How to cut gemstones - Garnet

A step by step video guide on cutting a piece of Garnet . You will see me cut a Australian garnet from the rough natural state to a faceted gem. I will be making more videos on cutting gems.
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[@mctron22rd]

I have no doubt, that you could turn any rock into a stunning gem!

[@jsmythib]

Ive always wondered how gems are cut. They are not cut! So there is that. Very interesting process. Thankyou for making this available for humanity :)

[@Definatalie]

How lovely that you got to cut a garnet your dad found. I know naught about gem cutting but for what I've learnt on your channel but I find your videos so relaxing and calming, I've shared them with my friends!

[@berthageorge2627]

Love your work in cutting and placing gems in the set.....❤....U.S.A😊

[@ArmandCury]

Your voice is so pure and your work is so beautiful it makes me so happy! I love to see your gems!

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thank you kindly....I'm glad you enjoy my videos

[@zenon-paulking3399]

Don't quite know what I am more amazed at the equipment or the stone, Fascinating!

[@bustergonad3975]

The sheer symmetry of all the angles. I have a passion to do this. There are many cheap facetron style machines for sale. As an offset I could use the rotation of various grades of discs to sharpen graveurs as I do surface engraving. I also have the ability to fix engraving slips or boo boo's, through my use of a Laser Welding machine. Its also my business to repair molding tooling. I'm a Toolmaker with a passion for craft, art and especially bringing to life the inner beauty of rough stones. I've had to wait to do this...but will happen because of your inspiring and educational video's. Yes, I'm longwinded...but always an admirer of other's who dazzle me with their obvious talents and those willing to share. Thank you again.

[@douglashanlon1975]

Facetron(name brand American made) is a great machine but like any machine as you know the operator can make it better or worse...many many competition stones are cut on facetrons

[@teutailyriana8118]

Watching you work is like magic. I wish I could apprentice with you. You know so much!😊

[@adifferentlynameduser7050]

I agree :) lots of knowledge is being passed on and its very helpful

[@harborhound2721]

I really love garnet! So many colors and I can actually afford it!!

[@arnaldovinagre4350]

I really enjoyed watching this video, thanks!!! I love gemstones!!!! It is amazing how much is lost from the original rock, but what a finishing!!!! Congrats!!!!

[@dilanmalwaththa8654]

Hi ..i am from srilanka ..i am gem seller ..i have garnet and sapphires .so i need gem buyer ..my whatsapp [phone] . Thank you .

[@k8eekatt]

Thanks for sharing your technique! What a beauty😃

[@joelbuchanan471]

That garnet turned out to be beautiful. The rough was so ugly. You made it into a wonderful gem. Congratulations, that was amazing to watch.

[@SpicyTexan64]

We're all ugly until we get ground down

[@OpifexSingularity]

Awezome, might sound strange with all the gems out there to choose from but Garnet is my favorite, it always have been so thank you for sharing :D

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thanks Zrognak.

[@7kelush739]

Mine too its to bad theirs not alot of videos of it being faceted since its so cheap not alot of people take the time to cut it

[@joshuadouglass8225]

Blue garnet is so pretty

[@victorolivas1999]

You should do a before and after picture of the gem💎. To see what it was to what it is after the cut and polishing of the gem

[@sarisoetadi9724]

Wow. Even zircon looks georgeous if the cutting is perfect.

[@kevinosbourn5612]

Your the man, thank you kindly for the willingness to educate

[@gemfaceter]

Very nice video I like the idea of using both sides of the polishing disc I will give it a try. I just purchased some sapphire rough that was filled but have not cut them yet. Thanks so much for the video.

[@VintageTimeGems]

Yes plenty of Sapphires are now filled also. They have no real value, but make good material to practice on. Cheers

[@isslamaboghazi7602]

Awesome work of art , I really enjoyed what you are doing

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thank you.

[@Ciceroinvencoeseartes]

Seu trabalho foi muito bem executado parabéns

[@joeycmore]

Thank you. Great easy to watch video.

