Last summer I saw a flash in my driveway and being a collector of mineral specimens and gemstones, I stopped to look. We here in Indiana have tons of calcite and quartz, and many other semi precious stones in our "worthless" gravel😏 ..so I'm always looking. I found the most perfect iron pyrite point had grown in that little rock. A nice small cube that went clear through and presented on both sides. I pocketed my treasure and it's a valued part of my collection. fools gold my eye😁

Hi from Canada Cliff. Have zero interest in cutting stones, too many other things already on the go. That said, saw your video and thought "I know nothing about this subject." Well done and thanks. Also thought it was great to be practicing on throw away stones, especially for any beginners. I learned something new!

No matter how inexperienced or experienced you are, it is important to review the basics. I love watching you facet. You always teach me something.

Thanks mate, I'm into rock tumbling and never really thought about what it takes to cut gems like this. Very interesting. Of course now I want to buy a machine and make all my round rocks into polyhedrons !

Thank you for being clear and concise, and straight to the point! And for not yammering on about unrelated issues! God some videos are so tedious! And thanks for not playing background music! I appreciate you!

Great. I was lucky enough to have a mentor. Even so this was a great tutorial. A great way to take away some of the hesitations for getting started. Loved that it was a garden stone. This could be a way to do a practice run on a new design with out wasting rough. I tend to do practice runs on new designs to get a feel for them before doing it on expensive rough. Thank you Cliff.

Cliff this is by far the best visual aid to help beginners. I now can actually "see" the facets! Thank you for doing this tutorial. Brilliant idea using a rock!!

Fantastic beginner faceting , we all got to start somewhere and any help is appreciated by those starting out like myself , thank you.

no intrest into getting into this but showed up on my suggested thought i would look and gotta say awesome job showing people how easy it can be to get into this learning with common rocks

Thank you for doing a begainers show your a wonderful teacher. Thank you again !!! 😁😁😀😁😀😁😀😁😀😁😚😙😘😘😍😍😍

Nothing is easy...but if your curious and hard working u can acheive and create wonders...tks Mate for taking the time ...

Living near the beach, I find nice rocks. I turn them to guitar picks by hand. That is why this title is interesting and looking forward to see the next.

Such a great video! Thank you for sharing your skills and ideas! I am a hobbyist rock shaper and typically work with garden rocks, but the idea of faceting one to the polished finish! SO AWESOME!

Hi Cliff, that was an interesting video. I always thought it had to be gem material to be cut and didn't think you could cut a garden rock. Thank you for this information video for beginners.

Weird, but somehow brilliant idea.

Facet-nating

I've often thought that some "ordinary" garden stones would look interesting if faceted and polished.

The first four facets are the beginning of most gemstones that are faceted. If you can develop the ability to do that, you can expand from there. I gave my faceting machine and all the associated gear to my grandson last year, but that is how I started, with a pamphlet of basic cuts, a faceting machine and practice. Lots of laps, drive belts and a bunch of rough and I developed a collection of gems and a talent that I passed on to future generations.

Nicely done, Cliff. Basic stuff for someone without a mentor is very valuable. Thanks!!!

Wow my dear...perfect faceting...❤

wow beautiful.

Thank you. I've been trying to get my husband into doing something like this. This is perfect to show him how easy it can be.

Nice little video, I am just starting out and I don't want to ruin a gem stone it took nature a billion years to make so I want to learn from stones I can find but trying to find a video where a plain rock is used was hard everyone seems to want to show off how good they are, the only issue I see here is a beginner is going to use a cheap faceting machine which adds a whole new problem to the mix which is what I am doing. I did some research on the problems with a 200 $ machine and after getting it its been several days of quality issue and poor assembly fixing and still not ready to do a first facet but watching this video inspires me.

Can you do more like this as i am scared of screwing up the more complex designs

Just landed in your video. I purchased a faceting machine. I’ll subscribe. 👍

Thank you! I've had a nagging curiosity about this ever since briefly seeing someone facet diamonds years ago. This video is at the perfect level of introduction and very approachable.

