How to Make a Flush Cut Inlay - Part 2

[@canadiangemstones7636]

That ink pad trick is excellent, thanks!

[@calbrittonjewelry]

It’s one of my favorite tricks! It helps save so much material so you’re not just guessing how much you need 😊

[@donnaer]

Beautiful! Makes me excited to get on the wheels.

[@calbrittonjewelry]

Definitely share what you make, I’d love to see! 😊

[@Nancy4133nope]

This two part inlay tutorial is just fantastic so looking forward to seeing more of them

[@calbrittonjewelry]

Thank you, got some big, fun projects in the editing process! 😊

[@lapidarydave]

great channel fantastic video :)

[@calbrittonjewelry]

Thanks Dave, I appreciate it! 😊

[@larrymoremckenzie3029]

Hi Caitlin,just got back from your website,compliments on that, very well done!

[@calbrittonjewelry]

Thanks so much for the kind words! 😊

[@betojdesigns]

That turned out beautiful 🤩. Thanks for all the tips.

[@calbrittonjewelry]

Thank you, and I hope it helps when you get to trying it out! 😁

[@abritelight]

your tutorials are so great!! as a self/youtube taught lapidary i have watched soooo many hours of lapidary tutorials and yours are really some of the best out there!! i sort of wish you’d make a super basic ‘here is how to cut a domed cabochon’ tutorial bc good videos of those are sorely lacking imo, especially the actual dome shaping part. anyway thanks for the great lessons, i look forward to trying some of these techniques out!! ❤

[@calbrittonjewelry]

Thank you so much for the high praise, Lisa Anne! It really motivates me 😊 I was thinking of doing a simple cabochon tutorial, but was afraid there were already too many out there. Thanks for your insight from what you’ve experienced, I’ll definitely work in a basic cabochon tutorial soon. As far as the dome goes, is it the blending of the curvature of it that people don’t cover? Or the angles that need to be cut to get the dome? I’m just trying to figure out what I can focus on to help out ☺️

[@abritelight]

@@calbrittonjewelry you're welcome and thanks for asking! hmm lets see i do think it is the blending of the angles that most people skip. usually videos talk about dopping, drawing a girdle line, and cutting an angle or two and then they always fast forward through the actual formation of the dome. drove me crazy when i was learning! in fact i feel like i sort of just made up a way to get my stones domed and have no idea if i'm using a real lapidary method 🤣 whatever works though!. if i was going to give you my full wishlist (which i am going to do but definitely don't feel obligated to hit all these things!) it would be: 1) more on how to actually achieve the angles needed when starting the dome process (like how do you know how to place the stone to create a 45° or 60° angle?!? we're not all geometry wizzes!) 2) how to move the stone on the wheels to create the dome once the angles are cut 3) that same process for differently shaped cabs. again love your videos, and also love seeing your work in the lapidary FB group which we are both members of. hope your creative passions keep nourishing you!

[@calbrittonjewelry]

For some reason, my KZbin app doesn't show me the comment after the initial comment, so sorry for the late response! But I know, I think that is a huge problem of a lot of teachers. It's like, now what do I do with all of these angled cuts? Hahaha! After I finish up a few of these tutorials I have lined up (inlay bails, inlay cuff), I'll most certainly go back to the basics and show how I blend my cabs. Thanks for the helpful feedback!

[@kristinburrup7299]

Just beautiful!

[@calbrittonjewelry]

Thanks, Kristin! Not too terribly hard, huh? 😁

[@Chill1332]

Wow! Amazing tutorial. I really want to try this! Great explaination and clear video through each step of the process. this was incredibly useful. Thank you. I would also LOVE to see how you do your pillow designs. I think doing dinosaurs in that style could be really fun.

[@calbrittonjewelry]

Thanks so much for the kind words, I’m so glad that I was able to make it clear for you and hope you’ll be able to make some too! Pillow inlay will definitely happen this year, but I think I’ll try to do a stone-to-stone intarsia tutorial next since I just made a bunch of intarsias recently that I was particularly excited about 😁 I’ll try to have that published next month

[@Chill1332]

@@calbrittonjewelry Sweet! I will be looking out for both those tutorials then! I JUST got a cabbing machine and I want to try ALL THE THINGS!!

[@calbrittonjewelry]

@@Chill1332 That's so exciting!!! What kind of cabbing machine did you get? Be prepared to be addicted for life :D

[@Chill1332]

@@calbrittonjewelry Oh, I'm already addicted. I work for a jewelry store and my boss lets me use the one there. But NOW I have one at home. It's an Beaver. Kinda old and rusty. But it fits all six wheels and it's mine. :D

[@chrissyswan7464]

Great tutorial!

[@calbrittonjewelry]

Thanks Chrissy!

[@BlueSkySusan]

On the rewatch, I have a question. Is there an advantage to cutting and fitting the three stones separately like you did here, versus constructing the design as an intarsia, and then fitting that (as a whole) into the silver frame? Or is it more just whatever one is comfortable with? Thanks!

[@calbrittonjewelry]

Great question, Susan! You could totally to the intarsia first, then cut it to fit the framework! I’ve seen quite a few inlay artists do it that way, I’m not sure that one saves more time over the other (I would imagine they would be in the same ballpark of time spent) so it’s mostly preference 😊 if you try both ways out, I’d be interested to know which way you like best!

[@larrymoremckenzie3029]

Be easy to add the silver strips at this point!

[@calbrittonjewelry]

Totally! And it jazzes up the pendants (or whatever you’re making) nicely!