[@suzettelove4mj16ackerman5]

Beautiful #10 color garnet absolutely stunning

[@david-lisaharden2100]

Wonderful, really enjoyed the video.

[@vasudevakolar4091]

With modern technology you can create hundreds of facets to what end all facets crumble ma N I say don't be carried away by these guys who Prey on your gem desire my sincere advice man

[@saviolaoz7154]

Parabéns. Ficou Incrível. Sucesso.

[@kristenanderson1730]

I love garnets. I am 38 years old and I never knew purple colored garnets were even possible until a few years ago. On the Gem Shopping Network I saw my first purple garnet ever. The Almandine.

[@suzettelove4mj16ackerman5]

Check out Rhodolite Garnet its so stunning in color play

[@dilanmalwaththa8654]

Hi. I am from srilanka . I am gem seller . I have garnet and other precious gemstones . I need gem buyer . My whatsapp [phone] . Thank you.

[@MrDanielTalevski]

You're a legend, great video

[@HeatherNaturaly]

Watching you cut that garnet blew my mind. I have a couple of antique diamond rings and the jewels are miniscule! The effort that had to go into those chips to make them able to be set in a ring defies imagination. The time to cut ONE almost makes me wonder how it is even worth the cutters effort. 6 rubies and 1 diamond and the ring was valued at $120

[@MegaStairman]

your jeweler that was evaluating the stone and setting looked at what he would pay ....not what it would sell for....and had to assume the gems were synthetic so basically gave a value for the gold

[@PrismSoul]

OMGeee....your skills are Awesome... Its so beautiful! Almost my Birthstone like the Ruby. I use to have a beautiful Ruby ring when I had a Sweet 15th. Few yrs later I became a mom at a tender age. As a young parents (Age 21) my Sons father pawned my beautiful Ruby ring & all these years Ive missed my Beautiful square style Ruby stone ring with two lil diamonds on each side of it. I always wondered who bought it or has it, it was very Special to me my dads Aunt gave it to me for my 15th Birthday. But, we needed Diapers & Baby formula, Gas money. Maybe oneday I will be blessed to see it again & own it forever once again! Missing my Ruby baby... 💎😢😭 Sorry but watching this brought up memories... P.S. Enjoyed your video & talent💓

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thank you Anna. I really hope you find that ring again. You deserve to have it back again.

[@PrismSoul]

@@VintageTimeGems Thank you so much for responding...I do pray that it makes it way back to me too...Good Lord willing.💓

[@juliewhitton7267]

Gorgeous my favourite stone and my favourite colour. Beautiful

[@robertotobler4351]

Muito lindo o processo de de lapidação comparando com a nossa vida quando deixamos Deus tirar as nossas imperfeições podemos nos tornar preciosidades e teremos muito valor 👍😀

[@mohamadhz3438]

Very nice. Good job.

[@curlyhum1276]

amazing job, thanx for posting.

[@pereira6964]

Maravilha! Trabalho impecável! Parabéns!

[@Naobelad]

Verry nice work 👏👍😊

[@jr6786]

Love it! Thank you!

[@mlgauss60435]

OH how I envy YOU and your TALENT!! Garnet just happens to be my birthstone! I always wanted to be a gemologist but having very young children at that time, just wouldn't allow me to leave for the course. Then, as the years went by, "life" got in the way...I finally ended up selling fine jewelry. That's as close as I got...but I loved my profession. Now I'm retired and not physically able. Now that I've found your channel, I hope to live vicariously through YOU! Thank YOU for sharing this wonderful video and I hope to see more! ❤💎

[@VintageTimeGems]

Hi Mary Lou, its never too late follow through with lifes aspirations. Thanks for watching.

[@buggsy5]

You could probably learn to facet stones - there are not many physical requirements. I have a friend confined to a wheelchair who does fine work.

