Opal Dust in a Ring. Will it look good?

[@LuchoTiz1]

Just a suggestion... try using the lathe in a safer way...it will rip your hand.

[@znoop72]

Not only your hand, but your whole arm and body can get pulled into that

[@PAPatriotPodcast]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing when he stuck his finger in a spinning chuck lolll

[@ozitoamorozo]

11:11 is extremely dangerous to use a cloth like that! I have some known friends that had 9 fingers (o less)... Be careful!

[@Kodard69]

fr that shit gave me so much anxiety

[@justkerry173]

Please make sure people know that your 'opal' is synthetic/lab grown. Other than that, it's nice enough.

[@julielove370]

Does synthetic opal behave differently to natural? I’ve never even heard of synthetic opal so I wouldn’t know

[@justkerry173]

@@julielove370I think some of it is chemically the same as real opal but I know if I'm paying so much, I want real opal.

[@FutureNihilist]

@@julielove370 He sells these rings for $500 but the opal used in the rings is $8/gram

[@susanmyers1899]

Asia does this with chip cast-off from real Australian opal.

[@justkerry173]

@@susanmyers1899 maybe but this isn't real

[@ThomasSteed]

Never put your finger into something spinning in a lathe..... That's how you lose them. Master craftsman or not.

[@duffmann]

They look amazing, another idea you could try is making a blank rink from resin then using your dremel, carve channels into the ring which you then fill with opal dust/pieces, and seal with a fresh coat of resin.

[@Someone-ig7we]

This is actually genius!!!!

[@100yugiohtrader]

Just a suggestion but a ring made from meteorite dust/shavings would look awesome 👍

[@Jamesvandaele]

Meteorite gets a cool look from the etching... so you would have to do the etching as an intermediate step. Obviously not impossible... but not easy.

[@feliciamabrey4108]

Emerald Bullet He has meteorite rings on his website .

[@alvinmortimer7536]

Meteorite dust would just look like carbon dust and not nice at all. The solid Meteorite rings he has made are solid and not dust. They look like forged carbon fiber.

[@reganfisher22]

It would be out of this world

[@ryandavis4448]

I've used Agean Black opal and that blue you used in some of my rings. The color shift is killer.

[@RowanWarren78]

I would love to see this done with genuine natural opal. This is, of course, synthetic. I think some lightening opal or even good Welo opal chips would work well.

[@Mistershlee]

Absolutely mental putting your finger between the jaws while it's spinning like that.

[@th3undrgk1ng]

Nuts to see he still got all his fingers

[@lukemeck]

Patrick, love that you are in these videos. Please don't ever leave the videos you make. Would love to see a video you make about how to take care of the exotic rings that you create. I have the obsidian timascus ring and would love to hear the does and don'ts of care for this ring.

[@WaterjetChannel]

patty cakes bakes has done it again

[@iggreene9512]

Those are absolutely stunning.

[@antoniopacelli]

Yes my dear.. Opals are Beautiful..

[@Catwoman1464]

The second ring looks like a galaxy!

[@alanm.17]

I always get nervous when he puts his finger in the spinning ring. I feel like that’s a really easy way to deglove your finger 😫

[@rei_cirith]

What I was thinking too... especially working with little bits of stone in resin. I don't know why he couldn't just put the sandpaper around a dowel and do the same thing. So sketchy.

[@thangachandranramasamy4454]

True

[@78Phily]

is putting your finger into the chuck of a fully spinning lathe wise?

[@1993JoshG]

opal is one of my favourite materials and i even got in in my wedding ring which i got from you guys. these look great!

[@waynedchang]

Wow. That is absolutely gorgeous!

[@gkiferonhs]

Being a structural color, if you grind the opal fine enough the colors will go away. For the effect you want you might try silica powder as fine a mesh as you can get and then titrate it to get the effect you want. Cool ideas.

[@bethechange2024]

Your designs and the process involved set to acid-jazz tunes are hypnotic 🤩🤩😍 It is like inspiration meets Bill Nye meets The Artist meets The Productivist ❣️ I love the vibe 😊

[@chazstafford7135]

I would love to see a ring with the super fine opal and glowdust!

[@beberivera7011]

I would as well😍

[@blizzardTyme230]

love how it turned out

[@yootoobsuks4210]

Would love to see the medium chip opal w/glow powder set into a black titanium band with a thin strip of copper on either side of the opal.

