You are one of the very few who put things on KZfaq that are both very entertaining and very educational. Those redone stones are beautiful, and the cheerful drama presenting them and how you went about figuring out how to do them was a joy to watch and listen to.

Can we just take a moment to recognize the star of the show......That shirt is EPIC!!!!!! I want one!!!!!!

Never seen this channel, but I will watch because of your upbeat demeanor and honest video about what u are doing

I agree with William, your videos are wildly informative and entertaining. Every time I see there's a new video of yours, I cannot wait to watch it!

I just wanted to say I found your channel recently and I love your videos!! I am an optical physicist, and I really enjoy seeing all the stuff you do on gemology and the science behind it. Sending love and respect from one professional to another.

Great video and recutting gems is something I definitely want to learn (along with numerous other things!) as I have a lot of damaged stones that deserve a second chance.

I like your channel. I’m not a jeweler although I learned to make jewelry in high school and nearly took a job casting rings. I’ve collected a lot of rocks as a kid but only dreamed of turning them into cut stones. I never considered doing it with a stick. Never even researched it that much. But I do have some advice that might help mount your stone centered on the dop. After all I’ve spent 30 plus years in manufacturing and know a bit about precision tools. It would seem to me you could do this in a drill press with a coaxial indicator. Use something to stick the flat face of the stone to a flat block. Wouldn’t make any difference what a gauge block a 123 block or a flat piece of aluminum but you need to be movable on the table and have the ability to clamp it after you center it with the drill press spindle. An x-y vise would help with this. Once centered and immobilized you replace the coaxial indicator with the dop and lower it with the drill press handle until it’s in contact. Perfectly square and centered! Accusize Industrial Tools 0-0.15'' by .0005'' Graduations, Co-Ax Indicator, Coaxial Centering, Jd21-0001 a.co/d/8vIzzlw

I love your videos!

Easy way to find your angle is to get a THICK piece of mirror and cut it down to a 2 1/2x2 1/2 or so squair and use milk of magnesia( just a little ). place stone in puddle and adjust till you see the stone facet squeeze out all the milk of magnesia in the reflection. I glued a mirror to a piece of thick glass with optical clear glue and cut it down to size with my trim saw, then painted the edges black.

Great video.entertaining and educational.

How to communicate with mincing effeminate movement of hands. Gotta love it Peace

Peter thanks

Built a house in Thailand…hopefully will drop by the gem markets one day

Great explanation. Its like the masters corrects their pupils.😅 To correct problem cuttings can be a pain in the ass to me. Even to correct chips out of stones looks almost imposible without losing a lot of weight. I didnt want to burn my fingers on the ones i could buy because no cutter wanted to do the job.

Well Peter, I really must commend you on your Lapidary skills. In the short time that you have owned the lapidary machine your skills and results have been nothing but outstanding. I’ve seen some really sloppy originals (Friday afternoon shift stones) where the facets are so bad it’s ruined the stones ability to reject colour properly. Great job my friend. Hey, do you fancy some rough Hiddenite to cut? 😀. I know your answer. Another quality video. Thanks so much for sharing. Rrrrrrrrooooooogggggg 😀👍

I love your videos!!!!

8:07 I would love to hear more about that from a cutter's perspective!

long time no see you ? whats happen thank you for your videos master ! greates from romaniaaaa

Love your videos, but maybe you don't know how much of a beginner some of us are. Ex. All of a sudden went from blue stones to red. You Saud something about dop? I guess that is like a red grease that protects the stone and makes it easier to polish? Then obviously wipes off. You sure improved the look of yhose stones! And so accurately that they fit back into original setting. On another note, there are a couple youtubes by Elvis Presley's jeweler. If you are an EP fan, y

Do you have a video out on how to become a jeweler or the steps I should take? I'm currently a 29 year old Geologist. While I love what I do, Im looking to get into the business on the side, then eventually full time! Love your vids! Cheers 😊

Thank you, .. I would love a machine and to learn faceting.

Yes you have discovered the secret: repolishing is actually just recutting

ONLY learn to recut (and evaluate stones for recut). It’s the most profitable skill one could possibly have at this time.

this needs longer shots of the stones but otherwise brilliant videos

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talking about recutting… do you think it’s worth it, to drag my gemstone to a gemcutter in order to get rid of a big window? (considering its a Topas, witch isn’t as expensive)

hi won't toothpaste damage the stone

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hi my friend,work a little bit more on dopping,your wax is out of the gem sides,it ruines your flat laps.you are still my teacher on gemology but not gemcutting. 😠😠😂😂