[@cutie25677]

Wow love it that's my birthstone.😍

[@trex70]

Nicely done

[@user-de2to2df7z]

Garnet is my favorite semi precious gem! I fell in love with it the minute I saw it on one of my relatives and purchased it in a ring right after :) Been wearing it every single day ever since, for 10 years already 😄❣💎 The way you cut it was really amazing, thank you for sharing! 🤓🔥 It's low-key sad though how much of gemstones gets cut to make them look commercially beautiful.. 🥲

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Garnet's my birthstone, 🤩

[@user-de2to2df7z]

@@jenniferbrewer5370 Really? Mine too lol 😅 You're a Capricorn, aren't you? I recently learned that people 'assign' birthstones at all and mine turns out to be garnet too, what a coincidence 💕❤️ It's lucky this is my favorite stone lol

[@zackzimmer7167]

The garnet was a pomegranate colored ruby before 1800.

[@yorkshirejoinery2869]

Mesmerising! I’ve fekin’ subscribed!

[@nobodyhere4667]

I was just curious but polishing that stone was awesome :)

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thanks

[@HeidiConanGoldProspecting]

Amazing video, thanks so much! Subbed up and bbs. 🎉❤

[@pedraspreciosasdoBrasil]

beautiful gems are awesome too

[@nestortadena8501]

I am a gem aficionado and I love your channel so much! I would like to be an apprentice🌼

[@margui6224]

Beautiful!

[@lucia-kf4nc]

Ficou um espetaculo bom mesmo 👏👏👏👏👍

[@doisicudoi1679]

I own garnet gemstones and is the most beautiful red I ever saw ( sorry rubin) I have garnet from Mozambique, India, garnet from india is something unique

[@dilanmalwaththa8654]

Hi. I am from srilanka . I am gem seller . I have garnet and sapphires . I need gem buyer . My whatsapp [phone]

[@martinkremlicka3483]

Hi Cliff, yours videos inspired me to start cutting gems, at first I saving money for machine probably facetron (tell me what you think about it) and second I meet two cutters in my country. First one cutting for 40 years and is a well of knowleadge. Second one cutting for 20 years but I think his parents or grandparents were cutting because I gave him some african (tanzanian) rubies from my bussines partner which has a mine and his work was so much better than the old profesor. As always I realy like your videos and keep it up good work. And sorry for my english :-)

[@VintageTimeGems]

Hi Martin, Welcome to the world of faceting. The facetron is a good choice. Let me know how you go when you start cutting gems?

[@martinkremlicka3483]

@@VintageTimeGems Thanks, I´ll sure let you kow. But it´s not gona be any time soon. But I´m working on it

[@batumuliajogja]

Thanks for this great video!

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thanks

[@dennydenns4670]

how do you keep from over cutting your facets? very nice work by the way thank you

[@VintageTimeGems]

I constantly use a loupe to magnify the facets so I don't over cut. Thanks for watching.....

[@nooranen3178]

Thank you for this video. I have a few small garnets which I have prospected myself from an old mine and I'm looking forward to cutting them. Many of them have their own crystal facets so I'm not sure weather just polish some of them and not facet. Mine are reaaly dark stones rough, so don't know if I can get any light into the gems.

[@tonywild6581]

Love your videos, very interesting, interested about the comment of filled gems

[@tc8533]

Beautiful! Thank you!

[@crazyforcrotchet]

Nicely done!

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thanks!

[@alfabsc]

THANK YOU! I always enjoy watching someone who is expert make something beautiful. AND I enjoy well photographed-edited video. Thanks for taking the extra time to set up and video your work. You are able to make a long and tedious process into an interesting video narrative. I can guess that is nearly as difficult as cutting a stone.

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thanks Alf...I'm trying to get better at video editing. Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers

[@L0RDSH0CK3W4V3GamingAdvice]

Work of art 👍🏽

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thank you Lord Shockwav.

