Guide For Cutting Opal And Gemstone Cabochons - Lapidary How to! Download - Full PDF file book with text - This courses does not contain videos its a text based courses
Inside you’ll discover:
1. How to Cut a Cabochon Opal Gemstone
2. Tool Shopping List For Opal Cabochon Cutting
3. Lapidary Tools & Workshop Setup
4. Opal Cutting Workshop Safety Guidelines
5. Gemstones Commonly Cut into Cabochons
6. Cabochon vs. Faceted Gem Cuts
7. Optical Phenomena in Gemstones
8. Types of Opal & How They Affect Cutting
9. Reading the Rough Finding the Fire
10. Cabochon Profile & Dome Control
11. Fine Grit Progression & Polish Techniques
12. Identifying & Avoiding Heat & Pressure Damage
13. Carving Opal
14. Fixing Scratches, Flat Spots & Orange Peel
15. Common Cutting Mistakes and How to Fix Them
16. Shaping the Dome for Maximum Brightness
17. Understanding Edge & Girdle Finishing
18. Edge & Girdle Finishing for Strong Setting
19. Hand Cutting Gemstones – No Machine Method
20. Cutting Cabochons & Carving Using a Dremel Only
21. How to Achieve the Perfect Polish on Opal
22. How to Make an Opal Doublet
23. How to Select Ideal Colour Bars for Opal Doublets
24. Cutting Opal for Inlay Jewellery
25. Cabochon Cutting — Practice Roadmap
26. Beginner Cutter Progression Plan
27. Cabochon Cutting Difficulty Rating Chart
28. Cutting Ethiopian Opal - Care with Hydrophane
29. Achieving the Perfect Polish for Opal
30. The History of Lapidary
31. What is Lapidary
32. Gem Cutting Styles Around the World
33. The Business Side of Lapidary
34. Carving and Sculptural Lapidary
35. Stone Pairing & Jewellery Design
36. Moving From Cutting to Jewellery Making
37. Opal Gemstone Glossary
38. Lapidary Glossary — A to Z
This text guide was written by Stuart Wheeler a veteran Opal cutter for over 25 years.
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