know where to sell them! And i don't have enough money to start a whole jewelry shop without the assurance of sales
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I had no problem with cutting the first 4 45° angles to a nice point but when I switch to 42 for the second tier it seems to just erase the first tier. Could you help me trouble shoot? Thanks for the great kit!
The second tier cuts in a lot quicker than the first tier so it's a good idea to run the motor slower and use light pressure when you're cutting them in, otherwise it is easy to overcut. It's also a good idea to raise the height nut a bit higher than necessary and very slowly lower it so you can watch the facet cut in.
@@AngryTurtleGems do I need to adjust the height of the arm after changing to 42? Thanks so much!
@@guyaglass yup, the handpiece has to go higher at shallower angles and lower at steeper angles
@@AngryTurtleGems okay great thanks! How do you determine the height change?
@@guyaglass once you change the angle you can raise or lower the handpiece until the stone is almost but not quite touching the lap. Then you can slowly lower it using the split nut until just the right amount is cut in. Then you cut the other facets in that set to the same depth
How do I order some parts?
We have them available on our site TurtlesHoard.com and all the info is up on www.facet.ing
What type of stone is this?
Ir is YAG (Yttrium Aluminum Garnet), a type of lab created garnet grown for use in lasers
@@AngryTurtleGems Thank you! They look really interesting, but also very artificial
@frakkx3491 that is part of what I like about this material--it wasn't made to imitate something natural, it's just its own thing, and the gem usage is totally incidental.
What do you call this job?
If you facet gems full time you could be called a gemcutter, lapidary/lapidarist or a faceter. Many people just do it as a hobby or maybe a side hustle rather than a job.
hi, how is your polishing?wtf, I do everything the same, but polishing doesn’t work,400 grid600 ,1200,3000, pandenium 8000 or50.0000 and nothing.... 😢Cooper disk have and battlab
It depends a lot on material. YAG is fairly cooperative but other materials like quartz might not always cooperate. With the copper lap I found going very slow and having a very light charge was important for getting a good polish--a higher charge led to scratching.
Thx, sorry how make light charge I don’t know 🤷♂️:) I take sandpaper 80 grid and make scratches,then take 8’000or 50’000 pandenium and since you used nothing 😢😊used “amethyst”
@makumeganeyt9628 80 grit is very coarse and in addition to leaving deep scratches it will also leave small cracks right under the surface (called aubsurface damage). It is important to cut through that layer with intermediate cutting grits like 240 and 600. Amethyst may not polish well with diamond anyway, quartz can be touchy and prefers oxide polishes.
@@AngryTurtleGems Thanks, I meant the lapping tool for copper and tin disk I make 80 griid scratches in the disk to deepen the polishing paste into these scratches and nothing works with polishing. I don't understand why. I do everything like everything in the video, but nothing =) and cut strips.
@@makumeganeyt9628 don't score laps, it's not necessary and could be the cause of your polishing issues.
you can make different size and shapes of hexagons and octogons out of cardboard.. put a stick in the middle of them poking out as your dob stick and can facet stones that way.. its no where as easy as with a machine.. but you can do it by hand.
i looked to buy a vevor after watching your video unfortunately the machine is not suitable for uk use as we are 240 volt
I think that is why they are still selling the older variant there. It works but has some issues with the angle indicator and protractor
First. >:)
Buy machines made in the USA 🇺🇸 . They are going to last forever . They don’t need calibration. They have the parts and you contribute to local economy and avoid headaches.
Buying a US-made machine is a great idea if you can afford it, but there are many people who would love to try faceting but can't sink $5000 or more into getting started. Put another way, for some people telling them they have to start on an expensive machine is the same as telling them they can't facet. The US companies that once filled that starter niche (Lee, Graves, MDR etc) are all out of business now. While this setup isn't as good as an ultra tec or facetron it is definitely a viable starting point and it will let you get started without spending a fortune.