[@maverickstclare3756]

I wish all your vast knowledge was in the same video :)

[@rickbear7249]

Hello Cliff, Thank you for your videos on cutting gemstones. I am a professional artist, and I'm currently working on a museum quality reproduction of the Circa 625 Anglo-Saxon Helmet from the Sutton Hoo ship burial. This helmet has around 30 x 3mm square, flat faced, garnet stones decoration under the eyebrows. I've had problems obtaining flat-faced garnets, as the suppliers only stock faceted gems. Therefore, I'm going to have to remove the facets to created the requisite flat square inset stones. Can you please advise me whether I'm likely to encounter any problems if I simply flatten (grind off) the facets by rubbing the garnets on lubricated wet or dry carborundum paper? Also, the best way to polish them and what cutting lubricant to use? Many thanks for any assistance. Thank you, Rick

[@VintageTimeGems]

I think without a faceting machine you will struggle to get a worthwhile gem. polishing will be tricky.

[@tracypeters4252]

It's beautiful.

[@angelestrada8238]

You do wonderful work!! What is the proper name of that table saw ?

[@Playboyyrocky]

Wow beautiful 💎

[@merjagranlund1381]

Thanks for showing. 😀

[@aidairis2996]

MARAVILHOSO!!! PARABENS MIL PARABENS!!! PERFEITO!

[@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj]

Looked like a drop of very good red wine. Bravo!

[@margodilbeck5378]

Really good! Thanks

[@harrisrusman3855]

Good

[@robertotobler4351]

Feliz ano novo 😀👍

[@hughezzell10000]

What is your time investment for this gem?

[@orian878]

Really nice ,beauty beauty!

[@Andreapedraspreciosas]

Parabéns lindo trabalho bj

[@VernonEthridge]

I have quite a bit of rough mint Garnet and how can I cut it in Jem stones when I have never done it before

[@ramdia7654]

Please tell me about that stone what is prise of that stone rough candition please .I heve 150 gram garnet that is beg size more than 15 caret .

[@itsmenotyou2017]

Oh, that is so beautiful.😍 I really want to buy my own garnet stone. Do you have a video on how to check if its an authentic gemstone or a fake one? Thanks

[@sardarnabi2092]

Very nice .

[@faneshbhaisare9709]

Good job

[@IndigoChild_68]

My partner and I have quite a collection of different coloured rough/raw sapphires, zircon, garnets, spinnel, black tourmaline, crystal terminations, jellybean crystals, that we have fossicked the past 3yrs all over tge QLD gemfields, Inverell, Glenn Innes, Nanango... To get an honest price on getting them cut is very confusing. May I ask what weight the red garnet began as rough and what the weight was after final cut and polish please? I understand you lise a fifth after cutting, is that correct? I have some great cutters we would lo e to get cut, Im even happy to part with some to cover cost of cutting if that were an option. Thanks for your great knowledhe and patient teachings in your videos. You are very knowledgeable on gemstones and cutting, it helps alot.

[@ahmadikhsan6515]

Amazing cating!!!

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thanks...

[@AK-yw9qs]

nice, what is the machine you are using?

[@VintageTimeGems]

A Australian machine called a Facetstar.

[@mehrali1693]

Lovely video wow

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thanks 🤗

[@jonrubertas]

hey! so i have some good size star garnets , i think the biggest weighing at 3.6 oz how would you cut star garnets? same way ?

[@BacGold]

Gostei muito dó seu canal é sou garimpeiro 🙏

[@abubakaribrahim6417]

There's so many stone here But I don't know what exactly it is ..we can't defind what kind of stone but this is look like a crystal quarts and Gem.

Hello! Could you tell me the name of this glue that you use to glue the stone in the dop?

[@pghcosta]

Epoxy glue. he had already commented on the channel

[@VintageTimeGems]

Devcon 5 minute epoxy.

[@Lanchoooo]

Vintage Time what is the set up your using for equipment in this video? Thanks

[@sarahrose6445]

What would you suggest to buy for a good set up to get started? My husband and I live in north Idaho and have collected all kinds of gems and garnets and would like to start creating beautiful pieces?