[@robw5088]

Glad to see you are back in front of the camera Patrick!

[@helencabalpinbaquiller2103]

Awesome, those ring are very stunning .

[@Hortonscakes]

I totally appreciate the work you go through making these rings. Awesome video! 💯

[@RufotrisRootedRockhound]

Of course it looks great!!! I know some people that make opal dust rings for a living. One of them does lots of live stuff on tiktok. I love lapidary work and polishing stones but one day would like to be able to work metal too

[@cilirhammersteel5515]

Glad you're using fake opal. I'd cry if you did this to real opal.

[@wickeddelight]

If you want a solid color haze in resin they make resin pigment powder specifically for that.

[@deejay55445]

I love these rings! They are beautiful. I know you have done rings from a basic method,using hand tools mostly, which I love watching, being that I only have handtools to work with. Could you possibly, do another tutorial with this method, both of these, but not use the pressure pot and the vacuum chamber? Use a different, low tech, method?

[@peterday1834]

Thats a beautiful Synthetic Opal ring! 😍

[@Apostolic101]

*STUNNING*

[@jeanhawken4482]

Both beautiful rings

[@erikayala163]

speechless, its beautiful

[@kevinotoole885]

🤣 cracks me up the way this whole video suggests that they are master craftsman?! Have a word with yeselves.

[@Crazyboyole2]

they look super cool

[@adambailey8295]

Not shabby, great work.

[@beberivera7011]

These would look so nice in a thinner width as stack rings😍

[@SCUBONZIES]

To see all the colors is amazing isn't it ?

[@juangarcia-uy2xo]

Were to buy one

[@johnalecsscalemodeling]

They're beautiful!

[@thinkbeforesaying244]

The problem with using resin is that it's supposed to gradually dissolve if placed into water. Washing hands is frequent and will be done accidentally if wearing the ring.

[@arriannaniv]

Is that all resin??

[@spellwing777]

Um...no. Resin is a type of plastic, and it won't just dissolve in water. IDK what you're using, but it ain't resin.

[@floridafireflow6708]

Very cool video. I just checked out your shop. A few things caught my eye

[@professormadlad7773]

Try making a ring made with Diamond and opal dust. I do love the green and blue on both the rings.

[@gabrypasquali5168]

Fantastic! Very nice job man! :)

[@GrampiesCorner]

It has been done before my many people and they look amazing.

[@MUSICNATIONX]

Love from India 💜

[@raziel3726]

Amazing Ring!!👍👍

[@WilliamofMunich]

Beautiful rings. I wish you had turned them around in the light to see how well they retained their sparkle.

[@hermestrismegistus3962]

Could you use a magnetic lab stirrer? Maybe less bubbles from the get go?

[@athmaid]

The resin is probably too viscous for that

[@tiffanybainbridge7731]

Looking at getting a custom wedding ring set from you guys. We want unique and that's what you bring to us. When we order is there a way to have a KZbin video of out rings being made???

[@krazykorean42069]

The crushed thick usage of opal ring looks much better imo

[@sammystaab6297]

Omg those are absolutely GORGEOUS!!! I just discovered your channel and your work is amazingly beautiful.

[@Tygor3533]

I definitely wanna see opal sand and glow powder I think it would look ghostly almost other worldly

[@tishsmiddy71]

Thank you ☺️

[@0BRAINS0]

I'm really taken away by the beauty in this, the whole process is fun.

[@sunnyscott4876]

What is the actual cost of making one of these rings 💍? I buy 16 Oz. Of Epoxy resin for about $17 . How much do you sell them for???

[@thecrazy8888]

Looks awesome. Maybe try a ball mill to grind that powder smaller?

[@repentorperish1405]

Trying to grind (rather than crush) too small a particle size might destroy/negate the the opal hydrous Silica's refractive and reflective properties.

[@jasonhornby3161]

Just WOW! Love it!

[@ramuhramuh30]

Your skills are amazing as always, keep up the good work my friend !!

[@Tyler.i.81]

Could you melt it and set it or not would be interesting to see

[@twojstary800]

Nice tutorial ,now I know how make this ,but I'll try make this from natural adamooka opal .

