Gem Cutting by Thai Gemcutters

This is a video recently compiled to show how gems are cut in Thailand. It is a detailed video showing trimming of the rough, preforming of the gems and final cutting and polishing.
Our cutting partner has a small two-person operation.
They are skilled cutters and produce fabulous cut gems.

[@jenharris4449]

Oh wow, I always assumed faceting was done by machine. Can't believe that was all done by eye, amazing skills!! ... and less than an hour, incredible!! 😍

[@CapricornGems]

Our cutters are highly skilled people and cut to our quality standards. Thanks

[@francois3684]

Very skilled gem cutter. It is fascinating to watch you cut a stone. I am a gem cutter my self, I cut on an American made precision faceting machine… cutting by eye would be a real challenge for me. Bravo, you have all my admiration!

[@CaptainMyCaptain33]

Incredible!! This is a lost art where I live. It’s all done with fancy machines now. This was done entirely by hand using DIY equipment. And the cut was absolutely perfect in under an hour…..Just wow. 🤩 I would love to own an emerald or something from this cutter.

[@papasstuff6381]

Wow ! You are an amazing gem cutter ! You have a special gift, to create such a beautiful stone.

[@maxsmeraldi]

Amazing job!!😮 incredible hand tecnique. You must made a personal tutorial for this.❤

[@V27RV]

Thank you Ian for this super informative educational and inspirational videos on gems etc

[@manuel3100]

woow you are a pro doing those facets without a graduated arm only in sight and it turned out great my respects

[@mray8519]

THIS gentleman is a MASTER gem cutter.

[@fserrato]

Preform is everything!😱

[@mahmodyahmady7280]

wow wow you used simple tools for polishing it's very nice I want known how you make that you great 👍

[@joserodrigues2686]

Isso sim é profissional. Parabéns. Me inscrevi no canal.

[@MarcianoDimapilis-mb6ug]

Napaka husay gunawa ang ganda ng pagkgunawa ng brack carbondo diamon god bless you📖❤

[@jeremyshelton2849]

You my friend are a master gemmer 😎👍 Very nice!

[@Jayeeyee]

Damn, that takes years of experience to be able to cut freehand like that.

[@DanushkaGemsMinings]

That the big polishing machine, thats what love. ❤... really great video!

[@siamaklighvani3951]

Excellent and experienced and effective work

[@IndusRiverRock]

Beautiful sharing well done 👍

[@javierrodriguez2863]

I would order from you and only you, hand made precision, vere excellent eye coordination!🙏

[@VijayGoswami-dl9vp]

You do stone cutting very well. Can you tell us about gems? 🇮🇳

[@pedraspreciosasdosul]

Parabéns trabalho maravilhoso.🤩🤩

[@byronrhodes1659]

I’m confused, are they doing this by hand!? By eye?! What in the world, I’m in disbelief!

[@CapricornGems]

Yes all freehand....polish and cut on the same lap.

[@bandilla7317]

Wow very interesting idea.

[@CapricornGems]

She is and thats what they do...All by experience and skill.

[@hadipurnama2859]

waooo..master cutting permata

[@Liburni]

can you tell me what material the disk is made of and at what speed it spins, thank you in advance, great work.

[@buggsy5]

It looked like a thick steel or iron lap with a thin copper lap on top.

[@oviyaktm6531]

excellent job❤

[@hopestarlight3448]

Such skill! Stunning x

[@user-ev5gr2bg4f]

Главное талант и желание. Огромный лайк и подписка. 👍

[@esperanzamunoz6838]

Buen día, reciba un saludo de felicitación por su magnífico trabajo ... Soy Aprendiz de talla o lapidacion y me impresionó su máquina de talla...que usa para pulir? Agradezco su información....

[@user-sr7pk6dk7t]

Главное - не покупать у них гранёные камни! Кривая органка ведёт к потере веса при переогранке и камень сильно теряет в цене.

[@ricardocipo248]

Parabéns pelo trabalho👍👍🙏🙏

[@techazmech]

Good job

[@Vigoonline]

The hard way to do it. I admire your skills but a modern gem faceting machine will make your life much easy.👏👏

[@CapricornGems]

Thanks for your comments about this.... However newer so called modern faceting machines are slower than freehand cutting and polishing. The lap has a cutting and polishing sector which means on final cut and polish no lap changes are required. Moreover no need for changing angles or indexes... And our quality can match any machine cut gem....

[@V27RV]

In some ways u correct,but then again..to see how they use what they got and conjure out these amazing pieces with the tools on hand is simply amazing and deserves way more credibility to their art of cutting and polishing

[@buggsy5]

@@CapricornGems That is not true - especially if you want precision point meets and facet sizes. There are laps available with both pre-polish cutting and polishing on the same lap. That machine is certainly a step up from a jamb peg set-up, but that is all.

[@DeanLangley]

@@CapricornGemsthis is a true craftsperson. ❤️ I hope to build a machine like it. Thanks for showing.

[@aattv77]

dimana bisa mendapatkan mesin dan alat tersebut?

[@edmondantes2753]

Beautiful

[@blueeye3044]

Amazing

[@balyabarunachanell9719]

Pleas make tutorial, tool facet

[@andrewburnett8743]

Very skillful doing it without a dial it looks like she's eyeballing it

[@CapricornGems]

She is....All freehand cut and polish

[@XVRickXV]

Is there a way to buy the gem holding hand tool? Or a guide to make one? Beautiful work by the way.