[@roscokelky5972]

Cool video thanks

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thanks Ross.

[@mubashiralijutt1265]

Good work sir

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thanks...

[@halemahalafgani3969]

I have the same stone weighing 22.3-G and its density (4.05) is this zircon? Does it have a good price because this stone you have is like him, and I thank you so much for helping us all the time.👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

[@lucia-kf4nc]

Muito bom o vidio👏👏👏👏👏

[@gemmaster9369]

Dear Cliff hi, thanks very much for your great art work, it is always appreciated mate. I have 4 questions regarding the acrylic glass you use for polishing if you would answer please. Is it a particular type and quality you use for polishing, or a good quality plexiglass would do the trick? Also, the approximate price for an 8 inch round plexiglass with 1/2 inch hole on it in Australia please?? And, as you have mentioned before, one side should be used for 50k and the other side for 100k cerium oxide, how long each side should be used for polishing until it is no longer good for the job, the trick to understand it please ? And finally, Some of the cutters use Acetone to clean it, is it OK? Thanks for your time mate.

[@VintageTimeGems]

1- I use 6 mm X 150 mm perspex discs (standard perspex) bought from gem suppliers. 2- Cost is $14 AU each (but more for a larger one if can actually buy them) 3- Mine have lasted 2 years 4- I use Metholated Spirits. I find acetone to harsh and the fumes smell. Cheers

[@gemmaster9369]

Vintage Time Thanks a lot mate. It is very much appreciated.

[@gomadoe]

Wow , what a great video , thank you . How long does the process take ? What a beautiful Garnet !

[@douglashanlon1975]

a round brilliant garnet cut like that ...not counting time for adhesive on the dops to set is about 3-4 hours,,,,other more complex cuts where your machine neds to be adjusted for the new setting for three or five times as many different setting can easily double or triple that depending on how complex the cut

[@dilanmalwaththa8654]

Hi .i am from srilanka ..i am gem seller .i have garnet and sapphires . I need gem buyer .my whatsapp [phone] thank you..

[@cryptopotimus]

Hi Cliff, Thank you for the videos. You are single handedly teaching me to facet on a homemade machine! Do you score your perspex laps? Or prep them prior to use? I just got a new copper and an acrylic laps for Christmas and am unsure based on the different conflicting information online

[@VintageTimeGems]

I never score any of my laps. I know plenty do. I've found no need to do so. I prefer smooth unscored laps.

[@zanemaingot9690]

Is there a way to tell if your mast is alligned to the grinding disk? How do you know if it's in the right position for faceting? Do you have to start at a certain point and then put in your angles?,

[@douglashanlon1975]

yes....when you travel around to the opposite side you will find out how aligned they are

[@buggsy5]

The mast needs to be perpendicular to the disk surface - in both axes. Once aligned, the mast position does not matter - the angles remain the same even if you move the mast a bit.

[@robbyarnet9024]

DAMN thats a nice cut, just came across your channel and was wondering what you do with all these gems you cut?

[@VintageTimeGems]

Mostly keep them, my wife gets the benefit of wearing them.

[@corarose9555]

Please I’d sell them

[@rickcruz3382]

What are the values of these red garnets different grades cut and uncut ???

[@bhutjolokia6990]

Wow, nice!! The darkness adds to the character love the deep red color. Are those discs made of acrylic for polishing? 👍👍😁

[@jorgesucno9716]

Thank you Cliff...un abrazó desde lima PERÚ

[@christineingram55]

It’s turned out beautiful considering the faults..I think I would have given up long before if I did this sort of thing 😀

[@VintageTimeGems]

Thanks Christine.

[@freddywrx3338]

Where can I buy that polishing lap you have there

[@sivakumar-ke6sw]

Hi where to buy these types of diamond disc from 600 to 50000 grit please advise me

[@prophet7247]

How much would a gem like that be worth after you've finished cutting it?

[@97oweb]

Depends on what people would pay for it

[@shandusa]

Awesome faceting. What’s the value of the final piece?