[@BloodOfFenrir]

OOOOO I LOVE THE RED RING 😍😍 I think I would kill to have that color of red

[@barberboys9538]

Let’s be carful about how far we go here LOL

[@TheBoatwatcher]

I always wondered if something could be made of that stuff.

[@repentorperish1405]

Just watching that dude's fingers and knuckles working in and around that spinning lathe chuck has the effect of making my sphincter pucker. ...and yet he still seems to have all his fingers.

[@fooplinger]

So far. Time and odds just haven't caught up yet.

[@DivineDarknesss]

reaching to the lathe while it's spinning gave me anxiety jesus christ

[@persiusk]

I love it. Could I use this dust, superglue and activator to do my fingernails?

[@Hannah-fc4it]

You could just put it in clear nail polish

[@BBW1000001]

Where does one go to check out your wonderful creations and possibly order one

[@thatoneguy1072]

Absolutely great 👍 would you be able to pour this into a mold ?

[@jacobrowe4827]

Why not make a mould for the apoxie tat stops you from needing to remove the centres and reduce waste?

[@thekillerpandas]

You the man. Great vids

[@alicepiper7455]

So it does look amazing! Just one question, why would you ever crush an opal? Edit: …outside the context of a project like this, I mean.

[@stephdunham]

I’m curious what you do with the excess chunks of material leftover? Other jewelry perhaps?

[@sebastiendoublet2347]

C’est super joli 🤩

[@sugiantorudikan4612]

very nice job bro, i like it

[@donnaparks1919]

I wonder if that or something like it can be done with fused glass ?

[@ethanpiedra841]

We’re do you get your opal slab’s?

[@argowibowo7968]

Veri nice, love it. If you could make it into bangles that would be great… something that is very difficult to do with solid opals

[@habibinoor8674]

Can we get the final product or should we buy the kit online and it's a DIY ?

[@FatKidBrody]

Have you tried the first method in a channelized ring body ?

[@rayrayz4667]

Can we create a custom opal dust ring or were they phased out?

[@TheOtherSideoftheHill]

I cannot wear my wedding/engagement rings to work. Would LOVE one of these size 7 😎

[@logsie3918]

Could you also use sapphires for this as we have a lot of smaller pieces or pieces that you just can't set due to cracks etc? This was a recommendation clip and am glad it was I have subscribed after watching these beautiful rings and will catch up on some more of your work

[@GPS379]

this is really awesome , The blue opal what is it called ? like which opal is it ?

[@nothinggrand3805]

It’s bello opal not a natural opal.

[@GPS379]

@@nothinggrand3805 oh ok got it thx

[@ClubXrock]

Would they break easily with carelessness?

[@butwait]

putting your finger in a running lathe 😂

[@dham_FPV]

ive been thinking about buying my wedding band from you. if I do would you make a video out of it? iM fully willing to pay full price, would just love to see it being made!

[@discoverrings]

I really like this one. Very original, looks great and I'll bet its tough too!

[@GEMSofGOD_com]

WHERE BUY?

[@shereemorgan1430]

Do you sell them, opal is my birth stone. Gorgeous rings! Got your information.

[@lazyles875]

Amazing

[@susanmyers1899]

They have been doing this in Asia for years from Australian chip opal.

[@baselmahmoud6851]

I noticed in another video that the water used in the process of cutting opal turns white from the fine dust. Could you collect this and evaporate all the water and used the very fine dust in a ring?

[@EnzoGDias]

This video will blow up

[@alancalvillo6756]

So shiny

[@zhookeeper]

What is the opal material made of? It's not like any opal I've ever seen on the opal fields of Australia?

[@nothinggrand3805]

It’s a synthetic opal called bello opal.

[@ElwinWay]

Lab grown - the silica spheres form columns instead of random shapes. Sometimes it's also resin impregnated.

[@Squirreltasticqueen]

Maybe this trend will take off by the time I get hitched. Opal is my favorite Stone but I'm an artist and don't need a traditional set stone to tear up my paper while working. A channel setting or something like this would be baller. Esp since I'm allergic to metal so a channel setting in metal would probably cause a reaction.

[@colleenjohnson3547]

Where do I find/buy them? Looked at the website but couldn't find them

[@robertbrink1569]

Nice! Finger in the spinning lathe with long sleeves. Safety 3rd 😂