[@CapricornGems]

Yes you can buy them in SE Asia...Bangkok

[@salm883]

good thankyou

[@siiv7973]

Bravo!

[@gatelaos1193]

How do you charge for cutting? I like mine to be cuts and where are you locate? Thanks

[@CapricornGems]

We don't cut for other people

[@davemaloneyvideos]

Can you explain your dopping technique? Looks like you have a blob of dopping wax on the tip of the stick. Then you apply the stick to a drop of Crazy Glue you put on the stone. Then to remove the stone, you heated it over a spirit lamp and then soaked the stone in denatured alcohol to remove the Crazy Glue. Correct?

[@CapricornGems]

Please send your contact details to [e-mail] and I'll get Rod to reply.

[@carmelaanta9369]

I want to have machine for creating or design made by my hand

[@cherieblossomarttravels]

💎💠💎Hey great work 💎💠💎

[@CapricornGems]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@rotisumbuErikGemstone]

Indonesia menyimak

[@ShaaficCawil]

Do u have tiktok .

[@takim_gemstone]

Very hard rock

[@jayestranero8651]

Watching

[@romeoalmendo31]

Sir you buy a gemstone

[@johnnynephrite6147]

for dopping is that super glue and regular dopping wax?

[@CapricornGems]

Regular wax..Thai's have their own mix.

[@arshaislam7997]

How much cutting and polish tools?

[@pedrogallardo8434]

Those cutters are in bangkok or chatanburi. And do You know how to find them

[@CapricornGems]

Are they?...They are our business partners so of course we know where they are.

[@kaniofishing6033]

Insting anda lebih akurat menggunakan alat sederhana itu tanpa harus ada jarak

[@anniesoucek8216]

Hi! Are you in Thailand? I'm a Filipino but live in USA. Do you speak English? I have a lot of stones to facet. I'm looking for a good faceter. Please tell me how to contact you.

[@buggsy5]

They do not facet for other people - see reply above.

[@CapricornGems]

Correct... we do not have capacity to do other cutting.

[@josezapata8836]

Cómo me puedo contactar con ustedes gracias

[@bisayangsingeraccent2165]

Hi gusto ko sana magpacut ng gem..

[@andrianlaksana9354]

Wow

[@DeepFleeceheart]

All freehand?

[@CapricornGems]

Yes as you see it

[@DeepFleeceheart]

@@CapricornGems how many years of practice does it usually take to get to this kind of skill?

[@user-sr7pk6dk7t]

Теперь я понял, почему в Тайланде кривые камни. Потому, что делают грани как попало, на коленке. Теперь осталось разобраться, почему, даже имея хорошее оборудование для огранки камней - всё-равно получается криво! Это загадка природы! Может они криворуки от рождения?

[@papajunstv-it3je]

Pwede po ba mag pagawa?

[@muhammedmihenne3617]

I couldnt get it!!!!! The hand has no numbers wheel. He used just 2 disk!!!

[@CapricornGems]

No index necessary, all freehand, and there is one disc with cutting and polishing on the same one.

[@nathanielgonzales2438]

ilanba magpa fines ng gestone sayo sir

[@joegemstone1373]

Bro ano kya Ung stone me

[@jpempoc4834]

May buyer ba dito sa pinas ng gemstone marami po ako,

[@alexandremeunier2066]

6:35 má ơi vậy cũng được bó tay luôn

[@natespics8276]

Can that cut diamonds?

[@CapricornGems]

No... sapphires

[@user-oz1hz2ql6x]

👍👍👍Hey!!! on cast iron, which mesh is used?

[@CapricornGems]

Disc is both cutting and polishing......1200 then 30,000

[@user-oz1hz2ql6x]

@@CapricornGems thank you!!!

[@jarrodjoyce6892]

Jarrod Rod Joyce from PELICAN La, 🙏👍👀💩

[@yaseenansari5265]

I'm gems cutting and rolating work 😉

[@nusratagate7241]

Oh my allah ❤❤❤💜💜😊😊😊

[@manojprathipati5033]

Looks

[@elzapereira1738]

🇧🇷💎🐁♥️

[@peteroliveira3040]

👍🏻🇨🇦

[@yuvensiusyogipratamayuvens3129]

P

[@KamalKhan-yq8jz]

RiGHT

[@massimodellorti1101]

Another gemstone's killer. Poor cut grade.

[@CapricornGems]

On what basis do you make that assertion? You are dead WRONG!

[@manuel3100]

What are you talking about if with his pure instinct he made a great cut, I would like to see you facet how that man is a master in his profession We would very much like to have the ability that he has. I dare say that even you

[@XVRickXV]

You could only determine that by examining the stone in your hands. Either way, you miss the point. This is a demostration of pure skill which you clearly don't have. Because you have no true skill, you have no choice but to use a machine that measures the angles for you which is something that anyone can do. Just because you bought cheap crooked stones from somewhere and became disappointed, is no reason to be disrespectful to everyone that cuts by hand. ti metti in imbarazzo. 🤣

[@ShaaficCawil]

Do u have tiktok

[@measavanmetta8040]

Hi do you services for cutting for us? Email or whatsapp for us to be in touch thanks!

[@CapricornGems]

No..... cutting is undertaken for our own stock only.

[@rdw_channel]

Good job

[@sugengkalikothak]

Amazing