I'm actually hand faceting a piece of anthracite while watching this

Really nice video. Glad to see some instruction on how things are done with details added. Would love to see something like this from start to finish. The angles and everything. I appreciate the time and effort you put into this video.

My dad wouldn’t have heard the end of this if I’d seen this video as a kid

thanks for that, have recently got a saphire mine and have picked up a faceting machine and am now in a big learning curve with my Wife. for our retirement . Have dug a mine over the last 2 months down to 20 ft deep another 4-6 feet to go

This is so cool!

Thanks for this. Building my own sort of gem cutter. Wasn’t sure how to start.

WOW cool work, mate. Might not be expensive but it has WOW factor there. 👌👍

In not even a beginner but this was interesting as all get out. Very cool to see. Thanks!

Been waiting for this video my whole life

Its 2am and i read this as face timing a garden rock, still was not disappointed

Cool video, Cliff. I sat spellbound until the end.

Half the rocks in my yard are pinkish quartz I think. Found a couple I think would look good as gems but idk what they are

Thanks Patrick, that’s some good information there. I’m keen to see what else you can demonstrate for us beginners out here.

Thanks. I've curious about the process so this basic demonstration was perfect for me to understand enough to satisfy my curiosity.

Hi. I am writing to you from India. Thank you for this video. I had requested a video of this type only a few days ago, and there it is. Great. Looking forward to the other videos in this series. Maybe you can intersperse one such video at, say, monthly intervals. I shall certainly be looking forward to them. Thank you once again Guruji.

I have some beautiful rocks that I'd love to make into necklace, bracelet and earrings. I have looked up how to do it. This is so cool... Thanks! I love collecting rocks. There are so many beautiful specimens out there.

Thankyou this was just what i wanted to see as a beginner x

Fascinating!!

Thanks for sharing!!

This is great Cliff. Really enjoyed this video.

Hi Cliff, I followed your advice about keeping it clean...I was using 100,000 dia. polish and I charged up my lap and on the second stone I already had a scratch, so I cleaned it with soap and water, charged it up and now it's fine...Thanks for making these videos as they are delightful, Happy Cutting, Kim

Thank you very much very very helpful, I will be starting my faceting course in Sri Lanka very soon .

Awesome video! My thanks for your expertise,and time! Respect!

Awesome beginners video. One day when I get a machine, this will be the video to help with my first attempt. I might add just in case you aren't aware, but the accelerator and curing agents are usually higher in VOC levels so respiratory exposure may be something to consider. Thanks Cliff

This is interesting to watch, thank you for sharing it with us! Hugs, Susanne

Thank you eaxactly what I needed.

i think a nicely faceted piece of granite or whatever would look really good in some jewelry

Great idea, Cliff!

Thanks Cliff! With Covid going on, it's more difficult to find someone to teach you how to get started so this concept is especially useful right now.

Thats freaken awesome thanks mate this will help me alot

I've never seen faceting before, and sitting here watching you, it occured to me what ancient people had to do to carve gems and stones. Mind boggling...

Thank you very much, I look forward to more how too videos.

Thank you for this video!

Garden rocks... 1/4 of my garden rocks are flint. Can I start with that?

Love the beginner video👍

Awesome !

Thank you so much from a hobbyist.. this is a great tutorial!

Thats nice, thankyou ! I am a starting faceter and i do not have a mentor ( except for a lady that charges 150$per hour...which i don't the funds for being a starting facter !)

Totally done this the first time I got my first faceting machine long ago. Good practice but I ruined my tin wheel because the stone I choose crumbled. Should've used granite and not random rocks...

I love Faceting. More so than Cabauchoning gems. So I am interested in any little ‘nuances’, that I can adapt and make gems that I’m proud of.

Thank you so much!

Neat....

More like this please!

Thank you for the informative video! :)

what great idea to cut pretty stones for your wifes garden, that oughta get a man a few extra sandwichs and beers

Thanks you!!!!!

No interest in cutting stones, but I still found this very interesting. I always have been a curious person and this was 15 minutes well spent.

It is very helpfull Thanx

Nice

I really enjoyed the video . I only got an old Lee Lapidaries machine today ( in perfect condition) could you please do a short tutorial of the other side of your garden rock ( crown) change over of the dop and so on? Tia

I was wondering if you could make dnd dice with faceting like this

Thanks for the video. my machine should be arriving at the beginning of 2021. After watching this I am going to start on some really generic rocks I have laying about and whatever I can find outside. With that thought, I have been through school for welding and culinary. In those you practice basics every day before you can move onto better materials or ingredients. What kind of curriculum would you suggest? Is there one available? What cuts would you suggest working on first? What would you progress to after that?

Thank you for this video! I very much would like to start faceting, so I am looking into equipment. What is the model you use or what model would you recommend for someone just getting into it? I use a cabking, by the way...so I have some knowledge of cutting...but faceting is a whole other world. Thanks, in advance, for the advice! Love all your videos!

Bye🤗

Great videos! I live in Victoria and would like to get a faceting machine. Do you recommend any made in Australia?

Good

thanks mate I just got a little 7 inch tile wet saw and a Vevor 180W faceting, jade polishing machine, but I need dop wax or some of your Starbond thick and spray? which do you suggest????

MORE!!!

You should put a link in your description to the tools you use. I went to look for one because I’ve been thinking of getting the tools for a while.

I thought you were suppose to form the stone first using a grinder instead of the gem cutter. I also notice they sell cut sheets with showing the different cuts and the numbers and steps to cut. Where do you get those?

Súper .me gustaría ver todo el proceso .sería muy interesante verkohasta el final y ver el trabajo terminado . De ser posible montado en una prenda gracias

Fantastic! What a great way for a beginner to learn how to use their machine. I assume you could use other material like agate or rough quartz. Thanks for sharing.

Hi first-time saw you doing this faceting,, I'm really interested but I'm looking online basic tools ill be needing

I've wanted to get into gem cutting for years, it absolutely fascinates me. Only thing holding me back is the several grand it costs for a good machine🙄. I've got several good size boules of cubic Zirconia to cut, just nothing to cut them with lol, maybe some day. I'd _really_ like to try cutting Tungsten Carbide into a gem, it's such a beautiful metal when polished, with its darker color, and it would be extremely durable since it's so hard. It would be super awesome to somehow make a ring with the band made of cubic Zirconia and mount a carbide "gem" in it, that would look awesome. Great video for sure, there aren't many good tutorials on gem cutting these days for beginners, good stuff! I'll be keeping an eye on this channel now...

Hi Cliff, appreciated for learning such lesson.. I think i missed out close up of index details, i mean is any website to know more how to designe it or where can get? Cheers

brick is pretty soft/crumbly in my experience breaking rocks as a kid would it be a good stand in for practicing with more brittle at softer gems? have you ever played around with asphalt like a good chunk from the street. i tossed some in my rock polisher and it pretty much turned to powder... with a few oval results.

whats the name of the music at the bigining of the vid cuz ive been searching for it for years

I don’t want to sound rude. This is really just a “I don’t understand” question. Is the skill mostly in knowing how to set the cutting arm? I’ve never cut gems before so I don’t know. The common stone is actually a pretty good idea for a novice though. I was actually going to attack my crystal collection... now I can same my pretties for more experienced cutting.

how do you get the stone off of the metal with the overnight glue stuff???

Wow that was awesome, I always wanted to see how this one done. Are these the usual numbers u r supposed to use? And I just learned what a girdle was.

Where do u buy a machine like this? And that brass stick, do they come w the machine?

Show! - Brasil.

Could you make some videos for those of us who can't afford a faceting machine? Would this be possible with a rotary tool, maybe with the addition of an angle grinder? I'm unfortunately on disability and so can't afford the proper equipment, though I'm exceptionally interested in learning these techniques.

Hi, I'm not clear about the glue and accelerator, is it Cyanocrilate "Hot Glue", thanks.